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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.20,0:00:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right. Let's share what you know.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.76,0:00:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think many of you, probably all of you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.00,0:00:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probably know students who have attended
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.56,0:00:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or do attend or may attend in the future
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.08,0:00:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at Dakota Ridge.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.04,0:00:14.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And um, no two students as you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.67,0:00:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have are nothing, nothing
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.68,0:00:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is just textbook or fits in a box. Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.32,0:00:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's what we really pride ourselves on
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.04,0:00:23.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here at Dakota Ridge is when I meet
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.72,0:00:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,families for the first time and we're
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.28,0:00:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to help them understand what this
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.92,0:00:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might do for them or how to help their
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.72,0:00:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,child, we are an intervention.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.88,0:00:34.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the world of federal Setting Four sites,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.80,0:00:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are unique in that we are part
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.68,0:00:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this large District.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.56,0:00:38.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are not an Intermediate.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.91,0:00:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We aren't somewhere you send your kids
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.56,0:00:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to that do their own thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.16,0:00:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we are aligned to district 196
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.04,0:00:47.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in everything we do and our goal
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.88,0:00:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to be an intervention,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.06,0:00:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be that step in between
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.24,0:00:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help students figure out what
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.84,0:00:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is getting in the way for them
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.04,0:00:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of being successful, intervene, teach skills
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.41,0:01:00.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for many students that means move on
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.32,0:01:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to your next goal.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.00,0:01:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether that's back to your home school,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.32,0:01:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether that's out in the community,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.76,0:01:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it's just making
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.16,0:01:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your world a little broader.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.43,0:01:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, I think we're we're fortunately
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.00,0:01:11.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pretty successful at that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.64,0:01:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So um, I'll just talk a little bit
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.72,0:01:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and like oh that's not my screen. Yours.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.46,0:01:21.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, so I'll just share kind of just
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.44,0:01:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we've been, how we got here
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.86,0:01:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who I am and then I think I'll ask those
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.28,0:01:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of you who have lived in this world
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.24,0:01:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to kind of fill in where I, cuz I don't live
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.52,0:01:34.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your role every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.18,0:01:35.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I live the right, the perspective
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.84,0:01:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of outside of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.10,0:01:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, so I prior to my position here I was
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.48,0:01:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've had many hats in the district.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.84,0:01:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a Center-Based Autism Teacher
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.84,0:01:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at Dakota Hills for many years.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.68,0:01:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, I was an Autism Specialist
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.90,0:01:53.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I came over here
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.03,0:01:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a Lead Teacher
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.17,0:01:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then when I left here,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.36,0:02:00.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was an Elementary Coordinator
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.76,0:02:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and came back because once I was here,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.56,0:02:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew this is where I belonged
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.96,0:02:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I couldn't wait to come back
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.98,0:02:07.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I get the opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.35,0:02:09.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to lead this building.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.74,0:02:11.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of the first things we did
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.31,0:02:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I came back
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.40,0:02:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was we created a shared vision
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.68,0:02:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mission statement as a building.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.84,0:02:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is a statement co-constructed
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.52,0:02:21.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by staff and what we believe we do here
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.44,0:02:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at Dakota Ridge.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.54,0:02:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's a community engaged
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.64,0:02:25.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in developing the unique skills
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.76,0:02:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of individual students through creative
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.68,0:02:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,programming and collaboration.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.04,0:02:31.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to take that a step further,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.68,0:02:35.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we truly believe is these starred items
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.67,0:02:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and every student who walks in our door,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.04,0:02:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,school has failed them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.36,0:02:41.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't mean a person
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.28,0:02:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has failed them, I just our system
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.32,0:02:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the way we've gone about things
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.20,0:02:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has not met their needs
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.28,0:02:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we get this unique opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.40,0:02:50.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to rewrite their story.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.96,0:02:52.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we walk in this door,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.52,0:02:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I truly believe those of us who we have
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.00,0:02:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very low staff turnover in our building
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.16,0:03:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because this is a place that it calls to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.80,0:03:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It speaks to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.64,0:03:04.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, and we get
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.48,0:03:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this opportunity to take students who
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.12,0:03:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have no joy at school and to find their joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.20,0:03:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To find school is a place - I'll never forget
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.28,0:03:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew and I went out to Gideon Pond
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.24,0:03:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he was at Gideon and observed him
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.52,0:03:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was part of meetings, and all he said
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.36,0:03:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that first day when he came for a tour,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.40,0:03:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if any of you were with that day,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.68,0:03:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he walked through the hallway
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.68,0:03:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and kept saying, "Friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.40,0:03:31.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to have friends".
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.13,0:03:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is all he cared and to this day
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.86,0:03:35.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is probably what brings him
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.98,0:03:38.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to school every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.11,0:03:39.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He gets excited.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.45,0:03:41.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He never, the kid has
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.30,0:03:43.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,impeccable attendance.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.15,0:03:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is never gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.80,0:03:46.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have behaviors
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.97,0:03:48.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he has to leave early.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.14,0:03:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.52,0:03:51.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Truthfully, because school has never been
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.86,0:03:53.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an experience like that before.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.48,0:03:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for Matthew for you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.52,0:03:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's a child you can all identify with
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.44,0:03:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you work with,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.42,0:03:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but every student here,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.40,0:04:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter how they show us
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.64,0:04:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things aren't going well and how they
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.12,0:04:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,communicate that to us um,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.78,0:04:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we get the opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.79,0:04:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to figure out how school
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.80,0:04:08.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be a place for them to be successful
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.28,0:04:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's nothing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.22,0:04:10.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more rewarding than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.16,0:04:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's it's tough in between there.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.28,0:04:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right? There's some things to work through.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.44,0:04:16.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, high quality, effective instruction
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.49,0:04:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we believe that in order to do that
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.10,0:04:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and help school be a successful place,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.89,0:04:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to believe they can
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.16,0:04:26.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and classrooms are set up to teach.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.05,0:04:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are classrooms we are school first.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.12,0:04:29.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can hear a pin drop
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.64,0:04:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our hallway most days.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.88,0:04:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um and when you walk in classrooms,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.08,0:04:34.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.80,0:04:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're engaged.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.52,0:04:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're using all the same curriculum
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.92,0:04:38.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're using throughout the district.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.24,0:04:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The same tools, the same textbooks,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.68,0:04:41.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same everything
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.38,0:04:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we might modify and adjust,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.08,0:04:43.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I would say we probably
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.96,0:04:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,modify and adjust less than
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.32,0:04:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Setting Three classroom
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.50,0:04:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a Traditional School.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.68,0:04:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What age kids are here?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.22,0:04:51.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.33,0:04:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kindergarten through age 22
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.07,0:04:55.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,down our main hallway.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.15,0:04:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody - and we do not, go ahead.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.20,0:05:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The word can,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.06,0:05:02.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is that word means so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.96,0:05:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's such a small word but,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.12,0:05:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that word even Martha, Martha is the one
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.96,0:05:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who brought it to Matthew's plate.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.72,0:05:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to give you credit for this one
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.44,0:05:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because she said you know what we should
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.88,0:05:15.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,start using the word before when he's
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.60,0:05:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having a behavior to cut it off.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.56,0:05:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can do that, you can, you can
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.30,0:05:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.04,0:05:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could see it in his head this change.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.16,0:05:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I just want to that word can, can.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.12,0:05:30.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to your question,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.32,0:05:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we serve all disability categories.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.52,0:05:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, our building is laid out
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.04,0:05:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in, I think, probably the next slide.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.00,0:05:39.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, I'll get so this will stack on that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.65,0:05:40.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This doesn't probably mean
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.92,0:05:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a whole lot just the way it's laid out,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.60,0:05:43.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, and this was a snapshot
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.100,0:05:45.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taken months ago
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.39,0:05:50.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, we have a total of 22 classrooms
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.20,0:05:52.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the building and eight of them are
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.72,0:05:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,classrooms that we serve four students
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.76,0:05:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that classroom environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.72,0:05:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that the max we put in there is four
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.12,0:06:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then the others
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.34,0:06:01.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are what we call large group
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.56,0:06:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is six to eight students.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.97,0:06:06.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, and within that environment,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.63,0:06:08.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are paraprofessionals supporting.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.85,0:06:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, in small group our goal
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.14,0:06:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we start at for that one teacher
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.44,0:06:12.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's usually
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.20,0:06:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two paraprofessionals ideally
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.39,0:06:16.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and um, those four students.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.52,0:06:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes it takes up to five
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.48,0:06:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because right, the reality of just we
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.00,0:06:22.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have to serve everybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.27,0:06:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, and Lorna is part of one
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.96,0:06:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of those small group environments.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.12,0:06:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we, that factors in.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.52,0:06:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's um in that classroom there are
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.80,0:06:33.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually two paraprofessionals assigned
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.40,0:06:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in addition to Lorna.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.48,0:06:36.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One is out on leave right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.50,0:06:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, but just not always.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.36,0:06:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So like the room Matthew's in, it is one other
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.12,0:06:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,paraprofessional with Charlotte.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.20,0:06:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we we adjust based on what the needs
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.08,0:06:47.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of that environment is.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.93,0:06:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, we don't necessarily just group
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.80,0:06:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,students by age.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.44,0:06:55.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I don't, one we don't
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.08,0:06:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have a full classroom of fourth graders.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.00,0:06:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right? We don't have a full classroom
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.36,0:07:01.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of fifth graders, but we also know
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.40,0:07:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that students learn best with certain
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.08,0:07:06.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,peers and not with others.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.26,0:07:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we spend a lot
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.44,0:07:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of time building those class lists
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.80,0:07:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we create classrooms that we believe
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.92,0:07:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will learn together best, not based
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.12,0:07:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on their age, grade, all those things.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.48,0:07:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we might have a eighth grader mixed
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.52,0:07:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in with 10th and 11th graders
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.70,0:07:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they need some role models.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.73,0:07:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They need, they need
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.80,0:07:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something different.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.18,0:07:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, we don't always get it right
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.26,0:07:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we sometimes have to adjust,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.34,0:07:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that is just what we do here.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.36,0:07:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We we reflect and we figure it out and
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.52,0:07:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we adjust.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.56,0:07:41.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, so we we we joke that we're
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.51,0:07:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a big family here and it really you have
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.28,0:07:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to kind of have that mentality to be here.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.00,0:07:47.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're all in this together.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.74,0:07:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, if you if
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.48,0:07:52.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everybody carries a radio and if you
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.16,0:07:55.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,say on that radio I need help,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.08,0:07:57.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like more than you wished.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.83,0:08:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I usually follow behind like I think we're good.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.00,0:08:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we're good.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.72,0:08:06.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, and not because it's so big scary.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.41,0:08:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean we we have evolved in the,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.72,0:08:10.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think what Dakota Ridge was
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.70,0:08:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe 15 years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.68,0:08:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our population has evolved and changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.64,0:08:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One, because I believe
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.04,0:08:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our setting two and three
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.84,0:08:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within our Traditional School settings has
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.80,0:08:23.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,grown in their capacity to serve students.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.32,0:08:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they may have been sent
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.46,0:08:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Dakota Ridge years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.60,0:08:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we don't need to serve
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.48,0:08:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that population anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.72,0:08:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also have growing needs
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.96,0:08:31.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of individuals who maybe just
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.72,0:08:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,weren't served in schools before because
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.68,0:08:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were so extreme.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.38,0:08:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, there are fewer facilities
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.50,0:08:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for them to go to.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.96,0:08:40.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just so many reasons why
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.62,0:08:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the complexity of learners
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.28,0:08:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has changed here
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.94,0:08:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have bad days
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.35,0:08:50.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like every school in the district.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.52,0:08:52.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say it's
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.12,0:08:55.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not every day and it's not every week.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.21,0:08:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, and the support that one big family
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.04,0:09:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're in together, you just
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.80,0:09:03.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there we had we had a major incident
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.08,0:09:05.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,last week, oh this week, it was Tuesday.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.36,0:09:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, but the reality is 90% of the school
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.88,0:09:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had no idea what was going on
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.08,0:09:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we have systems and routines and
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.60,0:09:16.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people trained to support those situations
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.99,0:09:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we have a practice we follow
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.02,0:09:20.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and usually it's a hold.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.72,0:09:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That particular day we went on a secure
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.73,0:09:24.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so people just knew.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.74,0:09:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We got to stay in the building.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.42,0:09:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that the staff
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.24,0:09:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are call the leadership is calling this
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.92,0:09:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's going to keep us safe.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.88,0:09:32.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can go about our business and again,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.27,0:09:33.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to this day, 90% of people
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.65,0:09:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probably don't know what happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.78,0:09:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we just went on with our day.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.76,0:09:40.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go on with your day,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.62,0:09:41.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You trust and you know
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.77,0:09:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people have got your back
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.92,0:09:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're in this together and
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.40,0:09:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we do everything we can
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.56,0:09:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to keep people safe.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.96,0:09:49.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean I'm sure if you're at the DSC,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.88,0:09:50.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you see things. Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.72,0:09:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see police cars, you see ambulances.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.64,0:09:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,90% of those situations
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.52,0:09:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are mental health issues
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.70,0:09:56.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are responding
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.88,0:09:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a student and getting them help.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.80,0:10:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not a risk.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.96,0:10:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes the the behavior
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.83,0:10:05.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that leads up to them needing
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.52,0:10:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that level of intervention
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.60,0:10:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looks scary, but it looks
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.32,0:10:13.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more scary because it's not typical to see.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.52,0:10:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not because we're in danger.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.40,0:10:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's because we're scared how are we
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.90,0:10:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to keep you safe?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.71,0:10:22.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How are we going to meet your needs?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.39,0:10:24.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we take that responsibility
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.31,0:10:26.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really seriously.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.21,0:10:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, every two class so, in our small group
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.80,0:10:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,environments we got a redesign
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.64,0:10:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of those spaces last year.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.64,0:10:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So those spaces all have
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.64,0:10:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,three break spaces in them because
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.20,0:10:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that population of students just need
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.16,0:10:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,less noise, they need some time alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.68,0:10:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some sometimes isolation.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.00,0:10:45.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have swings in every one of those.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.15,0:10:46.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every one of those classrooms
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.82,0:10:48.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has one room with a swing mount.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.57,0:10:50.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then down the main hallway
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.84,0:10:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we get into what we call large group,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.64,0:10:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in between every two classrooms we have
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.32,0:10:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a break space.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.72,0:10:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And within that break space we,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.12,0:10:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our hope, is that students learn to use
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.60,0:11:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that space proactively so that they can
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.84,0:11:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,request a break, because when they think
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.48,0:11:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about going back to a home school and
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.80,0:11:07.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their environment grows drastically,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.72,0:11:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they need to know when to say
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.62,0:11:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need to break,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.52,0:11:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where to take that break,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.68,0:11:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what tools they need to take that break.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.62,0:11:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, and then
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.80,0:11:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are times when students don't have
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.44,0:11:19.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that skill yet, that as adults we help them
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.44,0:11:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to learn that by supporting them
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.36,0:11:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and getting to that break space and
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.68,0:11:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we baby steps to grow into where they can
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.68,0:11:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do that independently.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.40,0:11:30.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, like I said, all support,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.64,0:11:32.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all staff carry radios.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.67,0:11:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a building leadership team
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.58,0:11:35.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's made up of myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.93,0:11:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mr. Wilson is the assistant administrator
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.36,0:11:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then there are six additional people
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.90,0:11:42.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that make up our
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.21,0:11:43.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our school psychologist,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.65,0:11:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our we have a full-time School social worker.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.60,0:11:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a lead interventionist,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.94,0:11:50.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so academic interventions
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.86,0:11:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is a behavior also has
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.28,0:11:55.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,deep background of behavior.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.63,0:11:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a curriculum interventionist or
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.64,0:12:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,core interventionist
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.14,0:12:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who has a strong background in behavior
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.08,0:12:03.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we have
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.43,0:12:04.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a behavior lead interventionist.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.79,0:12:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, all who have been teachers
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.94,0:12:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the building and believe in this.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.50,0:12:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, we have a float staff which is
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.76,0:12:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made up primarily of paraprofessionals
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.96,0:12:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who work really hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.56,0:12:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We back when Staffing was a different
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.08,0:12:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,story right, they were two or three
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.68,0:12:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,individuals who truly their job all day
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.60,0:12:24.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was just float and be in places.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.99,0:12:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now they are individuals we have identified
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.92,0:12:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who they are part of teams but they they
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.40,0:12:30.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have flexibility.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.78,0:12:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, and they build
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.16,0:12:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,relationships throughout the building.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.76,0:12:37.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they're our go-to when we have uh
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.76,0:12:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a couple of Staff down here in small group,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.32,0:12:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who they have we have
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.06,0:12:42.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a new Elementary learner,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.64,0:12:46.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is really struggling um and they are
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.20,0:12:47.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the right people they have built
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.52,0:12:48.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a relationship with him and so we just
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.92,0:12:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have flexibility that that float staff
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.08,0:12:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the people that come down
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.50,0:12:53.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and intervene.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.27,0:12:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes they just need a new face.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.32,0:12:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes they just need somebody
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.72,0:12:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they know they can trust who wasn't
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.72,0:12:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that moment with them.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.32,0:13:00.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, and we have
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.92,0:13:02.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a deep shared understanding of students.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.92,0:13:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do a lot to communicate
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.20,0:13:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with each other
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.48,0:13:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,um based on a need to know. Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.92,0:13:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's that fine line between
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.72,0:13:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,confidentiality um but we do a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.32,0:13:14.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We send out emails, hey just a heads up
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.20,0:13:16.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this student's plan is this or we have
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.76,0:13:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An all staff meeting once a month and
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.64,0:13:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we might bring a picture of a student.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.18,0:13:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you see this person in the hallway,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.68,0:13:22.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,please don't say this.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.84,0:13:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a young lady right now
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.00,0:13:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is exploring work.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.34,0:13:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's a transition age learner
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.68,0:13:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,um and what we have learned
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.88,0:13:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is when she wears her sweatshirt that
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.64,0:13:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,announces her employer, that is probably
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.36,0:13:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something went wrong today at her job.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.00,0:13:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what's your go-to if you see her
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.80,0:13:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,walking through the building that says
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.04,0:13:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cane's across it?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.40,0:13:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like oh, how was work today? Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.76,0:13:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well we have figured out as a team
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.34,0:13:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we have to coach everybody
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.44,0:13:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to engage about her job because that
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.28,0:13:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is her like way of letting us know.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.36,0:13:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't talk about my job today.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.84,0:13:56.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um but not what our first reaction
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.59,0:13:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as adults is.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.56,0:14:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we do a lot of working with each other
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.08,0:14:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just sending building wide emails like
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.76,0:14:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hey, if you see so and so in the hallway,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.20,0:14:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,heads up don't ask her.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.56,0:14:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So um, yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.52,0:14:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is more information that when we
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.88,0:14:16.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,met with um staff here in the building,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.92,0:14:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to talk about what does it feel
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.24,0:14:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like to work here and what are supports
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.04,0:14:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are in place?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.52,0:14:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So [inaudible] yeah. Perfect.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.00,0:14:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And can I just name Martha was
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.12,0:14:26.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,involved in this too, I didn't say
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.64,0:14:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your name earlier, but Martha spends
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.48,0:14:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a sizeable amount of time here and help
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.20,0:14:33.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,plan just from the float perspective too,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.32,0:14:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around maybe not um kind of coming and
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.32,0:14:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going too so, thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.52,0:14:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I would just I guess I would
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.60,0:14:43.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wonder what things are you wondering
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.12,0:14:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about and what things do you hear that
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.36,0:14:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make you um, uncertain?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.04,0:14:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the question I that's
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.36,0:14:52.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the first questions I've
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.16,0:14:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,always wanted to know is, what are your
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.36,0:14:56.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,concerns of why you don't want
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.68,0:14:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come here? You know?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.02,0:14:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I find it a wonderful to work,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.36,0:15:01.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but other people don't see that and
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.52,0:15:04.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm like, I don't I don't understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.44,0:15:06.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean you're so well supported.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.85,0:15:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, it is like a family here.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.92,0:15:12.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have a ton of information and
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.62,0:15:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's always being given to you
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.88,0:15:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in many different ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.18,0:15:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I just yeah, that's
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.48,0:15:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a hard one for me to...
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.64,0:15:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would say I think
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.80,0:15:21.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've worked together a long time, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.64,0:15:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are times that there are
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.12,0:15:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,decisions Dan and I might make or that
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.24,0:15:28.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a building and Charlotte will say
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.94,0:15:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't get this.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.10,0:15:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why are we doing this?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.73,0:15:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we want that.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.44,0:15:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is how we that's how we can
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.24,0:15:34.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only do better.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.14,0:15:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if people come in and they're
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.04,0:15:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like this makes no sense.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.74,0:15:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is someone doing this?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.44,0:15:38.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe we're going to learn a better way.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.94,0:15:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we welcome those questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.76,0:15:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or whoa, there's so many layers here.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.68,0:15:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody shared with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.50,0:15:45.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me share with you
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.32,0:15:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you understand why we do.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.10,0:15:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, and that's really how we operate.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.08,0:15:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spend a lot of my day
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.00,0:15:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just talking about what we do.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.92,0:16:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the other thing to know is
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.16,0:16:04.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that um it's a big decision
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.33,0:16:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when a student ends up coming here.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.96,0:16:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.20,0:16:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So um, it is a significant decision
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.88,0:16:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when an IEP team is considering
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.22,0:16:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a setting change for a student
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.36,0:16:14.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a lot of reasons.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.65,0:16:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right? Like statute wise,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.04,0:16:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also we are making
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.44,0:16:19.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a decision that that student should be
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.24,0:16:21.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leaving their home building,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.67,0:16:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a period of time,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.14,0:16:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,always our goal is to have them
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.40,0:16:25.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come back.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.76,0:16:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, and sometimes we find
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.12,0:16:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the right setting for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.40,0:16:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, so I think think sometimes
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.20,0:16:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we hear questions
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.00,0:16:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in buildings around how those decisions
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.12,0:16:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are made and why.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.48,0:16:35.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, and I think just know
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.84,0:16:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they're not taken light and this is
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.84,0:16:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the very,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.72,0:16:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have what 120 students right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.06,0:16:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a district of 29,000.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.36,0:16:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, so it is truly like a small number
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.25,0:16:49.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of students who truly need
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.88,0:16:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this setting and that's also why it's effective.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.28,0:16:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right? Um, so if you hear questions
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.16,0:16:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the buildings always know
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.48,0:16:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that that is the case and we can help
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.36,0:17:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with those conversations, because
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.84,0:17:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if people don't spend time here, I don't
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.56,0:17:04.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think they always understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.44,0:17:07.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they, the students who do move here,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.31,0:17:11.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are at their worst when they come here.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.39,0:17:13.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what the perception
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.12,0:17:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of that individual child when they leave
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.16,0:17:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somewhere else is much different than
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.32,0:17:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the perception we get to have because we
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.36,0:17:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get a fresh start.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.96,0:17:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We get to take that worst
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.56,0:17:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's we truly believe as a building
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.20,0:17:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we there's nowhere else for them to go.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.70,0:17:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not we're not intervening
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.92,0:17:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to figure out where else
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.24,0:17:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're going to send you.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.08,0:17:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're intervening to get in it with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.24,0:17:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're intervening to figure out what's
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.72,0:17:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the way and how are we going to fix it.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.32,0:17:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not fix it, we can't fix anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.40,0:17:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the wrong word.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.52,0:17:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just to help you grow and do better.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.52,0:17:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I think a lot of times people think
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.80,0:17:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the kids they have seen come here
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.64,0:17:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the story they have is the story
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.52,0:17:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of that child at their worst and we're really
Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.92,0:17:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lucky because we get to celebrate
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.60,0:17:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those small wins and change that story.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.76,0:18:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um. So.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.28,0:18:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When kids come here you almost see
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.80,0:18:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them Blossom. Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.86,0:18:06.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For some kids like,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.92,0:18:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the environment is the right environment
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.68,0:18:10.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for them with the structures and
Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.48,0:18:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,routines that are in place and
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.00,0:18:14.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the supports and just the connections
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.32,0:18:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with staff and some kids just absolutely,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.80,0:18:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say, lots of kids not some,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.84,0:18:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,absolutely just blossom in this setting.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.07,0:18:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would imagine that people have
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.68,0:18:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some hesitation about like supporting here
Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.36,0:18:26.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't know that that's
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.72,0:18:29.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,necessarily any of you, but it is a fear
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.19,0:18:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of like maybe I don't have the skills
Dialogue: 0,0:18:31.16,0:18:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to support that particular student
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.88,0:18:33.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or I don't I don't know
Dialogue: 0,0:18:33.88,0:18:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'm capable of that
Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.88,0:18:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think the realization of the team
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.52,0:18:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right, like you're not alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.20,0:18:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I would say that that's a lot of times
Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.16,0:18:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more of a fear then of the unknown.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:43.53,0:18:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to be that, off of that,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.40,0:18:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like that's I have [inaudible]
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.24,0:18:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I been here um, I know that um,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:53.92,0:18:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in chatting with coworkers you know I talk
Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.08,0:18:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[inaudible]
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.32,0:19:00.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um you're going to giggle.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:00.85,0:19:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're going to laugh and you're
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.32,0:19:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to leave with a smile usually.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.65,0:19:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean that's my experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.83,0:19:06.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know I think a lot of the times
Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.04,0:19:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I've been in communication
Dialogue: 0,0:19:08.56,0:19:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with some coworkers is and I'm not trying
Dialogue: 0,0:19:11.24,0:19:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to over step it's or anything, like they have
Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.80,0:19:14.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that uncomfortable feeling.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.08,0:19:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That like you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:15.36,0:19:19.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the unknown or the big,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.05,0:19:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the PCM training piece and
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.34,0:19:21.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the part that I like
Dialogue: 0,0:19:21.64,0:19:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to say much what you guys have always
Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.52,0:19:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just said here too is that you have that
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.56,0:19:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,support in the room that will always
Dialogue: 0,0:19:27.88,0:19:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be there right away for you if you need it
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.24,0:19:31.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:31.40,0:19:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's even a culture thing
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.56,0:19:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we hear of staff here when people are
Dialogue: 0,0:19:34.32,0:19:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on their back wheels or just having a bad
Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.00,0:19:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,day of nobody in my room is PCM trained.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.04,0:19:41.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well the reality is we don't use PCM
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.28,0:19:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyday.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.30,0:19:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, I mean, it's not this magic wand. Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:48.68,0:19:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't use it that often, but it is that
Dialogue: 0,0:19:51.68,0:19:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something when people are feeling...
Dialogue: 0,0:19:55.16,0:19:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right, we all go to what do I not have?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.80,0:19:59.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How am I not equipped to do this?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:59.54,0:20:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, but really it's
Dialogue: 0,0:20:01.28,0:20:04.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about coming here and helping kids
Dialogue: 0,0:20:04.60,0:20:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be successful and we got we've got
Dialogue: 0,0:20:07.04,0:20:09.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of ways to get creative to do that
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.16,0:20:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in interventions we try and tools we use.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.48,0:20:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are resource rich.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:14.38,0:20:16.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah I feel it's endless.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.59,0:20:18.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's endless.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.37,0:20:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just have to identify
Dialogue: 0,0:20:20.58,0:20:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you need or what they need.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:24.84,0:20:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then and we'll try it.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:25.60,0:20:26.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we'll try it.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:26.36,0:20:28.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's give it a whirl.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.36,0:20:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can't say that won't work.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:30.36,0:20:31.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Try something else. Right.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.48,0:20:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.60,0:20:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that lens and all behavior is
Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.68,0:20:35.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a form of communication.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:35.94,0:20:37.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So behavior isn't personal,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:37.20,0:20:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a child trying to communicate
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.44,0:20:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something and they don't
Dialogue: 0,0:20:39.64,0:20:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have the skills to tell you what that is
Dialogue: 0,0:20:42.60,0:20:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.40,0:20:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So thinking through all the tools
Dialogue: 0,0:20:44.20,0:20:45.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you have here at Dakota Ridge
Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.72,0:20:46.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to support kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:46.90,0:20:48.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there is no tool here
Dialogue: 0,0:20:48.45,0:20:50.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we use that we don't have
Dialogue: 0,0:20:50.80,0:20:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in other buildings or that we can't get
Dialogue: 0,0:20:53.24,0:20:54.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in other buildings.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.18,0:20:56.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think that's the other layer to know.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:56.65,0:20:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not like we're tool rich
Dialogue: 0,0:20:57.73,0:20:59.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we've got it at all here.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.28,0:21:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:00.64,0:21:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's using a rocking chair
Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.00,0:21:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of a regular chair.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:03.28,0:21:05.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's putting a roller ball at their feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:05.32,0:21:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's giving them a fidget in their class room.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:06.76,0:21:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's using a body sock.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.36,0:21:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those aren't magic wands.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:09.82,0:21:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those are things we have everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:11.42,0:21:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We might have more of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:14.56,0:21:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, but we are very, very aware
Dialogue: 0,0:21:18.04,0:21:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make sure it's a functional tool
Dialogue: 0,0:21:20.44,0:21:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can go somewhere like that so.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:23.20,0:21:25.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there he is. There's MJ.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:31.65,0:21:34.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[sounds on video]
Dialogue: 0,0:21:42.21,0:21:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[inaudible voices on video]
Dialogue: 0,0:21:51.79,0:21:56.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you sign big?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.86,0:22:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good job.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:01.92,0:22:04.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there is my why.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.64,0:22:08.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he has
Dialogue: 0,0:22:08.09,0:22:11.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,relationships with everybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:11.25,0:22:13.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's like Royalty when he walks in
Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.88,0:22:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.88,0:22:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Might take him five to ten minutes
Dialogue: 0,0:22:15.88,0:22:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get to the classroom because
Dialogue: 0,0:22:17.56,0:22:19.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone's got to stop and chat,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:19.56,0:22:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,myself included.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:21.62,0:22:24.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, and he's got things with each person.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:24.38,0:22:26.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a sub para who's here
Dialogue: 0,0:22:26.52,0:22:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two days a week who I got watch
Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.00,0:22:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their interaction yesterday and I just...
Dialogue: 0,0:22:31.76,0:22:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has grown so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:34.84,0:22:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When when he first started here he was
Dialogue: 0,0:22:37.32,0:22:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a room by himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:39.05,0:22:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to see him do that
Dialogue: 0,0:22:42.84,0:22:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oh so, so awesome.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:46.12,0:22:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like I said, I watched him sign
Dialogue: 0,0:22:47.96,0:22:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,20 some words last night
Dialogue: 0,0:22:50.60,0:22:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was just amazed that
Dialogue: 0,0:22:52.84,0:22:54.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he just kept going.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:54.17,0:22:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm like wow and then he'll tell the story
Dialogue: 0,0:22:57.72,0:23:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again and he know add a word to his story,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:00.24,0:23:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm like yes, yes just keep
Dialogue: 0,0:23:03.40,0:23:06.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,adding and adding and adding.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:06.92,0:23:10.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His language and communication -
Dialogue: 0,0:23:10.27,0:23:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's fun watching him.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:19.32,0:23:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was on the screen?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:21.73,0:23:24.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, it was actually Shelby was teaching
Dialogue: 0,0:23:24.61,0:23:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ASL class and there were jifs
Dialogue: 0,0:23:28.27,0:23:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he just thought it was the funniest thing
Dialogue: 0,0:23:32.76,0:23:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then he would describe the jif.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:40.98,0:23:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[inaudible]
Dialogue: 0,0:23:46.04,0:23:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you guys want to take over this part?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:48.26,0:23:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are just all the things you shared
Dialogue: 0,0:23:50.06,0:23:51.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I kind of captured them on a slide
Dialogue: 0,0:23:51.53,0:23:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we met.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:52.66,0:23:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thinking of like
Dialogue: 0,0:23:53.68,0:23:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is it like to support here,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:54.52,0:23:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,subbing and stepping in?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:02.20,0:24:04.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:04.60,0:24:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So just in this just in this now in this week
Dialogue: 0,0:24:09.60,0:24:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,um we have our safe spaces for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:14.72,0:24:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have watched Matthew on his own walk in.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:19.12,0:24:21.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just walk in instead of
Dialogue: 0,0:24:21.67,0:24:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking us seven years.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:23.18,0:24:26.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yep, but we did it.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:26.60,0:24:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We got there.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:28.92,0:24:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just keep going. Try something different.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:32.28,0:24:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, so a positive, happy demeanor.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:38.52,0:24:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I walk into that break room