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Published: Tue, 12/18/18

Heads up! The inside scoop is in the Coming Attractions section below.

Are you just worn out trying to solve school problems?

Do you wonder why it can't be easier?

There's a way to GET UNSTUCK AND BUILD COMMUNITY. Come discover a 5-step problem solving process developed by Marsha Forest and Jack Pearpoint – Solution Circles.

Catch the replay below.

BONUS at end of video: 4 Questions to Ask to Stop Negative Thinking.

How To Get Unstuck & Build Community

If you want to watch the video later, catch it on my YouTube channel.

When you're on the go, listen to the podcast. Click here.

Check out these Key Take-Aways by going to the specific time stamp in the video, or on the podcast.

* Does your school team ever think outside of the box? 00:01

* What is the Solution Circle? 03:38

* The 5 steps of the Solution Circle 05:11

* What happens when the focus person presents the problem? 06:59

* How graphic notes can have more of an impact 08:06

* A different way to brainstorm 10:03

* What happens in the 3rd step of this process 13:05

* What action steps need to happen? 16:02

* How to get closure to the Solution Circle process 19:24

* What's up with our Membership group? 22:41

* Is follow-up needed? 23:49

* 4 key questions to ask to stop negative thinking 26:09

Here are some quotes from the recent The Art of Advocacy show.

Solving problems means listening.

Richard Branson

The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.

Linus Pauling

Be brave enough to start a conversation that matters.

Charmaine Thaner

It's not about ideas. It's about making ideas happen.

Scott Belsky

Schools must become places where families feel wanted and

recognized for their strengths and potential.

Ballen & Moles, 1994

Here are the slides used in the Solution Circle video. Click here.

Solution Circle instructions from Inclusion Press Click here.

Solution Circle template. Click here.

Get the inside scoop on Thursday, Dec. 20th!!!!

Educators were ordered to make it hard for students to get special ed. services. Teachers were required to go through several cycles of interventions before a child could be evaluated for special ed. Schools pushed students out of special education.

Despite these shameful acts, The Texas Education Agency contended the decline in special education students was due to new teaching techniques. Is Texas Education Really All That?

Join Christine Broughal, a Texas special education attorney and Mara Laviola, an advocate in Texas as we discuss:

* the illegal cap of 8.5% for students receiving special ed. services
* the corrective action plan
* recent 5th Circuit decision that the Texas Ed. Agency utilized a
weighted funding formula that violates IDEA’s Maintenance of
Effort requirement.

Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018 at Noon Mtn. Time, 2pm ET, 1pm CT, 11am PT. We’ll be live at www.facebook.com/VisionsandVoicesTogether. The replay will be available.

P.S. Did you see Dr. Paula Kluth's December newsletter? She gives a big shout out to my Facebook live show.

3 THINGS I AM LOVING RIGHT NOW by Dr. Paula Kluth

Visions and Voices Together

"Speaking of motivating….one of my “loves” lately is the work of Charmaine Thaner and specifically her “live” weekly spots on her Visions and Voices Together page on Facebook. I participated in one a few months ago and now I am pretty much obsessed with them.

I have always loved Charmaine’s work, so I am thrilled there is now more of it to love; she conducts these workshops for free (you read that right…totally free) every week and they are as informative as they are fun. They are great for all audiences in our field, but they will be especially helpful for parents, advocates, and self-advocates.

You can learn more about this amazing educator and her work on her website at www.cspeda.com."

I wrote Paula to thank her for that shout out and told her I wish she had a Paul Kluth summer camp I could go to. Wouldn't you love to soak up all her knowledge and creativity?

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