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March 2023
Diagnoses and designations position our thinking within competing narratives. On one hand, funding formulas for designations and supports are based on a deficit model, and stigmas have been attached to diagnoses for their atypical qualities. On the other hand, what makes us different or those qualities that make us stand out from the crowd are often some of our greatest gifts and what others value most about us as friends, colleagues or teammates.
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Both narratives are not always in balance for our families, our students, ourselves. Imagine if it was you who changed the narrative for a family about their child, for a teacher about their student, for a student about themselves. What if through your powerful pause amid these competing narratives, with your intentionally wholistic understanding of your student, everything changed for them and in all that makes them unique, they found their gifts, their superpowers.
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3 QUOTES Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius. - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
We often talk about neurodivergence as something to overcome. Remember that the things that make us atypical can be our greatest strengths. - Dr. Perry Mandanis
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We have characteristics that make us who we are, and in some contexts, those are liabilities and in some they are strengths. In some contexts, ADHD is an absolute superpower. I have crazy creativity. My mind can operate like a pinball machine where I see patterns and connect dots that most people can‘t see, and I can do it a lot quicker than they can. Why can‘t we tell children with ADHD that they have hyper-focus that occasionally comes with distractibility as opposed to telling kids they have a deficit or a disorder, and that if they‘re lucky, they‘ll figure out the superpower. I want us to teach kids about their superpowers. - Simon Sinek
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Profiling Talents of Neurodivergence
ADHD While we need to manage the challenges possible with ADHD, we also need to recognize the associated gifts of resilience, creativity, leadership, and innovative- and quick-thinking.
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The World Needs All Kinds of Minds After a lifetime of activism and scientific research, Dr. Temple Grandin explores why the world needs all of the different kinds of minds.
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As a world-leading Autism spokesperson, Temple discusses how people with Autism, ADHD and Dyslexia have played a pivotal role in many of the world's greatest achievements. She then outlines how we need to adapt the education system in order to help get the best out of every child.
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1 QUESTION How do we inspire others to flip-the-script on neurodivergence, diagnoses, or designations and see the superpowers within?
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MARCH SNASHOT TOPIC: Social Media
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Best Practices for Ministry Designation Documentation Check SBT Designation Compliance Google Folder from our February 28th meeting. This folder includes the recording of the meeting and best practices in designation documentation, including multiple checklists of supports, core competency IEP goals evidence log, student planning templates, an IBI narrative example, student support plan, transition summary of supports, and statement of needs example.
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SD 61 Guidelines for Community Based Agencies Working in SchoolsCommunity-based agencies, including consultants, private counsellors, therapists, behaviour analysts, outreach workers etc. that supplement school-based interventions should occur outside of school hours and off school grounds. When appropriate, supplemental service providers will be invited to collaborate, share information and participate in the school planning process. Designation Requests continue to be processed through the
District Referral App. The Designation (ASD, IBI, PDCH) Review Committee meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month to review new designation requests. If you could use support collaborating to coordinate a designation package or support using the app, please feel free to connect with any
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Introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorders 5-Day Virtual POPARD Course - June 5-9, 2023 The Introduction to ASD course is generally only open to employees of BC Public, Independent, and First Nations Schools (K-12). This particular session is open to everyone (parents, community agencies, support workers etc) - there is no requirement to be a BC School
employee. D etails and
RegistrationPOPARD Learning Opportunities - free half day workshops for BC School employees
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