Everyone Gets What They Need

Now that report cards are looming, I feel a great urge to update all the blogs!  After months of not being sure what to write, all I can think about are things to blog about.  I used to call this procrastination, but have since learned this is part of my own self-regulation.  I have to get all of the junk out of my brain in order to think clearly about my reports.  If you’ve ever used the book “The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron, you will know I am not the only person who needs to do a “brain dump” in order to think clearly.

But that’s not what this post is supposed to be about!

Last week we conducted an after-school session of some staff members of our school.  We wanted to teach them more about Self-Reg, and they were keen to learn more even though we had to do it after school.  We fed them well, which seemed to be payment enough.

One of the things we had to cut in order to keep it under 2 hours was this delightful video by Shelley Moore. She is a researcher, teacher and consultant who focuses on special education.  She has created this lovely set of videos she calls “Five Moore Minutes”, which are meant to help educate people about inclusion and supporting students.  In this video, titled “Decriminalizing Supports”, she talks about how we need to support every child, not try to be equal with supports.

We were going to include this video because it really speaks to the need to think about what individuals need, rather than focusing on making things equal and same.  It talks about kids getting what they need BEFORE they have to somehow prove they “deserve” it. This is what Self-Reg is all about!

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