Happy
Holidays
by Don
Asbridge, KOG Editor
Yes! Happy Holidays from the KOG Editor! Take a few moments
and celebrate your successes with students. We shouldn't have to
spend all of our time stressed out, sitting around worried that we're going
to get sued.
Offensiveless
Defense with Two Rules
by Drina
Fried
If you have an interest,
you have permission to use the preface below and/or the PowerPoint without
charge. I do believe that it has been quite useful as I developed
it in my 25 years of practice in schools and private practice. I hope that
it can save a lot of time and grief for other people in the progression
of their lives.
What teachers
of all kinds, and parents of all ages want, but too often haven’t been
able to manage yet: to have intelligently cooperative young people
who grow into intelligent cooperative appropriately loving adults - rigid
only in not harming themselves or others, and also not taking things that
don’t belong to them.
Our conflicts
usually have to do with boundaries and control. Too many righteous
teachers, security people, and parents think the job is to control the
child. It’s more complex than that and erroneous to think that controlling
through any form of coercion, ridicule, shame, or even just bossiness or
nagging will produce the desired long-term results. In my opinion,
the job is to inspire/motivate to learn and then provide timely knowledge,
current and historical; and only use a safe form of control to prevent
the young person when that young person tries to harm physically or psychologically
him or herself, or another person. However the manner of control
or interrupting that young person is most effective paired with short reprimands
done without using any harmful technique that would be wrong for
that young person to use too. Because what we do to prevent or interrupt
that person will be what is learned. The question to ask the expert
is, “How do I stop a young person from infringing on somebody- including
self, without harming that young person in any way?” Then our children
can grow up ready to truly face and solve problems, without numbing their
intelligence or their natural emotions with chemicals. They can also
be allowed to safely release their emotions, so their body will remain
in chemical balance, and they will provide each other, and their children,
finally with a sane and benevolent daily life.
When a properly
taught person repeatedly is unable to get a life without harming self or
others physically, or taking what doesn’t belong to him or her by the time
they leave the educational system, that is when isolation in the form of
jail or prison is resorted. The jails should be full of these people who
were not harmed, but only then still could not be prevented from harming.
The Offensiveless
Defense with Two Rules PowerPoint program is for psychologists, marriage
family counselors and social workers to use with their clients (or to train
other mental health workers) to accomplish the above.
Click
here to download the program in Powerpoint format (2.7 MB)
Hot
Dog Services via the Individualized Hot Dog Team (IHDT)...
by Don
Asbridge, KOG Editor
Retirement looms
in just 742 more contract days!
I'm going to miss
a lot about public education when I leave... I'll have a lot of fond memories.
Mostly I'll miss working with the backbone of America: the students.
But I'll also miss the legal and effective procedures, rules, laws, paperwork
and meetings related to the special education service delivery model.
Those who know me
know I'm going to open a hot dog cart in my "second career" during my retirement
years. Recently I've been diligently finishing up my business plan.
I'm going to run my hot dog business in the same manner special education
is run... I'm going to use the methods and strategies I've learned and
practiced over the past twenty years... I'm going to stick with what I
know. Why “reinvent the wheel?” Why not just use the methodology
invented by our government and used over the past thirty or forty years
to serve millions of students nationwide?
I'm sharing here
just a few excerpts from my hot dog business plan, still in final the development
stages. If you have any suggestions, please let me know: I'm
always interested in effective hot dog delivery methods for my clients,
uh, er, I mean customers.
Referral for consideration
of a hot dog.
The customer arrives
at the window and asks for a hot dog. The customer is asked to put
the request in writing; a form is of course provided.
The customer completes
the form and returns it to the window. The time and date of this
transaction is documented... the hot dog process officially begins
NOW.
If it is an appropriate
request and the form is completed in full with all applicable legal signatures
and contact information, perform the following steps:
a) hand customer
a copy of his or her legal rights related to hot dogs. It won't include
all applicable laws, but instead will include a broad overview and brief
synopsis listing who to contact if the hot dog is cold or if there are
other rights violated in this transaction; in effect, who to call in order
to sue!
b) customer signs
a brief transaction form indicating s/he has read and understands all of
his or her rights related to the purchase of the hot dog.
c) consider other
options as appropriate... maybe the customer requires Taco Bell
or McDonalds instead of a hot dog. If so, the customer will
be referred there first.
d) if the request
for a hot dog seems appropriate, and the customer has signed all applicable
forms and followed all procedures so far, then a formal assessment related
to all aspects of the customer's need for a hot dog will occur with the
results reflected in a brief four-page report.
Assessment for
hot dog eligibility.
First, the referral
concern will be articulated. This usually should be relatively easy
to document in one to two brief paragraphs.
“The customer requested
a hot dog in writing on December 13th, 2005. The purpose of this
report is to assess the customer's need for a hot dog, determine if s/he
is eligible for a hot dog, and then to forward recommendations related
to the purchase and consumption of the hot dog. In addition, it is
hoped the most appropriate hot dog as per the customer's hunger and related
needs will be addressed.”
A brief assessment
will follow. This assessment can usually be completed in 15 to 30
minutes, but in some instances may require subsequent and more formal hot
dog assessment. Excerpts from a typical hot dog assessment would
look something like this:
“Present hot dog
assessment determined the customer possesses the cognitive skills generally
considered necessary to request the purchase of a hot dog. The customer
reports having consumed hot dogs in the past with only minimal problems.
Customer denied any hot dog side effects, allergies, or other health risks
related to this request. The customer reported no known legal issues
or concerns and stated s/he understands all related issues regarding the
consumption and use of hot dogs. Customer reported once experiencing
some past minimal psychological trauma related to hot dogs but declined
to comment further, suggesting possible denial or other defense mechanisms
may exist.”
Hot dog recommendations.
Based on the hot
dog assessment results, appropriate recommendations are forwarded.
1) Based on all
information available to this vendor through present assessment, this customer
is suffering pain and trauma related to diagnosed hunger. Present
and past trauma may play a role in this customer's request. The Individual
Hot Dog Team (IHDT) will need to determine if this customer requires a
hot dog in order to meet his diagnosed hunger need.
2) A hot dog intervention
plan, designed to monitor the frequency, duration, and intensity of hot
dog consumption and related hot dog behaviors, may help increase the quality
and effectiveness of this individual's hot dog consumption in the future.
The IHDT meeting.
Then the IHDT meeting
is scheduled. This meeting usually can occur within one to five days,
but must occur within sixty. It is very important all procedures
are followed in this process. First, the customer is notified in
writing of the meeting date, time, and location.
The meeting is held
and usually can be completed in less than one hour.
If the customer doesn't
show for the meeting, s/he will be provided a second notice via registered
mail.
At the meeting, all
the important decisions are determined and finalized. The goal of
the meeting is to recommend the most appropriate hot dog based on the individual
customer's assessed and reported hunger and related hot dog needs.
Hot dog goals and objectives are developed. If there exist any concerns
related to customer behavior, an individual hot dog behavioral plan is
developed. The customer's safety is always first: the IHDT
will always consider whether or not an ambulance should be in close proximity
in case the customer chokes on the hot dog, for example; sometimes
the IHDT will recommend that all other customers and those working nearby
obtain training on the Heimlich Maneuver, for example, in case of customer
choking.
Once the decision
is made for hot dog eligibility, and the appropriate hot dog is determined
and agreed upon by all stakeholders, the hot dog can be delivered to the
customer; of course, all required accommodations and/or modifications (such
as mustard, ketchup, relish, etc.) MUST be addressed and delivered as per
the hot dog accommodation plan. Future transitions toward Polish
Dogs or Chili Dogs should be addressed. The date, time, location,
and service provider must be documented regarding all aspects of this hot
dog service delivery.
There will, of course,
be several documents for the customer to sign, but almost always less than
ninety. It is imperative that all procedures and laws are followed.
In addition, all provisions related to ongoing hot dog services will be
documented. An IHDT meeting will be scheduled at least once a year,
more often if necessary, to insure the continued provision of appropriate
hot dog services.
The typical daily
operating schedule (subject to change in the event of a hot dog emergency):
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07:00 to 08:00
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Arrive, prepare,
plan. |
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08:00 to 08:30
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Open for business,
serve hot dogs as per IHDP. |
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08:30 to 12:00
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Testing, paperwork,
planning. |
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12:00 to 12:30
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Open for business,
serve hot dogs as per IHDP. |
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12:03 to 03:30
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Hold IHDT meetings. |
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03:30 to 06:00
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Paperwork, reports,
filing, etc. |
So you can see why
I'm so much looking forward to my retirement. I'm taking everything
I've learned in twenty years of educational service delivery with me into
the business world. When you have an effective model to use, you
need to stay with it.
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December,
2005 Issue: Happy Holidays!
