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Inclusion – Making Connections. www.inclusionproject.org / inclusionproject @ includingkids @hallteam5. Inclusion begins with You. Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. - Abraham Lincoln -. your philosophy. your results. your attitude.
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Inclusion – Making Connections www.inclusionproject.org /inclusionproject@includingkids @hallteam5
Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.- Abraham Lincoln -
your philosophy your results your attitude create create your actions your belief
Believe! • Every child can make a friend. • Every child can participate. • Every child can be successful.
Believe? Check! What’s Next?
Prepare! • People are people first. • Be purposeful with your words. • Mistakes are ok as long as you learn from them.
Everyone can Participate Everyone can Belong People are people first. Be purposeful with words Learn from mistakes. your philosophy your results your attitude create create your actions your belief Every kid can make a friend. Every kid can participate. Every kid can be successful.
How? • Be intentional. • Know your kids: Personalities, Love Languages, Likes & Dislikes, Triggers • Emphasize similarities. • Be open to questions: “What do you mean?” • Take away the mystery. • A • a
How? • Be intentional. • Know your kids: Personalities, Love Languages, Likes & Dislikes, Triggers • Emphasize similarities. • Be open to questions: “What do you mean?” • Take away the mystery. • Aid and fade! • Celebrate Connection!
A Few Practical Tips • Connections • Emphasize Similarities • Answer Questions • Aid & Fade • Activities • Keep Kids Engaged • Dang! Oh Cool! • Families • Give them the benefit of the doubt • Help them be part of the solution
We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It's easy to say "It's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem." Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.- Fred Rogers
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