The Douglas County School District Growing Together Podcast, bringing our community together through meaningful conversation. Hosted by Erica Mason. In season two, Erica has important conversations with best selling authors in the world of education around distance learning and other issues you care about. Erica will also continue to have conversations with leaders, educators, specialists and community members about topics that matter to you. Join us to ensure DCSD is a thriving community, now and in the future.
10 Meaningful Minutes: Guidance for Your Child with ADHD
Laurie and Aaron have a conversation with Brandon Slade. Brandon is the founder and CEO of Untapped Learning and a leading expert on the topic of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD). Brandon talks about having ADHD and how he has dedicated his life to help others experiencing ADHD, Dyslexia, Anxiety and other executive function challenges. You can also watch the vidcast of this show here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrw0IY_DP0M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrw0IY_DP0M)
QUESTIONS
Q: How and why did you start working with ADHD?
Q: Parents have told us that their ADHD children have a hard time focusing on their homework. What advice do you have for these parents?
Q: What advice do you have for parents about to send their ADHD children off to University, College or other fields of work and study?
Q: When your child isn’t doing well with their work and responsibilities, how do parents hold their child accountable without being overbearing?
Q: What would be a good nighttime routine to help your ADHD child prepare for the next day?
Q: Because of Covid 19 there has been a lot of online learning happening at home. What can parents do to create an effective, positive work environment for their child?
Q: What is the main takeaway that parents should understand about ADHD?
Lauren LaComb: Coordinator - Healthy Schools / Health, Wellness & Prevention
Aaron Ragon: Lead Counselor / Personalized Learning Department
Guest: Brandon Slade: Founder and CEO of Untapped Learning
Produced by The Curriculum Instruction & Assessment Department
Douglas County School District
11 Jun 2021
Growing Together: Conversation with Pam Allyn
Our guest this week is Pam Allyn. Pam and Erica have a conversation about literacy and how to encourage a love of literacy with our students. Pam is an author of 26 books for educators. A few of her books include, “Every Child a Super Reader'', & “Your Child’s Writing Life: How to Inspire Confidence, Creativity and Skill at Every Age”. Pam is also the founder of LitWorld and Senior Vice President of Innovation at Schoolastic Education. You can also watch a vidcast of this show here: https://youtu.be/RwkbRpqxGF0 (https://youtu.be/RwkbRpqxGF0 )
QUESTIONS:
Q: You’ve done a lot of work incorporating social emotional learning into literacy. Can you tell us about that work and what led you to it?
Q: How do we build an inclusive environment that feels safe and empowering to all of our students?
Q: You mentioned student agency; how would you advise we build student agency?
Q: How do we help parents and teachers instill a love of literacy with our students?
Q: What is one piece of advice you would like to share with our Douglas County Community?
Hosted by Erica Mason
Director / Curriculum Instruction & Professional Growth
Douglas County School District
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27 May 2021
10 Meaningful Minutes, Conversation with Finessa Ferrell
Laurie and Aaron invite Finessa Ferrell onto the show. Finessa is a Social & Emotional Learning Specialist with the Colorado Education Initiative. Finessa is also the keynote speaker at this year's DCSD Summer Summit; Building and Leaders on July 26th. Finessa dives deep into (SEL) Social Emotional Learning and how it helps students, teachers and staff develop and build skills to help them thrive in their personal and professional life. You can also watch a vidcast of this episode here: https://youtu.be/ISs0VOUSswc (https://youtu.be/ISs0VOUSswc)
Hosts:
Lauren LaComb, Coordinator - Healthy Schools / Health, Wellness & Prevention
Aaron Ragon, Lead Counselor / Personalized Learning Department
Guest: Finessa Ferrell / Social & Emotional Learning Specialist with the Colorado Education Initiative
Produced by The Curriculum Instruction & Professional Growth Department
Douglas County School District
You can listen to this and future episodes by subscribing to Growing Together through your favorite podcast platform such as Apple, Spotify or Google Podcasts.
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