1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,000 Welcome to Unlimited Parenting, where we discuss everything related to having children with 2 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,640 disabilities or special health care needs. 3 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:20,560 My name is Allison, and with me today is me. 4 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:23,040 That's right, it's just me today. 5 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:31,520 You're welcome, me, myself, and I, and today you and I, we will be going over what IPUL 6 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:36,600 plans to do and be for 2024. 7 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:43,160 So I don't know about you, but I make a New Year's resolution every single year, and every 8 00:00:43,160 --> 00:00:46,400 single year I play a little game with myself. 9 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:51,880 How long until I pretend like I didn't make a New Year's resolution? 10 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,560 Well, not this year. 11 00:00:54,560 --> 00:01:01,140 This year, my New Year's resolution is to do everything that I am about to read out 12 00:01:01,140 --> 00:01:02,660 loud to you right now. 13 00:01:02,660 --> 00:01:03,920 We're going to do it. 14 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:10,520 Not just me, the whole I Pull team, every single one of us, every event and goal and 15 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:15,600 plan on this list, we're going to do. 16 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:17,540 And that is my New Year's resolution. 17 00:01:17,540 --> 00:01:22,480 We could take it to the bank. 18 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:24,080 That's right. 19 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:33,680 Okay, so the first thing that we have really solidified just very recently, and it's not 20 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:42,720 something that we did last year, is what we're referring to as regional tours, or if you 21 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:47,960 have been a big supporter and fan of I Pull in the past, you might have heard it as I 22 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:49,460 Pull on a Roll. 23 00:01:49,460 --> 00:01:56,560 And what that looks like is I Pull going to each of the seven regions and presenting some 24 00:01:56,560 --> 00:02:03,240 of our biggest and best trainings, those that have been most requested, and those that are 25 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:06,560 quite honestly the most well attended. 26 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:11,680 And what that looks like will be all day training. 27 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:16,120 Now does that mean that you, dear listener, have to stay all day? 28 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:18,720 No, much like a buffet. 29 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:24,160 Come and get what you want extra if you need it, and then just leave what you don't. 30 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:32,720 So so far, what we're anticipating is the morning, so roughly 10 to 2, or wow, that 31 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:34,080 would be way long. 32 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:35,080 Strike that, reverse it. 33 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:43,240 10 to noon, as in 1, 2, the big 12, we're going to be talking about IEPs, sprinkling 34 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:47,960 in a little bit of knowledge bursts on 504s. 35 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:51,720 And we mean talking about IEPs. 36 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:57,080 We don't mean that 30, 45-minute training. 37 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:59,520 We don't mean an hour. 38 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:00,520 We mean two. 39 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:04,160 We mean two full hours of intensive IEP training. 40 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:06,120 Hey, you know what? 41 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:08,000 Bring your IEP if you want. 42 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,760 If you feel comfortable, bring your kid's IEP. 43 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:12,180 We'll go over it with you. 44 00:03:12,180 --> 00:03:17,200 We intend to break the group up as necessary. 45 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:25,640 So anybody in the audience with an early childhood IEP gets to break up into a little subgroup 46 00:03:25,640 --> 00:03:27,520 with yours truly. 47 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:32,800 You have a child using the traditional standard IEP because they're school age. 48 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,120 You can hang out with Melissa. 49 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:40,000 You have a child in transition to adulthood getting that secondary IEP. 50 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,800 He gets to go hang out with Sarah. 51 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:48,280 And bonus, if there isn't all three groups represented in one of our trainings, you get 52 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:49,280 two of us. 53 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:53,520 You heard me right. 54 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:58,920 So if that wasn't an incentive enough to come, we're going to take a little lunch break. 55 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:03,080 And then we're coming back from one to three, baby. 56 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:07,120 And we're going to be talking about PBIS. 57 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:12,240 And if you didn't know, that stands for Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. 58 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:16,920 And it is the hill I will die on. 59 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:23,280 So I have volunteered as tribute to take the lead on that training. 60 00:04:23,280 --> 00:04:26,540 And Melissa and Sarah will be there as well to help out. 61 00:04:26,540 --> 00:04:31,520 And we're going to do two full hours of PBIS. 62 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:33,480 So what does that look like at school? 63 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,060 What can that look like in the home? 64 00:04:36,060 --> 00:04:39,880 What does ABC mean in terms of PBIS? 65 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:40,880 And what is it? 66 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:41,880 What is MTSS? 67 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:45,700 What is this tiered interventions and supports? 68 00:04:45,700 --> 00:04:51,860 And how can I just be more knowledgeable to be more active on the team? 69 00:04:51,860 --> 00:04:56,400 So that is something that I am really excited about and really looking forward to. 70 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:58,520 Again, another little break. 71 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:03,720 Go get us, go get yourself a soda pop, get some lunch, some snacks, come back and meet 72 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:06,360 us for Medicaid. 73 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:07,360 That's right. 74 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:08,360 I said it. 75 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:10,080 We're going to do a Medicaid training. 76 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:16,400 And boy, it will it for sure take the full two hours because Medicaid is nothing if not 77 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:19,760 a convoluted antiquated process. 78 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:23,160 And there's a lot of cogs and wheels and that bit of machinery. 79 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:28,680 So I pull has always lovingly referred to it as the buckets of Medicaid. 80 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:30,680 And there are several. 81 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:33,200 So bring your questions. 82 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:37,840 Hopefully we have some good representation of those families who may have children supported 83 00:05:37,840 --> 00:05:43,800 by children's developmental disability, who have chosen to go family direct and some families 84 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:45,820 who have chosen to go traditional. 85 00:05:45,820 --> 00:05:51,920 And we can talk about what that looks like in each in each region. 86 00:05:51,920 --> 00:06:00,000 Because I don't have to tell you that services in Boise look different than they do in Idaho 87 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:07,000 Falls look different than they do in Lewiston look different than they do in boundary. 88 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:08,440 Right. 89 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:10,480 You don't need me to tell you that. 90 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:15,560 And we're also going to talk about what we know about parents as paid caregivers, what 91 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:23,240 we've been doing on these are care can't wait coalition calls and all of the new information 92 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:31,520 that we have about legislation opt moving to Magellan and you name it. 93 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:33,640 What we know we're going to give to you. 94 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:36,520 And then from there, you know what you do with that what you will. 95 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:37,520 Right. 96 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:42,760 So the first of our regional tours is happening on March 6. 97 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:47,500 So that's looking looking at you Eastern Idaho. 98 00:06:47,500 --> 00:06:52,640 So that's going to be following a little event called Tools for Life. 99 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:56,480 So Tools for Life will be the two preceding days and then we're going to stick around 100 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:58,280 to give some really good training. 101 00:06:58,280 --> 00:07:03,300 So I'm hoping that since people will already be there for tools, they might hang around 102 00:07:03,300 --> 00:07:08,080 for an extra day to hear a little bit about IPP's PBIS. 103 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:11,400 Well I should say a little bit more about because that'll be a good chunk of it. 104 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:12,400 Right. 105 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:13,400 So we have a lot of different regions. 106 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:15,560 We have PBIS and Medicaid. 107 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:23,320 And then from there, the plan is to pop up and hit regions one and two in April. 108 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:25,520 Different days for different regions. 109 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:30,480 And then three and four in September and five and six in October. 110 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:35,920 You might be thinking to yourself, I barely know what city I'm in. 111 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:38,080 How do I know what region I'm in? 112 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:43,520 And what I'm going to say to you is have no fear because in the description of the podcast 113 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:47,720 link I will put in a little map that will tell you what region you're in. 114 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:49,040 And you know what? 115 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:56,080 Watch out on Idaho Parents Unlimited's Facebook page on our website and you will find a lot 116 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:59,560 more information, more flyers and ways to register. 117 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:03,380 So very, very excited about that. 118 00:08:03,380 --> 00:08:05,000 Bring your questions. 119 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:06,000 Bring your stories. 120 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:10,680 And if you want to bring your IEP, hopefully there'll be a ton of people and we'll get 121 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:17,400 to have a really constructive conversation with a wealth of information. 122 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:23,500 And like I said, I could talk for 30 more minutes about this because I am jazzed because 123 00:08:23,500 --> 00:08:30,560 even though I've lived in Idaho for, oh my God, I don't want to date myself, but a hot 124 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:35,780 minute decades, I have not seen a good portion of it. 125 00:08:35,780 --> 00:08:37,760 And that's bad on me. 126 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:39,960 I recently went to Soda Springs. 127 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:40,960 Beautiful. 128 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:42,520 The whole drive. 129 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:43,520 Beautiful. 130 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:45,040 Windy as all get out. 131 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:47,240 But you didn't come here for me to tell you about the weather. 132 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:49,280 So let's move on. 133 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:54,360 Another really big event that we're looking forward to that is coming up is Fred Rigger's 134 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:56,920 Disability Awareness Day. 135 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:02,880 If you caught our last podcast where we did our Year in Review, then you know that we 136 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:08,200 also did this last year and just a little sneak peek, we did it the year before and 137 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:09,680 the year before and the year before. 138 00:09:09,680 --> 00:09:14,560 And every year it's been done and we will continue because it's so important for everyone 139 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:20,640 in the disability community to get together on that day, the first of February down at 140 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:28,440 the State House and talk about all of those really huge pieces of legislation or things 141 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:30,700 that are impacting the disability community. 142 00:09:30,700 --> 00:09:34,280 Because guess what, that's where the lawmakers are. 143 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:39,200 And last year we got to shnag a few and tell them all about what we're working on and what 144 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:40,960 we hope to see. 145 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:42,560 We're going to do that again this year. 146 00:09:42,560 --> 00:09:47,800 So if you want to come and join us, come and talk to some legislators, hear about what 147 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:51,560 the hot takes are in the disability community. 148 00:09:51,560 --> 00:09:57,060 Another thing that we are doing is our monthly articulates. 149 00:09:57,060 --> 00:10:01,640 So I say that and then you might be thinking I have no idea what that means. 150 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:07,640 So our self-paced monthly webinars, they're not webinars anymore so I probably shouldn't 151 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:08,640 say that. 152 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:14,200 They're our monthly self-paced trainings and we do them on a platform called Articulate. 153 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:18,560 And it's a really unique platform and we're getting used to it and learning how to pepper 154 00:10:18,560 --> 00:10:21,920 in engagement every which way. 155 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:26,660 And it has been so fun, really honestly. 156 00:10:26,660 --> 00:10:32,200 I've really enjoyed making every single one that I've been a part of. 157 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:39,040 And it's really unique versus a monthly webinar where you can see our faces, which is wonderful, 158 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:46,320 but there's only so much information and engagement I can give you in one hour. 159 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:52,760 And let's be honest, how long would you want to sit there and want to listen to me talk 160 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:55,080 to you about that, right? 161 00:10:55,080 --> 00:11:00,280 Because if it's a self-paced, I can put so much more information into it. 162 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:01,920 I can put quizzes. 163 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:03,840 I can put videos. 164 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:06,400 I can put mock scenarios. 165 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:09,240 I can do so much. 166 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:12,180 And then you take it at your pace. 167 00:11:12,180 --> 00:11:16,760 So when you feel your brain start to turn to mush and you start to drift off and you 168 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:21,860 need a break, you can take it and you can come back and you can view it as many times 169 00:11:21,860 --> 00:11:23,400 as you want. 170 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:30,800 Just like every other training that iPoEL offers or webinar, we will include our evaluation 171 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:31,800 at the end. 172 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:36,920 And that's really all we ask for is that you give us your honest feedback at the end of 173 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:38,400 that training. 174 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:39,480 Did you like it? 175 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:41,460 Did you get something out of it? 176 00:11:41,460 --> 00:11:47,240 Does it make you feel more supported and knowledgeable and able to help your child? 177 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:49,880 And if not, what would you have changed? 178 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:51,720 What would you have made different? 179 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:54,440 That's another thing we always like to hear. 180 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:58,880 And then I'm going to spend some time talking about the podcast. 181 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:08,080 So thank you, honestly, genuinely to all of you who have listened to this, who have replied 182 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:13,600 to the survey in the description box to tell me what you liked, what you want to see more 183 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:14,600 of. 184 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:19,960 Huge thank you to all of the parents who have already given their time to share their stories 185 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:21,440 on here. 186 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:28,400 My iPoEL's wonderful executive director, Angela, for letting me have this idea and run with 187 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:30,400 it and support it. 188 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:37,280 All of my amazing coworkers who have given up their time to be here and let me be a little 189 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:39,080 goofball on this podcast. 190 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:42,720 I am hugely appreciative of all of it. 191 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:47,280 And because having said all of that, I am excited to let you know that it's not going 192 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:48,680 to stop. 193 00:12:48,680 --> 00:12:49,680 It's not. 194 00:12:49,680 --> 00:12:51,440 You're just going to keep hearing it. 195 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:56,320 You're going to keep hearing more about all of the topics I see in Facebook groups. 196 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:58,160 I'd love to bring some of that in here. 197 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:00,560 I would love to get more parents. 198 00:13:00,560 --> 00:13:05,920 Heck, I'm even lining up some dads to come in here and share their stories. 199 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:08,760 So we get that other piece of the perspective. 200 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:12,920 We're going to get some youth on here, those youth in transition. 201 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:16,240 We're going to talk more about iPoEL programs. 202 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:24,040 And I am so excited to say that I have got an advanced reader's copy of a book that I'm 203 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:26,040 going to read and review. 204 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:32,220 And then if all of the stars out there align, I am going to be able to have that author 205 00:13:32,220 --> 00:13:38,600 of that book on this podcast to talk about their work and their story and their child's 206 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:39,600 disability journey. 207 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:46,400 And I am just so beyond pumped to bring that to all of you guys out there. 208 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:52,660 In addition to that, I would like to try a new little podcast series, which you don't 209 00:13:52,660 --> 00:13:58,440 know and you're after you hear the story, you're going to be glad you never heard it 210 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:04,600 was we tried our little new series here at Idaho Parents Unlimited. 211 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:05,920 And you know what? 212 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:09,480 It just didn't get off the ground. 213 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:10,820 It was a good idea. 214 00:14:10,820 --> 00:14:11,820 It had great heart. 215 00:14:11,820 --> 00:14:13,440 It had great intention. 216 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:18,960 But no matter how I tried to make it work, it just wasn't going to happen. 217 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:19,960 And that's part of learning. 218 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:23,520 You just move on, you tweak it, and you try something new. 219 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:27,720 So I'm very excited that we are going to try something new. 220 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:32,120 So I'm going to get a wrangle, a couple of coworkers in here, and we're each going to 221 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:33,440 pick a topic. 222 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:35,400 And we're going to talk about that topic. 223 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:37,120 And I know what you're thinking. 224 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:40,360 That sounds exactly like what you're already doing, ma'am. 225 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:42,600 How is that any different? 226 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:47,800 But the difference is it may not be disability related. 227 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:50,240 It might be me talking about the silliest thing. 228 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:52,300 It might be me talking about Roma tomatoes. 229 00:14:52,300 --> 00:14:55,440 And then we're just going to see where that conversation takes us. 230 00:14:55,440 --> 00:15:03,200 Just as a reminder that we're all people outside of taking care of our children, outside of 231 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:05,640 all of the other responsibilities. 232 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:08,200 There's something funny to see where the conversation takes us. 233 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:09,920 So we'll try that out. 234 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:11,760 We'll see how it goes. 235 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:12,960 And then maybe you'll hear it. 236 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:13,960 Maybe you will. 237 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:14,960 I guess you'll just have to wait. 238 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:19,000 I'm going to leave you on the edge of your seat. 239 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:26,080 Another thing that we started recently this year that we are so genuinely excited for, 240 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:32,840 genuinely excited to continue, is our monthly check-in with the Idaho Department of Education. 241 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:36,120 She's really given her time to us once a month. 242 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:38,200 Every month she makes time for us. 243 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:42,320 And she tells us all of the hot topics at the Idaho Department of Education. 244 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:44,940 We tell her what we're doing here at EIPL. 245 00:15:44,940 --> 00:15:46,880 And we make a plan to work together. 246 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:51,840 And that's really unique because not a lot of other states have that relationship with 247 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:54,120 their State Department of Education. 248 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:59,960 So we want to just keep watering that plant, watering that flower, let it grow. 249 00:15:59,960 --> 00:16:05,160 And we're just going to keep nurturing it because we're all better when we work together 250 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:07,800 to support our children. 251 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,240 So we're just going to keep on keeping on. 252 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:14,160 We hope to be present at that North Idaho Autism Walk. 253 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:19,020 In fact, it's going to come along really nicely with one of our regional tours. 254 00:16:19,020 --> 00:16:21,760 So we're trying to be purposeful in how we plan these things. 255 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:24,400 So all the people are going to be in one place. 256 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:27,520 Why not see if they want to come hang out with us for a little while? 257 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:31,600 Again, East Idaho Preschool Fair, we did that before. 258 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:32,600 It was huge. 259 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:33,600 It was wonderful. 260 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:34,600 It had a great turnout. 261 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:38,360 We really want to be there again. 262 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:41,560 Transition Institute, same situation. 263 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:49,160 Our girl Sarah, she has been working so hard and tirelessly on all things related to transition 264 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:53,160 to adulthood and how that affects our youth and not only how it affects the youth, but 265 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:58,000 how it affects their families and how families can support youth in this transition, whether 266 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:04,360 that's health care, whether that's education, independent living, getting a job, you name 267 00:17:04,360 --> 00:17:07,480 it, we're in it, and we want to hear more about it. 268 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:12,600 Sarah is a part of all of those groups and she's making good waves and we love that for 269 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:13,600 her. 270 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:20,560 And of course, there's this little thing called Parent Leadership Development Institute. 271 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:23,120 Yes, it's really called all of that. 272 00:17:23,120 --> 00:17:26,220 So from here on out, I'm just going to refer to it as Parent Leadership. 273 00:17:26,220 --> 00:17:31,320 So this has been something that's been done for over a decade. 274 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:37,620 And it has in the past always looked like several individuals in a region getting together 275 00:17:37,620 --> 00:17:49,240 in an Airbnb or in a cabin and just being fed a whole bunch of information, even more 276 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:54,160 information that you can get on iPoll's regional tour. 277 00:17:54,160 --> 00:18:00,720 And then working on their goals, improving and learning strategies for effective advocacy 278 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:07,040 and learning how to be great community leaders and how to be a support for other parents 279 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:13,960 in their region because who knows the region better than those people who live there, right? 280 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:19,400 You know, once someone from Boise coming in to northern Idaho telling you all the things 281 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:25,720 that we have and how wonderful everything's working, and then you saying, well, it's actually 282 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:27,960 really hard to find services up here. 283 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:29,440 So great. 284 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:30,960 Thanks. 285 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:34,640 So we want to empower people and get them talking about how they can bring what they 286 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:43,360 need to their region and what they can do to just level their systems, level it up one. 287 00:18:43,360 --> 00:18:45,640 So we're really, really excited about that. 288 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:47,760 It's always looked like people in a house. 289 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:48,760 And you know what? 290 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:54,920 Over the last couple of years, iPoll has been talking about what if that's just not the 291 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:57,060 way to go anymore, right? 292 00:18:57,060 --> 00:19:00,740 What if it's easier to do it virtually? 293 00:19:00,740 --> 00:19:05,640 Everything that we've tried previously virtually, whether that's our monthly webinars, whether 294 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:12,880 that's the articulates, whether that's this podcast, it gets much more reach. 295 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:14,260 It gets more buy in. 296 00:19:14,260 --> 00:19:19,160 It gets more people when it's virtual than when it's in person. 297 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:24,640 So now we're entertaining the idea of what would parent leadership look like if it was 298 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:26,460 virtual? 299 00:19:26,460 --> 00:19:31,280 Because one of the whole pivotal points of parent leadership was that, you know, you 300 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:38,160 were kind of trapped in this house and you bonded with the people that were there and 301 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:44,800 you learned so much and you got a little bit of a break from that day to day grind. 302 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:51,480 And how do we take one of those foundational pieces of parent leadership and still give 303 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:54,760 it to parents in a virtual setting? 304 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:59,000 And we're trying to iron out more of the details. 305 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:04,880 And so right now, and you can find this even when you're listening to this, it's live right 306 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:10,080 now on our Facebook page, but even at the time that this goes live and you listen to 307 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:12,680 this recording, it will still be there. 308 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:15,200 It's an interest form. 309 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:19,140 And that's where you can go to tell me, you know, what city are you in? 310 00:20:19,140 --> 00:20:21,160 What region are you in? 311 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:25,200 Do you have a young child with a disability? 312 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:26,520 Are they zero to three? 313 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:28,080 Are they 10? 314 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:29,600 Are they 18? 315 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:31,440 Tell me how old your child is. 316 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:39,400 Can you commit to a Monday and a Thursday virtual Zoom training from potentially 6 p.m. 317 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:47,520 to 8 p.m. Mountain Standard Time and potentially one in-person virtual gathering? 318 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:50,120 Would you want that? 319 00:20:50,120 --> 00:20:55,000 We've never, since its inception, parent leadership has never not been done. 320 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:57,160 And we really want to keep it going. 321 00:20:57,160 --> 00:21:02,200 But we want to meet parents where they are and using what modality they like. 322 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:07,600 If you'd prefer it to be virtual, we are trying our best to figure out how we can take the 323 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:13,480 concept and its intention and replicate it with fidelity on an online platform. 324 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:16,320 We want so badly to do it. 325 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:20,720 But first, we got to hear from you and see if that's something that you'd want. 326 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:24,920 So let me back up because I realized I said Monday and Thursday from 6 to 8. 327 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:28,080 And you may be wondering, well, is that for the rest of my life? 328 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:30,600 Do I commit to it forever? 329 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:33,400 It would be roughly three weeks. 330 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:38,440 And bonus, you get a little stipend at the end. 331 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:44,220 One of the ways, though, that we really want to try to replicate that bond and working 332 00:21:44,220 --> 00:21:52,060 together is individuals will go through an application process for parent leadership. 333 00:21:52,060 --> 00:21:59,020 And when they do that, we want to hear about your tangible goals for your region. 334 00:21:59,020 --> 00:22:04,900 And that might also look like you working together with someone else in your region 335 00:22:04,900 --> 00:22:06,240 on a joint goal. 336 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:11,960 And that's how we really want to try to replicate that bond that you got from being in that 337 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:15,680 house for a week with all of us. 338 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:18,080 We're still trying to iron out those details. 339 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:22,040 Does that look like one joint Idaho? 340 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:26,600 No parent leadership with all of the regions? 341 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:31,060 Or does that look like just regions five, six, and seven, which is where we would be 342 00:22:31,060 --> 00:22:32,060 this year? 343 00:22:32,060 --> 00:22:36,240 And so that's Eastern Idaho. 344 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:41,960 And the only way we'll really be able to iron out those details is, again, if we hear from 345 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:46,860 you, if you fill out that interest form and you tell us, hey, I don't think I could commit 346 00:22:46,860 --> 00:22:48,040 to that. 347 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:54,560 Even if you're telling us that you can't commit to that, it's any feedback is good feedback. 348 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:55,640 Right? 349 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:57,720 So we want to hear from you. 350 00:22:57,720 --> 00:22:58,720 Let us know. 351 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:01,800 You can find that interest form on our website and we hope you do. 352 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,360 And we hope you tell us all about it. 353 00:23:04,360 --> 00:23:09,440 Another thing that we're really excited about, and we mentioned it in our year in recap in 354 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:14,280 the last podcast, is that continued professional development. 355 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:19,800 We're going to meet, Idaho Parents Unlimited is, let me back up, Idaho Parents Unlimited 356 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:25,520 is our state's parent training and information center, as well as our state's family to family 357 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:27,480 health and information center. 358 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:29,920 So we fulfill both of those roles for the state of Idaho. 359 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:33,940 And doing that means that we get two sets of professional development. 360 00:23:33,940 --> 00:23:38,920 One from the technical assistance for family to family health and information center, and 361 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:43,840 one from OSEP, the Office of Special Education Programs for parent training and information 362 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:44,920 centers. 363 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:49,760 And we are jazzed to get to go to those. 364 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:54,400 I hate to repeat myself because I know I said it in the last podcast, but in case you missed 365 00:23:54,400 --> 00:24:01,260 it, we get to meet with all of the other parent training information centers across the state. 366 00:24:01,260 --> 00:24:09,000 Not just our region, not just region D as in Delta, we get to meet with all of the other 367 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:10,000 states. 368 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,000 We get to hear their barriers. 369 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,880 We get to hear their successes. 370 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:20,400 And we really get to hear a lot of what's implemented in their state that works, and 371 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:24,100 then come back as a team and say, how do we get it on that? 372 00:24:24,100 --> 00:24:27,600 How do we bring that little piece to Idaho? 373 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:34,400 And then what's so fantastic is sometimes states will say, oh, Idaho, we love that. 374 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:39,760 How do we bring that little piece of Idaho back to whatever state they are? 375 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:40,760 I can't give it away. 376 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:41,760 I can't give too much away. 377 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:43,440 I'm just born to secrecy. 378 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:45,320 But it's really fun and really unique. 379 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:46,920 And it's such a good experience. 380 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:50,880 And it's such great professional development because we get to hear from the leaders of 381 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:54,240 the Office of Special Education Programs at the federal level. 382 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:57,460 And it's just a fantastic experience. 383 00:24:57,460 --> 00:25:00,860 I wish everyone could get to go. 384 00:25:00,860 --> 00:25:05,980 But I think that's really just a good chunk of all of the things that we are really excited 385 00:25:05,980 --> 00:25:07,120 about next year. 386 00:25:07,120 --> 00:25:10,040 And there's no way that I can remember all of them. 387 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:15,160 And I tried to pull everybody's ideas together and get them all out here on this podcast. 388 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:17,040 But there is so much more. 389 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:24,160 Before I let before I end it, I got to remember that we have recently hired two new individuals 390 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:25,160 and they are so great. 391 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:26,760 And they are such hard workers. 392 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:29,060 And they're not parent education coordinators. 393 00:25:29,060 --> 00:25:33,640 So they're not someone that you are going to speak to on the phone. 394 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:37,560 That's still myself, Allison, Sarah and Melissa. 395 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:42,380 But they are some more of those behind the scenes individuals that are helping with Idaho 396 00:25:42,380 --> 00:25:45,760 Parents Unlimited, IPOL's Work of Art program. 397 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:53,200 So providing those work experiences to youth in transition in partnership with Vocational 398 00:25:53,200 --> 00:26:01,160 Rehab as well as another individual that the staff of IPOL can lean on to help support 399 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:06,280 in more of the administrative assistant role. 400 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:07,920 And thank you. 401 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:13,960 Shout out to all of those individuals who picked up the phone and answered our survey 402 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:14,960 calls. 403 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:18,780 I know Katie really, really appreciates that. 404 00:26:18,780 --> 00:26:24,560 And we love hearing all of this feedback that we can then provide to help us do better and 405 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,240 be better and help serve better. 406 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:32,600 So again, just as a recap, there's an interest forum out on our Facebook page right now if 407 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:38,600 you want to tell us more about parent leadership, about if you think it's a viable option to 408 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:40,040 be held online. 409 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:41,040 Would you want it? 410 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:42,040 Would you do it? 411 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:44,300 Please tell us yes or no. 412 00:26:44,300 --> 00:26:48,420 Hope to see you all at Fred Rigger's Disability Awareness Day. 413 00:26:48,420 --> 00:26:51,200 Hope to see you all, all of you. 414 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:53,640 I'm calling, I'm sending out the bat signal. 415 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:57,840 All of you when we are in your region. 416 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:03,320 So look more on our Facebook to figure out when we're going to be with you. 417 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:08,120 Look to see we're in your email on our weekly e-newsletters. 418 00:27:08,120 --> 00:27:13,120 All of that information will be there. 419 00:27:13,120 --> 00:27:21,560 Thank you so much, everyone out there for listening in. 420 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:30,200 And if you are in Idaho or planning on moving to Idaho and have any questions on systems 421 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:35,580 or services for children with disabilities, please reach out to us. 422 00:27:35,580 --> 00:27:38,960 You can reach us on our website at ipulidaho.org. 423 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:43,520 That's I-P-U-L-I-D-A-HO.org. 424 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:45,720 Be sure to come back next time. 425 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:48,840 Until then, this has been Unlimited Parenting. 426 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:51,760 Thanks for listening.