1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:14,360 Welcome to Unlimited Parenting, where we discuss having children with disabilities or special 2 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:15,360 healthcare needs. 3 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:20,680 I'm your host, Allison, and with me today are Sarah and Melissa. 4 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:24,120 Today we're going to be talking about Parent Leadership Institute. 5 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:28,720 So let's get into the stuff and the things. 6 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:34,680 So ladies, how do we feel about PLDI? 7 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:39,200 Can we call it PLDI? 8 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:42,160 Maybe we need to Parent Leadership Development Institute. 9 00:00:42,160 --> 00:00:46,040 Can we shorten it for the purposes of this podcast? 10 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:47,040 Parent Leadership. 11 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:48,040 You want to call it Parent Leadership? 12 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:49,040 Let's call it Parent Leadership. 13 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:50,760 But listeners, it's an institute. 14 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:51,760 Yep. 15 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:52,760 It is. 16 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:53,760 It's a vetted curriculum, right? 17 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:54,760 Yes. 18 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:55,760 Yes. 19 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:57,320 So we don't want to diminish that. 20 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:02,760 Yeah, but when we're talking about parent leadership in this conversation, we're shortening 21 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:06,920 it and we're talking about the Development Institute in its full context. 22 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:11,680 Thank you for taking into account my inability to say Parent Leadership Development Institute. 23 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:12,680 It's a long one. 24 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:15,560 For the rest of this time, I appreciate that. 25 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:17,480 We live in alphabet soup. 26 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:18,480 We do. 27 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:19,480 Right. 28 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:20,480 You're right. 29 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:21,480 PLDI. 30 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:22,480 We need another acronym in this room, right? 31 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:23,480 Right. 32 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:24,480 Parent Leadership it is. 33 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:25,480 Okay. 34 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:26,480 Perfect. 35 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:33,880 So can you start us off and tell us why you are qualified to talk about parent leadership? 36 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:35,280 Oh, I suppose. 37 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:41,240 So I am the parent... 38 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:42,240 Program coordinator. 39 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:43,240 Thank you. 40 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:44,240 Sometimes... 41 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:46,880 She lapses every once in a while. 42 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:48,720 Sometimes my brain has a restart. 43 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:53,360 That's what happens when you're a parent. 44 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:54,600 You have to restart. 45 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:58,960 And so anyway, I'm the program coordinator here at Idaho Parents Unlimited. 46 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:02,060 And we... 47 00:02:02,060 --> 00:02:05,440 This program, this parent leadership has been around for... 48 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:09,200 Oh my gosh, this will be our 12th year doing it here. 49 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:15,600 Not mine, but I get to put this program together every year. 50 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:20,360 And it's one of our favorite things that we do here. 51 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:22,400 How many years though have you been doing it? 52 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:29,240 This will be my fourth year really putting it together and coordinating this. 53 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:33,540 My first year, I went through it as a parent and an employee. 54 00:02:33,540 --> 00:02:38,320 So it was kind of a double whammy for me. 55 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:39,600 And it was really... 56 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:47,040 It really was life changing in the fact of my life and as the program coordinator and 57 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:49,040 parent education coordinator at that time. 58 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:54,280 So I learned a lot about why I'm here and why I wanna be working here. 59 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:55,560 And I've been here for six years. 60 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,520 So I think it stuck. 61 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:02,560 So you are the resident expert in this room. 62 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:04,400 As far as parent leadership goes. 63 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:05,400 Absolutely. 64 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:06,400 You're the elder at the table. 65 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:07,400 As it were. 66 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:11,400 You just like that we're older than you. 67 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:12,400 That is exactly right. 68 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:13,400 I think so. 69 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:14,400 Everybody write that down. 70 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,400 I am the youngest at the table. 71 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:18,400 Barely. 72 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:24,320 Melissa, what do you bring to parent leadership? 73 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:26,320 I do some mean dishes. 74 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:27,920 So you're the cook. 75 00:03:27,920 --> 00:03:28,920 No, no. 76 00:03:28,920 --> 00:03:29,920 I said I do dishes. 77 00:03:29,920 --> 00:03:30,920 So I'm not the cook. 78 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:33,640 I just wanna make that abundantly clear. 79 00:03:33,640 --> 00:03:37,120 I do dishes and I do them really well. 80 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:40,400 So this will be my third year at parent leadership. 81 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:45,600 My first year, it was the COVID year of parent... 82 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:46,760 The follow up COVID year. 83 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:50,080 So it was a little... 84 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:51,200 It was smaller. 85 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:57,040 And I think it was a wonderful time for me to get my feet wet with it because it was 86 00:03:57,040 --> 00:04:01,920 a smaller cohort of parents, but it was so intimate. 87 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:03,160 I will say it was life-changing. 88 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:04,960 I didn't necessarily go through it. 89 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:10,080 I went through it as an employee who is also obviously a parent as well. 90 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:17,360 But it is really life-changing to hear these stories and then to be able to provide information 91 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:18,840 and resources to some of these. 92 00:04:18,840 --> 00:04:22,560 And we were in Bear Lake at that point, that one. 93 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:27,760 It's a teeny tiny small rural community and it was so awesome to see the community come 94 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:32,280 together and just explore resources. 95 00:04:32,280 --> 00:04:33,280 It was just exciting. 96 00:04:33,280 --> 00:04:35,480 So I don't remember what the question was. 97 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:36,960 Oh, what do I bring to parent leadership? 98 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:37,960 My dishes. 99 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:39,140 My dishes and you. 100 00:04:39,140 --> 00:04:40,140 You help facilitate. 101 00:04:40,140 --> 00:04:41,140 Oh yeah. 102 00:04:41,140 --> 00:04:42,140 You present essentially. 103 00:04:42,140 --> 00:04:43,140 I do. 104 00:04:43,140 --> 00:04:48,480 So Sarah helps make the curriculum. 105 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:53,520 She helps make the curriculum and the baskets and all the goodies that come with it. 106 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:54,520 Yeah. 107 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:57,840 And then the two of you have been co-facilitators in the past. 108 00:04:57,840 --> 00:04:59,200 You both do the presenting. 109 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:00,200 We do. 110 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:03,880 And then this year is my first year helping present. 111 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:06,200 Last year, I was the parent. 112 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:07,200 You were? 113 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:08,200 I was the parent. 114 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:12,280 You know, it was. 115 00:05:12,280 --> 00:05:13,280 I was nervous. 116 00:05:13,280 --> 00:05:14,280 Yeah. 117 00:05:14,280 --> 00:05:16,640 I was really nervous to come. 118 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:22,560 You know, I think we're nervous to go to, you know, we always want to make sure that 119 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:23,960 we are. 120 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:25,680 It's respite for parents too. 121 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:26,680 Right. 122 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:32,240 So we want to make sure that we're providing a really good, relaxing experience. 123 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:37,680 And at the same time, providing a curriculum that is giving them education and tools and 124 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:40,760 resources to use when they walk away from it too. 125 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:41,760 So it. 126 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:42,760 Right. 127 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:43,760 I think we're nervous too. 128 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:44,760 So that's a common feeling. 129 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:51,560 I'll add a caveat that I was nervous to go, then I really didn't want to leave. 130 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:52,560 Yeah. 131 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:54,640 Guys, that makes sense. 132 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:55,640 Yeah. 133 00:05:55,640 --> 00:06:01,440 Because as the days went on, you got more connections and you were learning and, you 134 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:03,360 know, everyone gets more comfortable with one another. 135 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:06,080 And then you were like, oh my gosh, we have to leave. 136 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:07,080 I don't want to leave. 137 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:08,080 Yeah. 138 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:09,080 These people are awesome. 139 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:10,080 Yeah. 140 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:14,920 Because you build, you do, you build those relationships and really lifelong relationships. 141 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:16,880 I mean, obviously you're an employee now. 142 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:17,880 Right. 143 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:18,880 Yeah. 144 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:21,880 I left leadership like, how do I get back with these ladies again? 145 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:22,880 I know. 146 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:26,640 And well, that brings us up a good point because we do stay connected. 147 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:33,960 We do our very best to, well, that's part of the curriculum is that we stay connected 148 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:41,480 with, we have help our, the participants craft their own goals and action plans to move forward 149 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:48,480 in their communities and in their lives and reach out with each other and follow up on 150 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:49,480 these goals. 151 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:55,200 And we're starting something new this year where we are going to be doing every monthly 152 00:06:55,200 --> 00:07:03,880 calls every other month with the same group of people who participate and check in with 153 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:09,800 each other and see how we can support each other and the goals that they've created and 154 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:17,960 what their communities need and potentially bringing in parent leadership graduates from 155 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:19,120 previous years. 156 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:27,620 So we will continue to stay connected throughout the year and the following years to our biggest 157 00:07:27,620 --> 00:07:30,120 capacity that we can. 158 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:37,680 So Sarah and Melissa, I was hoping that you guys could really outline detail what it is. 159 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:41,560 What is this curriculum that we keep talking about? 160 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:42,560 Right. 161 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:47,360 So this is not something that Idaho Parents Unlimited has made up. 162 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:54,520 It's a vetted curriculum really started from it's, excuse me, funded through the Office 163 00:07:54,520 --> 00:08:02,800 of Special Education and through the, I'm going to have to look down at my notes really 164 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:06,400 quick sorry because I've got all these thoughts running through my head. 165 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:14,920 The North, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill for the child development and really 166 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:24,400 building leaders for early childhood intervention services and the leading that parent voice 167 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:31,680 and family engagement and how do we build leaders in our communities to follow our kiddos 168 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:42,760 through their development and their education and craft that importance of early intervention 169 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:50,360 and then as we grow with our kiddos, those with disabilities or special healthcare needs. 170 00:08:50,360 --> 00:09:01,280 And so that's really what drove this curriculum and this intensive institute forward is that 171 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:08,880 all these different professional groups came together to create this curriculum to talk 172 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:18,080 about how to develop advocates and how to advocate effectively and share your story 173 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:24,400 about what it's like to raise a child with a disability and share those experiences with 174 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:30,820 each other and build up the community of like minded individuals and then take that information 175 00:09:30,820 --> 00:09:37,680 and those experiences and expand on them to make things, I wouldn't necessarily say easier 176 00:09:37,680 --> 00:09:47,160 but in some ways easier or enhance them or make the path a little bit less scary for 177 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:49,800 those coming behind us I guess. 178 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:58,360 That's my personal feeling on it that raising a child with significant healthcare needs 179 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:00,720 and disabilities was very scary. 180 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:02,040 Yeah, for sure. 181 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:09,320 From birth all the way into his early intervention we went from the hospital to those birth to 182 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:13,960 three interventions and then developmental preschool and I was thrust into a world I 183 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:18,000 had nothing, I knew nothing about and I was terrified. 184 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:21,480 So there were things that I would have liked different, there were things that worked well 185 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:29,160 and so being able to share that information in a way that makes things better for our 186 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:37,640 community and for those around us using the resources that are in our own individual communities 187 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:45,800 because Idaho is a very different state from one corner to the next and each part of that 188 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:54,680 area each region which Melissa can talk about how we, yearly what we do, how we offer parent 189 00:10:54,680 --> 00:11:00,200 leadership but each region and each community within those regions have different resources 190 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:02,840 available and needs, right? 191 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:03,840 And needs, absolutely. 192 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:09,880 Because Idaho is predominantly rural but there are pockets of... 193 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:13,880 Considered a frontier state so yeah. 194 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:16,640 Boise has different needs than say Bonners Ferry. 195 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:17,640 Absolutely, absolutely. 196 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:24,440 I would even say that the Treasure Valley is very large and that is, you know, we have 197 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:28,120 different needs from city to city. 198 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:29,120 Yeah. 199 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:31,440 Yeah, definitely. 200 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:36,920 Parent leadership, it does come from this wonderful vetted curriculum but at Idaho Parents 201 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:43,040 Unlimited we have adapted that over the years to really fit our state and our parents because 202 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:51,200 we do have those rural pockets of families that care is a little bit difficult to find 203 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:54,720 so that's part of the curriculum. 204 00:11:54,720 --> 00:12:01,400 One day we really spend deep diving into special education and IEPs and breaking those apart 205 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:03,560 with 504s, what does that look like? 206 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:09,160 So that really education side and then we kind of switch gears on another day and talk 207 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:15,200 about some of accessing health systems in the state. 208 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:21,120 Intermingled into these are really fun activities and I use fun kind of loosely because some 209 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:23,280 of them are really, really emotional. 210 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:24,280 No. 211 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:25,280 They shouldn't use fun. 212 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:26,280 They're traumatic. 213 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:27,280 I don't want to say traumatic. 214 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:30,280 We don't want to scare anybody. 215 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:31,280 No. 216 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:32,400 They're triggering. 217 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:34,560 It does trigger some emotional. 218 00:12:34,560 --> 00:12:36,560 Yes, you're right. 219 00:12:36,560 --> 00:12:38,680 I don't want to put anyone off. 220 00:12:38,680 --> 00:12:39,680 You're right. 221 00:12:39,680 --> 00:12:41,200 Trauma is a scary word. 222 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:44,320 When we're talking about life maps. 223 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:45,320 Okay, sure. 224 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:51,880 And where we started and what brought us here and who our kids are and what links us together, 225 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:58,680 everyone in that room and people really, I guess maybe trauma releasing. 226 00:12:58,680 --> 00:13:02,680 I think people find it really cathartic to tell a group of people who understand where 227 00:13:02,680 --> 00:13:08,560 you're coming from, where they're coming from, and you finally get someone who goes, yes, 228 00:13:08,560 --> 00:13:09,560 I hear you. 229 00:13:09,560 --> 00:13:10,560 I see you. 230 00:13:10,560 --> 00:13:15,680 I validate you instead of, well, you should try this or have you done this or I don't 231 00:13:15,680 --> 00:13:17,840 see what you're talking about in your child. 232 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:18,840 Right. 233 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:19,840 Yeah. 234 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:24,520 Somebody that's either been there and can really offer up some lived experience or someone 235 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:30,560 that maybe potentially hasn't been exactly where you are, but absolutely has the compassion 236 00:13:30,560 --> 00:13:36,120 of a parent of a child with special healthcare needs or a disability that can offer that 237 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:39,600 shoulder to cry on, which is what we are here at iPoel, right? 238 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:40,600 Absolutely. 239 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:43,320 Oftentimes, but it does. 240 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:50,000 It's an emotional experience, but it's really scattered in with educational experiences 241 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:51,000 too. 242 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:53,560 I guess I would say. 243 00:13:53,560 --> 00:13:56,080 Do you think, I don't know, you've been a participant. 244 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:57,080 Yeah. 245 00:13:57,080 --> 00:14:01,680 I think that the first little bit of the training is kind of an introduction. 246 00:14:01,680 --> 00:14:03,760 What is Idaho Parents Unlimited? 247 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:04,760 What do we do? 248 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:05,760 Who do we serve? 249 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:06,760 What do we offer? 250 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:09,360 And then really, who are you? 251 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:14,080 And the who are you piece is where people really find the emotions. 252 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:21,400 And then once, I feel like once you guys really found out who we were as parents and then 253 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:26,160 also as individuals, which I thought was really, really cool, just who we were outside of our 254 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:32,840 children, you were able to slightly adapt kind of what you were teaching to be more 255 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:33,840 individualized. 256 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:34,840 Yeah, absolutely. 257 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:40,720 I mean, we do preliminary interviews, but you just don't know until you really get into 258 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:47,360 the nitty gritty of a person's story what the training actually will kind of spin into. 259 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:48,360 I think you're exactly right. 260 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:56,600 I think it starts as one thing kind of morphs as that cohort really starts opening up and 261 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:57,600 being vulnerable. 262 00:14:57,600 --> 00:14:59,800 You are vulnerable at parent leadership. 263 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:02,640 I wasn't, I will tell you, I was not prepared for that. 264 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:04,120 I'm not a crier. 265 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:09,440 I'm not a crier, but at my first parent leadership, I was overcome with these tears that were 266 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:11,840 flowing and I had no clue where they came from. 267 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:13,320 But it's an emotional experience. 268 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:17,960 You're unpacking, I guess, some trauma of diagnosis. 269 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:19,960 I guess, honestly, that's what I did. 270 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:21,720 So it's super cathartic. 271 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:22,720 It is. 272 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:28,920 In the second day, we spend really diving into your, our own whys and your why before 273 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:36,640 we get into the processes of how Idaho and how special education works. 274 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:43,600 We take the first day or the first morning of those life maps and then we really talk 275 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:50,200 about why we're here and the why is our kids and then we start to craft those goals so 276 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:57,080 that when we do talk about the education, the special education pieces and the health 277 00:15:57,080 --> 00:16:05,880 care pieces and how Idaho operates in that and how special education works, we can take 278 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:11,440 those goals and those personal pieces and help craft what it is that your goal, your 279 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:20,680 personal goal is into making that action plan moving forward and using those resources in 280 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:22,200 that action plan. 281 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:26,600 I just want to ask real quick, we keep saying day one, day two. 282 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:28,600 How long is this? 283 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:31,920 It's a week long. 284 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:32,920 It's a week long. 285 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:33,920 We say it's a week long. 286 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:38,960 However, we check in Monday night at what, six o'clock is check in. 287 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:45,200 So it is four nights, five days, but Friday is, we have to be checked out of the venue 288 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:46,200 by 10. 289 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:57,400 So it's really three and three intense curriculum packed days of learning and exploring and 290 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:04,920 then the evenings are spent really bonding and we may have had a dance party or two. 291 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:10,000 And it wasn't me and you know, charades, of course, networking. 292 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:11,000 Yeah, absolutely. 293 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:14,720 Pair and share like, what am I trying to say? 294 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:16,720 Organic parents share. 295 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:22,760 Some of our parents just go and go, go relax in their room and enjoy the peace and quiet 296 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:25,920 because I know that at home we don't get that. 297 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:30,200 We don't get that alone time and that is absolutely fine. 298 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:33,120 Yeah, the nights are super fun. 299 00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:35,080 That's one of my favorite parts. 300 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:37,080 I love giving all of the resources. 301 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:43,880 I love the goals and life mapping and don't get me wrong, that stuff's great, but there 302 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:46,460 is something to be said for networking. 303 00:17:46,460 --> 00:17:51,900 Have you with these other parents and hearing all the different ways that people make horse 304 00:17:51,900 --> 00:17:53,560 sounds when you're doing charades? 305 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:54,560 There's that too. 306 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:57,560 I mean, things you find out about people. 307 00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:02,480 I know our own employees who knew? 308 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:04,720 And this year we get karaoke. 309 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:06,760 That's what you have told me. 310 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:09,160 I keep reminding you so that you're prepared. 311 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:13,520 Yeah, Allison has very much scoped out this VRBO and its content. 312 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:19,840 Listen, give me a microphone and just wait to be clearly impressed. 313 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:22,560 So I'm gonna have to work on my songs. 314 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:24,360 I'm not working on dance moves. 315 00:18:24,360 --> 00:18:26,360 It's just FYI, guys. 316 00:18:26,360 --> 00:18:28,400 You guys, I have big main character energy. 317 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:29,880 You guys are backup dancers. 318 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:32,800 That's fine by me. 319 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:33,800 Okay. 320 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:35,760 Who is this for? 321 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:42,320 Who is the best candidate for parent leadership? 322 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:47,520 It's a parent that wants to be elevated, I guess I would say. 323 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:49,040 I don't even have elevate. 324 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:50,040 Yeah. 325 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:51,040 It's that parent. 326 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:52,040 It's you, Allison. 327 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:53,040 It was you. 328 00:18:53,040 --> 00:19:03,160 You're the parent that was you had your children who had varying diagnoses and you were trying 329 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:05,560 to do more. 330 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:08,240 How do I get my feet in this door? 331 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:10,840 How do I get my foot in this door? 332 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:12,960 I saw her silently correcting my grammar. 333 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:14,600 I was like, I jumped in. 334 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:15,600 She did. 335 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:18,120 You actually did go feet first. 336 00:19:18,120 --> 00:19:19,400 You dove in head first. 337 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:20,400 You did. 338 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:24,600 It's that parent that is just looking for how do I get more involved? 339 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:25,600 How do I get involved? 340 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:28,880 Like Sarah said, in my community, how do I help other parents? 341 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:34,760 It's that parent that's wanting to advocate on the next level or just advocate for their 342 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:39,520 own student and then learn the tools to advocate at another level. 343 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:42,560 There's not a right or wrong candidate. 344 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:49,920 The program was developed for parents whose children were age zero to nine. 345 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:56,620 Each year in Idaho, we've tried to stick to that as much as possible. 346 00:19:56,620 --> 00:20:03,400 When we went through the pandemic, we struggled to get that age group. 347 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:13,080 We did our very best to keep it at the early years, the early childhood developmental years. 348 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:19,260 But we struggled to find people that were able and we wanted to keep it small. 349 00:20:19,260 --> 00:20:28,840 So we've kind of developed, we've expanded our age group qualifications slightly because 350 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:35,620 we know that there are times when we've lately at iPoll, we've been taking a lot of calls 351 00:20:35,620 --> 00:20:41,280 for our kiddos who are growing up and moving into that transition to adulthood age, moving 352 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:43,400 on from high school. 353 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:49,880 So we have a few parents who want to make that process a little easier for their kids 354 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:51,880 and for those kids coming up behind them. 355 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:57,380 So we have a great mixture of what that looks like. 356 00:20:57,380 --> 00:21:04,160 And I think it creates a great blend of those parents and families that have gone through 357 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:07,140 the early childhood and what it can look like as they're growing up. 358 00:21:07,140 --> 00:21:13,200 So it provides that insight of here's what it looks like after our kids have made it 359 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:17,720 through this part of the journey. 360 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:22,760 And this is potentially what we would like to see as they're moving up through the next 361 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:24,080 part of the journey. 362 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:32,160 So as you families who are here with the youngers are thinking about your kids as they grow 363 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:37,400 up, maybe some of these things can be implemented into your goals. 364 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:38,400 Does that make sense what I'm trying to say? 365 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:43,600 It does make sense and it reminds me of how when your kids are little, you get stuck in 366 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:44,600 survival mode. 367 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:50,440 And in my case, I'm talking about behaviors and just how do I survive the day. 368 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:57,480 And part of parent leadership that was really eye opening for me was I had never thought 369 00:21:57,480 --> 00:22:08,200 not even once about what happens when there was at my year of parent leadership, so 2022. 370 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:11,840 I just had a, I know, I see it happens. 371 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:17,920 So my year of parent leadership, there was even a conversation about puberty. 372 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:23,920 What happens when our kids and I was like, I had never, we just had conversations that 373 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:28,960 I had never even entertained, because I am so used to going, just how do I survive this 374 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:35,480 day and meeting other parents who could be mentors because they've been there done that 375 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:38,440 and other, just my kids are autistic. 376 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:44,080 So there were other parents there who were parents of children who are autistic. 377 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:47,080 And they were like, well, this was a struggle and we tried this. 378 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:50,440 And I was like, I just had, it was like mind blown. 379 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:51,760 I'd never even thought. 380 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:54,240 Yeah, I loved looking over, honestly. 381 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:57,240 I mean, Alison very much wears her emotions on her face. 382 00:22:57,240 --> 00:22:58,240 Don't know what you're talking about. 383 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:01,520 And I can't tell you the amount of times that we would be presenting it. 384 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:06,240 I look over and she's just blank stare, just staring the headlights, soaking it all in. 385 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:09,480 I don't know what you're talking about. 386 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:13,000 No, I'm sorry. 387 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:14,000 I did. 388 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:17,200 And I, and I was trying so hard to take notes and okay. 389 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:21,600 So when you go to parent leadership, you're provided with a packet and a flash drive and 390 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:23,680 all the curriculum is available to you. 391 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:28,240 If you're, you know, a little weird, you look at it the day before, I'm not going to judge 392 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:30,160 you because that's what I did. 393 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:34,100 So and you can, and there was lots of room to take notes, but I kept finding myself like 394 00:23:34,100 --> 00:23:37,440 finding margins and like scribbling. 395 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:42,920 And I'm like, it's just so many things I just had not, I just hadn't even thought about. 396 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:50,840 And I think that when I, so when I found parent leadership, it was a flyer from my kid's school. 397 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:51,840 That's where I found it. 398 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:56,200 And I applied, I interviewed, I was obviously accepted. 399 00:23:56,200 --> 00:24:00,560 And I went into it thinking that this was going to be strictly school-based. 400 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:05,000 Yeah I think a lot of parents have that kind of misunderstood. 401 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:06,000 Misconception because of that. 402 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:07,000 Yeah. 403 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,080 Cause a lot of people think that as I pull in general. 404 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:10,080 Right. 405 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:11,080 Yeah. 406 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:16,000 And this year, a lot of the parents that we have interviewed for 2023 is parent leadership 407 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,840 have found these flyers from their school. 408 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:19,840 Right. 409 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:20,840 Yeah. 410 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:21,840 Absolutely. 411 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:27,600 And I was like, oh, it's Medicaid too and I went into it not with an open mind. 412 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:28,600 I'll just be honest. 413 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:31,240 I was like, none of this is going to apply to me. 414 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:32,240 None of it. 415 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:33,240 Right. 416 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:34,240 Cause my children are autistic. 417 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:35,920 They don't have special healthcare needs. 418 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:37,680 I, my children are verbal. 419 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:39,040 This isn't going to apply to me. 420 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:42,320 And I start, I'm like, what? 421 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:46,480 All of these services do in fact apply to me. 422 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:47,480 Very much so. 423 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:48,480 Right. 424 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:51,760 Now, and, and I think that was the deer in the headlights for you. 425 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:52,760 Right. 426 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:58,720 Because you're, you went with one expectation and came out with a whole plethora of others. 427 00:24:58,720 --> 00:24:59,720 I would hope. 428 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:05,520 I, and I, and I'm like, I don't, and I can't wrap my mind around how to retain some of 429 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:06,520 this information. 430 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:11,520 And then, you know, I just was encouraged and reassured that people were going to follow 431 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:13,240 up if you had any questions. 432 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:14,240 Yeah. 433 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:15,760 We'll help you fill out the forms. 434 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:16,760 Absolutely. 435 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:18,760 We'll walk you through the whole process. 436 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:22,200 And I was like, where was this three years ago? 437 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:23,200 Right. 438 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:24,200 Yep. 439 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:25,200 It was there. 440 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:28,920 Well, quasi cause the pandemic, but you found it at the right time. 441 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:34,880 I truly believe that you found it at the right time when you had, you know, you, you, you 442 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:38,320 have to get to that where it less than let the dust settle. 443 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:40,680 You know, you were picking your battles. 444 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:44,720 You were just trying to make it, like you said, make it through the day and you found 445 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:45,920 it when you needed to find it. 446 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:51,040 And I think that's kind of how a lot of this parents, you know, it, it just really organically 447 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:53,720 fits in when these parents need it most. 448 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:59,080 So the age, yes, there's an age restriction or an age range that we like to stick to, 449 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:05,760 but, but I think over the years, I mean, in, in my mind and my research and, and my evidence 450 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:11,960 based knowledge or whatnot, if that's what you want to call it, it's important to include 451 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:14,800 that lifespan because that's what we're talking about. 452 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:22,360 And we're really talking about systems change and developing systems that work for kids 453 00:26:22,360 --> 00:26:24,120 throughout their lifetime. 454 00:26:24,120 --> 00:26:31,440 And we have to remember to include and put these two age groups together so that we remember 455 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:36,680 when we're talking about, when we're talking about these older kids, what it was like having 456 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:42,160 these younger kids and what our younger families are facing and vice versa so that we can create 457 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:50,040 and craft our goals and language around these changes to, to work in tandem moving forward 458 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:51,280 throughout that lifespan. 459 00:26:51,280 --> 00:27:00,720 So it's important in, in my, on my own soapbox to have the, the different age groups and 460 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:04,520 moving forward to do, to do so. 461 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:10,280 And we talk about, you know, all these personal things that we have for our kiddos, but the 462 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:18,320 curriculum also creates that knowledge of information so that we can move forward and 463 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:25,520 create systems change as well as that personal, personal gain and agenda to create change 464 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:29,040 for not only for our kids, but for our communities. 465 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:30,120 Because that's part of it, right? 466 00:27:30,120 --> 00:27:31,400 That is exactly the reason. 467 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:32,400 Yeah. 468 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:37,320 You develop goals and then you, you have like a rough draft and then you go back and you 469 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:40,440 recreate and you brainstorm with other people. 470 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:42,680 And then, well, you've heard, oh, sorry. 471 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:47,120 No, I was just going to say, then you're essentially for lack of a better way to describe it, assign 472 00:27:47,120 --> 00:27:50,440 someone to see who follows up with you. 473 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:51,440 Like, Hey, how are you? 474 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:52,840 How's, how's that goal going? 475 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:53,840 Yeah. 476 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:58,480 When you hear Sarah's talking about, you know, we craft our story, we craft our story, we 477 00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:02,600 have a segment of this workshop called power of a personal story. 478 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:08,480 And it is just that like we are going to sit down and help each individual participant 479 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:09,480 craft their story. 480 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:11,240 And what are they going to use that story for? 481 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:17,120 You might ask that story is going to be utilized for their goals, for their advocacy efforts, 482 00:28:17,120 --> 00:28:19,440 you know, for really propelling them forward. 483 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:25,360 So I didn't, when I first did my story, I didn't really know what I was getting myself 484 00:28:25,360 --> 00:28:30,840 into and it, I have, I have reverted back to that story that I wrote at that first parent 485 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:35,920 leadership so many times, like I am nailing those things in that story. 486 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:38,520 So it's powerful. 487 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:39,520 It's a power. 488 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:44,040 I don't, I don't know how to put it into words what the experience is for people. 489 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:45,040 Yeah. 490 00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:48,480 But it's also kind of, I mean, there's no expectation. 491 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:50,360 It's what your level of comfort is, right? 492 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:55,840 So there are some people that, and again, I can only speak for my cohort of 2022, but 493 00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:58,960 there were some people who were like, I want to go to the legislature. 494 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:02,120 And there were some people who are like, what, who are your other partners? 495 00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:05,560 So I can get in connect connection with them and where can my voice be used? 496 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:09,640 And there were other people who were like, can you just help me help my child? 497 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:10,640 Yeah. 498 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:13,360 And that's how do I advocate for them in an IEP meeting? 499 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:19,280 So all, all parts of the spectrum, the levels are all welcome, right? 500 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:20,520 Oh yeah. 501 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:27,880 And I will say knowing your cohort, those parents that started with just help me help 502 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:32,620 my kid are now parents within their community, helping others. 503 00:29:32,620 --> 00:29:35,160 And that's the goal of parent leadership, right? 504 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:39,960 Is to really help within these communities because we are a rural state. 505 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:44,280 So our parent leadership last year was in McCall and McCall community is stronger because 506 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:45,280 of it. 507 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:46,280 Right. 508 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:47,280 I think. 509 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:49,920 And we had a few different like another language in there. 510 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:50,920 And yes. 511 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:58,240 And now that parent is helping other parents that struggle with that diversity. 512 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:04,720 So it really does build confidence in ourselves and in our ability to advocate for not only 513 00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:07,200 our kids, but those around us. 514 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:15,180 So when parents leave, we ask that they, you know, part of this is to amplify Idaho parents 515 00:30:15,180 --> 00:30:20,740 unlimited and the services we provide to our families, but you know, really just building 516 00:30:20,740 --> 00:30:23,800 us up in your, in their communities as well. 517 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:32,960 So I mean, if there's issues, contact, I pull if families are looking for resources, definitely 518 00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:35,560 have them contact, I pull and those types of things. 519 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:44,140 So we're really just building up our, our presence and assistance across the state. 520 00:30:44,140 --> 00:30:47,520 So you said last year was in McCall. 521 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:51,400 So where, how do we determine, are they all across our parent leadership? 522 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:55,040 It just takes turns being in different places every year or how does that work? 523 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:56,040 Yep. 524 00:30:56,040 --> 00:31:01,680 So last year we served regions three and four, which are down here in the Treasure Valley, 525 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:02,680 Boise, Nampa. 526 00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:10,940 I'll just say region three and four reaches from McCall to Mountain Home. 527 00:31:10,940 --> 00:31:15,740 And then regions one and two, which is where we're holding parent leadership this year 528 00:31:15,740 --> 00:31:22,620 is from Bonners, which is Borders, Canada, all the way to New Meadows, which is next 529 00:31:22,620 --> 00:31:23,800 door to McCall. 530 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:25,680 Excuse me. 531 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:27,000 And so that's region one and two. 532 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:29,920 So Moscow, Lewiston, all those areas. 533 00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:34,200 And then five, six and seven are Twin Falls area. 534 00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:36,600 So Mountain Home over onto the east side of the state. 535 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:45,080 So we will be back over in, I think we're, we try to do region five on its own just because 536 00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:48,760 it's fairly spread out. 537 00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:52,320 And then that will be next year and then we'll go back to six and seven. 538 00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:57,800 And then how many regions does Idaho have? 539 00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:01,200 Depends on what map are you going to use? 540 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:02,200 That's a trick question. 541 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:03,200 Oh yeah, that's a good point. 542 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:09,000 Correct me if I'm wrong, in some cases, the Boise area is its own region on some maps, 543 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:10,000 right? 544 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:11,280 It's like seven or something. 545 00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:18,200 There's generally seven when we're talking about education and healthcare, but there's 546 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:22,800 different health regions and then there's different education regions. 547 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:27,800 And then when you go, when we're talking about division of vocational rehabilitation, there's 548 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:30,300 eight plus center office. 549 00:32:30,300 --> 00:32:34,900 So there's a few different ones, but generally there's seven. 550 00:32:34,900 --> 00:32:39,640 And generally we use the health and welfare map that separates the state and region. 551 00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:44,440 And so does the department. 552 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:46,400 So when is this? 553 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:47,840 Is it the same time every year? 554 00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:51,160 Do you mix it up or? 555 00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:58,360 We like to shoot for April, one of the middle to the end weeks of April. 556 00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:04,160 It seems to be the least busy for families as far as school activities go. 557 00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:08,160 Summer is busy with kids at home. 558 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:11,920 And so, I mean, the weather's nicer, but who knows? 559 00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:12,920 Who knows, right? 560 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:16,040 Last year in McCall, we had three feet of snow. 561 00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:17,040 I know. 562 00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:18,040 We were snowed in. 563 00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:19,040 I know. 564 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:20,040 And I was like, we get to stay. 565 00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:21,040 I know. 566 00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:24,200 We had all kinds of fun things planned, but that's okay. 567 00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:25,200 It was fun. 568 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:26,200 It was cozy. 569 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:27,200 It was a good, intimate experience. 570 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:28,200 It was a good experience. 571 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:34,840 But that's another positive about the curriculum is that it is so flexible and highly adaptable. 572 00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:41,360 And you can do it anywhere and do things inside or move it outside. 573 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:47,520 I was going to ask, has it ever not been in April, to the best of your memory? 574 00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:48,520 Not since I've been here. 575 00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:50,360 Not since I've been here either. 576 00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:53,320 But it did used to not be held annually. 577 00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:54,320 Yeah. 578 00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:59,760 I pull used to do it every other year because we had a big conference, I believe. 579 00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:05,000 So we would, yeah, we would do a parent leadership every other year. 580 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:15,440 And the opposite year, we would do a conference, like a big conference in the Boise area. 581 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:21,560 But attendance started to dwindle when we would do it that way. 582 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:30,080 And then I think that we just really realized the value of PLDI and having the representation 583 00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:31,960 across the state as well. 584 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:37,560 You know, having getting into these small communities and being able to provide resources 585 00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:42,520 and provide parents that can then, you know, spread the word of I-Pool. 586 00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:43,520 Right. 587 00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:46,760 Because I-Pool proper is in Ada County. 588 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:47,760 It's in Boise. 589 00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:48,760 But we serve. 590 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:51,440 Yeah, we do. 591 00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:52,440 We got to get everywhere. 592 00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:53,440 We're statewide. 593 00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:54,440 Yeah, we do that, though. 594 00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:55,440 We travel. 595 00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:56,440 Right. 596 00:34:56,440 --> 00:34:59,080 Like I'm virtual, physical, in-person training. 597 00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:02,400 We're traveling to Idaho Falls next weekend. 598 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:08,520 And then the following week we'll be up in Coeur d'Alene and then back again traveling 599 00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:10,080 in March a couple of times. 600 00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:13,560 And then, yeah, I think we're busy. 601 00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:14,560 We are. 602 00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:20,000 And so and what people perhaps don't know is that I-Pool is an office of seven or of 603 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,800 nine, right, nine of us. 604 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:27,200 Really realistically, it's the three of us that are taking parent calls that are, you 605 00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:32,480 know, and then Angela, our fierce leader, executive director, accompanies us to parent 606 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:33,480 leadership. 607 00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:36,240 So we will the four of us will go to parent leadership. 608 00:35:36,240 --> 00:35:42,680 But when you think about there's nine of us and we're statewide, we can't be in every 609 00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:47,920 place at every time, which is what parent leadership affords us the opportunity to have 610 00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:54,600 representation in different parts of the state for perhaps there's a Down syndrome body walk 611 00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:58,840 and it's in eastern Idaho and we would love to have a table there. 612 00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:03,520 Well, if we have a parent leadership graduate that is willing to stand, you know, willing 613 00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:10,820 to man that booth and really speak about I-Pool and what we can do, that's another great outcome 614 00:36:10,820 --> 00:36:11,960 of parent leadership. 615 00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:17,440 It provides us these contacts and representation in other areas of the state, board members 616 00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:18,440 even. 617 00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:27,360 We've got board members from from parent leadership and it's just been good all around for everyone. 618 00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:28,360 Yeah. 619 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:30,720 And it doesn't have to go one. 620 00:36:30,720 --> 00:36:34,080 You don't have to be a board member after you don't have to, you know, serve on groups 621 00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:35,360 and councils after it. 622 00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:36,360 Right. 623 00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:41,360 It's really like you said, Sarah, it's what you want, what your personal goal is and what 624 00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:44,480 you want to get out of it. 625 00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:46,320 I'm going to put you both on the spot. 626 00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:49,080 Okay, great. 627 00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:51,920 I'm laughing maniacally. 628 00:36:51,920 --> 00:37:00,560 What are some barriers to coming to parent leadership and what do we do to alleviate, 629 00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:04,380 make it as accessible as possible to everyone? 630 00:37:04,380 --> 00:37:09,040 We do just the first thing that comes to my mind is a childcare stipend, right? 631 00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:10,040 Yeah. 632 00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:13,880 So what our stipend includes, so we we pay you to come. 633 00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:17,840 Sorry, I'm making a mess here. 634 00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:25,600 We provide a stipend for the week for families or for parents to come. 635 00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:28,400 And then we pay for travel. 636 00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:30,560 And then we feed you. 637 00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:39,160 So the only expense you have if you're selected to come is any extra snacks, treats you want 638 00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:44,840 to bring and you know, whatever. 639 00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:46,240 That's really all the extras. 640 00:37:46,240 --> 00:37:48,000 But go ahead. 641 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:53,160 I just wanted to throw out if I think of one or if anyone else thinks of one scenario and 642 00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:57,740 then we'll try and brainstorm how we could get you there. 643 00:37:57,740 --> 00:38:05,120 So say I'm a single mom and I'm a single mom. 644 00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:06,720 Let's just start there. 645 00:38:06,720 --> 00:38:07,720 I'm a single mom. 646 00:38:07,720 --> 00:38:08,720 How do I get there? 647 00:38:08,720 --> 00:38:09,720 How are you going to help me get there? 648 00:38:09,720 --> 00:38:11,480 This is something I really want to do. 649 00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:13,840 I'm a great candidate for it. 650 00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:16,600 I could use CSW hours. 651 00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:17,600 Yeah. 652 00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:23,880 Well, first I would say, you know, I hope I would look to your extended family, friends, 653 00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:24,880 family. 654 00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:29,640 Is there anyone from the church that what what is who is in your community that can 655 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:30,920 potentially help out? 656 00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:34,680 You know, ideally, we do it during August. 657 00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:38,040 Sorry, April, because kid kiddos are still in school. 658 00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:39,840 So yes, a huge help. 659 00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:40,840 And that is a huge help. 660 00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:46,040 So if there is someone in your tribe that can, you know, someone in your group that 661 00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:52,840 can that, yeah, yes, that can come and help, which is why I bring up CSW hours. 662 00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:53,840 Right. 663 00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:54,840 Yeah. 664 00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:55,840 Yep. 665 00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:58,000 So we've also in that. 666 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:04,100 And that's why we kind of when we're talking, we emphasize that it's really those the check 667 00:39:04,100 --> 00:39:11,120 in Monday night and we leave Friday morning so that it's it doesn't seem like such a such 668 00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:17,320 a huge hardship and that we do it in the regions that are fairly close to family. 669 00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:19,440 So travel isn't super far. 670 00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:20,440 We do have a good point. 671 00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:22,140 So you're not talking. 672 00:39:22,140 --> 00:39:23,140 We're doing we're not talking. 673 00:39:23,140 --> 00:39:24,140 One and two. 674 00:39:24,140 --> 00:39:25,140 And we're not. 675 00:39:25,140 --> 00:39:26,140 Yeah, absolutely. 676 00:39:26,140 --> 00:39:28,440 So we're bringing we are coming to you. 677 00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:34,620 And so travel is I think if you're in New Meadows and we're up in up in Coeur d'Alene, 678 00:39:34,620 --> 00:39:38,000 what is that, three, three hours at most. 679 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,840 I'm just putting a worst case scenario out there. 680 00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:41,840 Right. 681 00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:42,840 We're not asking you. 682 00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:43,840 No, no, no. 683 00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:44,840 Very to come to Boise. 684 00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:45,840 No, no, no, no, no. 685 00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:47,600 It's not a day worth of travel. 686 00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:51,720 It's like you can come up after the kids are settled. 687 00:39:51,720 --> 00:40:01,920 And we've had we've had in in some circumstances, not ideal, but we have we've had made arrangements 688 00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:03,840 for late check ins. 689 00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:10,880 And I think we had a really unique circumstance where we had a Friday a Thursday night. 690 00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:16,000 Yeah, I believe she she had a newborn that she had to get home to. 691 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:20,320 So yeah, again, what I'm hearing is just beyond flexible bend over backwards. 692 00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:22,920 Yeah, let's try to find a way. 693 00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:27,360 And I if there's somebody that's on the fence and is really, you know, trying to struggle, 694 00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:29,440 that's some reach out to us individually. 695 00:40:29,440 --> 00:40:35,680 And we will try to figure out, you know, to brainstorm some ways to really help make it 696 00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:36,680 work for you. 697 00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:40,600 We're not an exclusive group of no. 698 00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:43,800 And we've had I guess I would even put this caveat out there. 699 00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:44,880 We've had dads attend. 700 00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:47,560 It doesn't just have to be moms. 701 00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:48,560 So right. 702 00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:49,560 Parents, parents. 703 00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:51,320 It's just parent leadership. 704 00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:53,480 Now we don't want couples to come. 705 00:40:53,480 --> 00:41:00,280 Obviously, you know, we we want one parent to really own this this portion, this this 706 00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:01,280 program. 707 00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:04,520 So we and one needs to be able to support the child at home. 708 00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:10,160 So yeah, good point. 709 00:41:10,160 --> 00:41:15,400 Since parent leadership is, for lack of a better way to describe it, it really is an 710 00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:16,400 experience. 711 00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:17,960 It's really immersive. 712 00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:23,120 The only thing that we're not flexible on is that it can't be held virtually. 713 00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:24,540 No, you cannot. 714 00:41:24,540 --> 00:41:26,520 You just can't get the same. 715 00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:31,320 And Melissa, if you can hear, she's kind of giggling. 716 00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:33,480 I was that person last year. 717 00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:34,960 Oh, I live in Boise. 718 00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:36,760 I don't want to drive up to McCall. 719 00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:38,120 We got weird snowfall. 720 00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:39,120 It was weird. 721 00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:41,640 We got snow right before we're like, we're still going down. 722 00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:42,640 I was super nervous. 723 00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:47,160 I was like, is there any zoom option contingency for this weird weather? 724 00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:48,920 And you guys were like, you know what? 725 00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:52,040 You drive as slow as you want. 726 00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:53,480 Yeah, yeah. 727 00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:54,560 Come here at eight o'clock. 728 00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:55,920 Come here at 10 o'clock. 729 00:41:55,920 --> 00:41:57,920 We'll wait up for you. 730 00:41:57,920 --> 00:41:58,920 This is my number. 731 00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:01,640 Text me if you have to stop at any point. 732 00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:03,360 Do you want to ride with someone? 733 00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:08,920 Yes, I was I was blown away when Sarah messaged me back and said, hey, you know, if you want, 734 00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:12,520 I can hook you up with another parent who can drive you if you're if you're that I get 735 00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:15,560 anxiety and then we're adding snow into the mix. 736 00:42:15,560 --> 00:42:19,880 You literally gave me so many options to get there. 737 00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:21,360 We want parents to get there. 738 00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:24,840 We want to remove those barriers because we know that barriers exist. 739 00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:26,520 It's hard for us to get away. 740 00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:27,520 Right. 741 00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:31,240 We all have kiddos with special health care needs or what have you. 742 00:42:31,240 --> 00:42:32,240 And it's hard. 743 00:42:32,240 --> 00:42:34,040 We understand wholeheartedly. 744 00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:35,480 So we want to get you there. 745 00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:41,760 But on the flip side, wouldn't you agree that this you would never have gotten out of parent 746 00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:44,720 leadership what you did if it was a zoom option? 747 00:42:44,720 --> 00:42:49,640 If I had had the ability to start it on zoom, I would have ended it in person. 748 00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:54,600 I would have drove there if I if I were and I and that there's no way I would have found 749 00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:55,600 a way to get there. 750 00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:56,600 Yeah, that's cool. 751 00:42:56,600 --> 00:42:58,080 Because it was way. 752 00:42:58,080 --> 00:42:59,080 Yeah. 753 00:42:59,080 --> 00:43:00,920 So that's why I laugh because it's fun. 754 00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:02,680 But it's it proved a great point. 755 00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:03,680 Yeah. 756 00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:09,520 That it's an absolutely interactive, immersive and it's immersive because you can't go home. 757 00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:11,920 You can't be charades on zoom. 758 00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:12,920 You can't be. 759 00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:13,920 Yeah. 760 00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:14,920 You can't play a horse sound on zoom. 761 00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:18,040 There's no way that would have come across or heads up. 762 00:43:18,040 --> 00:43:19,040 Sorry. 763 00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:20,040 Yeah. 764 00:43:20,040 --> 00:43:21,040 Can't play heads up on zoom. 765 00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:26,880 And I just feel like my karaoke wouldn't be as on point if I was on zoom in person. 766 00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:31,880 No, you could do a potentially a like disco background on our zoom. 767 00:43:31,880 --> 00:43:34,120 So that might step it up a notch. 768 00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:36,120 But I just don't think so. 769 00:43:36,120 --> 00:43:37,120 It's not going to happen. 770 00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:42,920 And we don't we don't kidnap you, but we don't let you go home either for the same reasons. 771 00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:48,280 Yeah, if you'll if you live right down the street, you can tell your family however many 772 00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:49,280 days you want. 773 00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:51,280 You have to take that extra night. 774 00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:52,280 We'll back you up. 775 00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:53,280 Go to Target. 776 00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:55,280 You just have to find somewhere else to stay after. 777 00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:56,280 Yeah. 778 00:43:56,280 --> 00:44:01,040 So if you're in Coeur d'Alene, yes, the house is in was an athel this year. 779 00:44:01,040 --> 00:44:05,280 But if you you know, you're going to be away from home for those four nights. 780 00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:06,520 So that's a commitment. 781 00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:11,520 Yeah, we understand that that's a commitment, but it's an important commitment to get out 782 00:44:11,520 --> 00:44:13,000 of parent leadership. 783 00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:15,160 What everyone gets out of it. 784 00:44:15,160 --> 00:44:19,600 You need to be there for that networking, for that just that camaraderie that happens 785 00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:20,640 at night. 786 00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:22,120 You just can't put it into words. 787 00:44:22,120 --> 00:44:25,280 It's next level, especially level. 788 00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:27,280 Uh huh. 789 00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:31,360 Where's the applause button? 790 00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:39,680 I just I just keep coming back to the fact that that first day really just sets the stage. 791 00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:42,400 It just really opens you up to everyone around you. 792 00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:44,560 And again, no one's going to pressure you to share more. 793 00:44:44,560 --> 00:44:46,680 No, you write down as much as you want to write down. 794 00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:48,320 You share as much as you want to share. 795 00:44:48,320 --> 00:44:53,040 But you you're going to you're going to eventually be paired with someone like myself who's going 796 00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:55,320 to share their entire life story. 797 00:44:55,320 --> 00:45:00,280 And that helps parents share and helps connect. 798 00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:01,280 It does. 799 00:45:01,280 --> 00:45:02,280 Yeah. 800 00:45:02,280 --> 00:45:03,280 Yep. 801 00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:07,920 So I just I think if we're going to just go around the table real quick and give one thing 802 00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:12,840 that we love or one thing that we didn't cover, you just want to emphasize mine would be is 803 00:45:12,840 --> 00:45:18,080 that it's just really it's it's like a community. 804 00:45:18,080 --> 00:45:19,080 Yeah. 805 00:45:19,080 --> 00:45:25,120 The what you get out of it is so I could run into any one of those. 806 00:45:25,120 --> 00:45:27,080 All of my cohort were moms. 807 00:45:27,080 --> 00:45:31,800 I could run into any one of those moms anywhere and just walk up and start talking. 808 00:45:31,800 --> 00:45:34,280 And and that hopefully you do. 809 00:45:34,280 --> 00:45:38,520 So that's why we have it in the same region so that you you build those connections. 810 00:45:38,520 --> 00:45:40,320 You run in in the grocery store. 811 00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:46,640 You know, I could run into you in the grocery store and say, well, my neighbor is having 812 00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:47,640 this issue. 813 00:45:47,640 --> 00:45:48,640 What do you think? 814 00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:49,640 And do you know what I mean? 815 00:45:49,640 --> 00:45:56,560 And it's just so I have I keep saying it organic, but it really is these community. 816 00:45:56,560 --> 00:45:59,040 It creates such a great thing for the community. 817 00:45:59,040 --> 00:46:03,160 So it breaks down barriers, breaks down those barriers. 818 00:46:03,160 --> 00:46:05,360 For the record, I have run into. 819 00:46:05,360 --> 00:46:06,360 Have you? 820 00:46:06,360 --> 00:46:07,800 I ran into Gretchen at the library. 821 00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:10,320 I don't think she would care if I called her out right here. 822 00:46:10,320 --> 00:46:12,480 We ran into each other at the library. 823 00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:14,600 That makes us awesome for summer reading. 824 00:46:14,600 --> 00:46:16,440 You know, Melissa's like that tracks. 825 00:46:16,440 --> 00:46:17,440 That's right. 826 00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:18,440 A library. 827 00:46:18,440 --> 00:46:25,360 Listen, anyone else have anything they want to emphasize or their favorite part of leadership? 828 00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:36,320 I think it really for me every single time, it it reminds me of my why this job of parenting 829 00:46:36,320 --> 00:46:37,720 any of our children. 830 00:46:37,720 --> 00:46:39,200 It's hard. 831 00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:40,200 We all know that. 832 00:46:40,200 --> 00:46:50,480 But then when you amplify it with our kids with extreme needs, be it mental health, physically, 833 00:46:50,480 --> 00:46:55,960 health care wise, makes it an even bigger challenge. 834 00:46:55,960 --> 00:47:05,720 And reminding us why we're doing this parenting gig for our kids really puts it into perspective. 835 00:47:05,720 --> 00:47:13,040 And for me, it's a responsibility to take the knowledge I'm learning as this as my son's 836 00:47:13,040 --> 00:47:20,760 parent and sharing it with with everyone and making making it better. 837 00:47:20,760 --> 00:47:23,200 Yeah, I would agree. 838 00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:25,320 All of what you said, ditto ditto. 839 00:47:25,320 --> 00:47:26,320 It's a community. 840 00:47:26,320 --> 00:47:27,320 It is. 841 00:47:27,320 --> 00:47:28,320 It really is. 842 00:47:28,320 --> 00:47:33,320 Being with like minded individual like being with parents that get it that, you know, I've 843 00:47:33,320 --> 00:47:37,840 said things in this parenting role that I didn't think I would ever say in a million 844 00:47:37,840 --> 00:47:38,840 years. 845 00:47:38,840 --> 00:47:39,840 And we've we've had this conversation. 846 00:47:39,840 --> 00:47:44,160 You couldn't write you couldn't have told my 19 year old self that this is where I was 847 00:47:44,160 --> 00:47:45,160 going to land. 848 00:47:45,160 --> 00:47:46,160 No. 849 00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:50,880 But to be with parents who is all who have also landed there, there is it's a very unique 850 00:47:50,880 --> 00:47:55,460 experience unlike anything else out of this world. 851 00:47:55,460 --> 00:47:58,920 If you're on the fence, I'm better off from having gone to this. 852 00:47:58,920 --> 00:48:00,880 If you're wondering if this is for you. 853 00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:01,880 It is. 854 00:48:01,880 --> 00:48:02,880 It absolutely is. 855 00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:04,640 I am speaking directly to you. 856 00:48:04,640 --> 00:48:06,440 You can apply online. 857 00:48:06,440 --> 00:48:07,440 Yeah. 858 00:48:07,440 --> 00:48:08,440 Right. 859 00:48:08,440 --> 00:48:10,440 And our application is on our website. 860 00:48:10,440 --> 00:48:13,360 And if you need help with that, just give us a call and we'll walk you through it or 861 00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:15,960 do it for you. 862 00:48:15,960 --> 00:48:23,760 Well, OK. 863 00:48:23,760 --> 00:48:26,040 Thank you so much out there for listening in. 864 00:48:26,040 --> 00:48:33,120 If you are in Idaho or are planning on moving to Idaho and have any questions on systems, 865 00:48:33,120 --> 00:48:39,000 services for children with disabilities, please reach out to us on our website at I pull Idaho 866 00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:40,160 dot org. 867 00:48:40,160 --> 00:48:43,000 That's I P U L Idaho dot org. 868 00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:48,300 Be sure to come back next time for our discussion on the components of an IEP. 869 00:48:48,300 --> 00:48:49,760 Until then, I'm Allison. 870 00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:50,760 I'm Sarah. 871 00:48:50,760 --> 00:48:52,200 And I'm Melissa. 872 00:48:52,200 --> 00:49:04,120 And this has been Unlimited Parenting.