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		<title>Wow loved reading Switch!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 22:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>ammendment</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecka Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<title>Developed a logic model with some of our&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Holly Wilcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Developed a logic model with some of our team members recently re: Next steps for a SQ team to form a statewide Early Childhood Inclusion Consortiun. Name of the Logic Model? &#8220;Switch to Inclusion and Equity&#8221; Logic Model!]]></description>
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		<title>DIDN&#8217;T go to the National Leadership Sp&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DIDN&#8217;T go to the National Leadership SpecialQuest?  
No worries&#8230;you are doing good work for inclusion, too!  Feel free to share what you&#8217;ve got going on&#8230;or ask questions about what others are doing or about the National Leadership SpecialQuest.  
We are truly all in this TOGETHER!
Can&#8217;t wait to hear from those of you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lou Landry left us with a powerful “char&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Brekken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lou Landry left us with a powerful “charge” at the end of the National Leadership SpecialQuest. You can be reminded of comments and videos posted here on the blog. Please share with us how you were inspired by the charge! What have you done in response to the charge?]]></description>
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		<title>[caption id=&quot;attachment_864&quot; align=&quot;a...</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecka Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<title>Switch plate collection?    Please post &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 18:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Switch plate collection?  
Please post a photograph of your switch plate on this blog.  
It would be awesome to make a collage of the commitments to inclusion made by the National Leadership SpecialQuest participants!]]></description>
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		<title>As soon as I got home, I switched my kit&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bevingumm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As soon as I got home, I switched my kitchen light switch to my new switch plate that I created at the conference. Now several times a day I am reminded of my wonderful time I shared with all of you at the conference. I am grateful that I was able to participate and thankful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remember &#8220;Possum Socks&#8221;?  I&#8217;m not sur&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 05:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember &#8220;Possum Socks&#8221;?  I&#8217;m not sure if this is the exact company from which Peyton bought his socks, but it gives some interesting background&#8230;as well as the opportunity to purchase some of these unique items.  Enjoy!
http://www.possumdown.co.nz/Default.aspx]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve heard from a lot of folks (Ambassa&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 18:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Stewart</dc:creator>
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What have you done with Switch?  
How have the concepts influenced your work/life?  
What strategies have you used to share Switch with others?]]></description>
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		<title>One of the only values now in the grey h&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 19:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Travers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the only values now in the grey hairs, if we do our work at mentoring, is helping folks understand our limitations and mistakes, so you don&#8217;t have to make them.
Lou Landry]]></description>
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		<title>No-one can do it for you, but they can h&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 00:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Travers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No-one can do it for you, but they can help you along the way.
Comment made at Building Family Leaders a.m. session]]></description>
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		<title>I too, like many others had a great time&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 19:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosa Martinez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I too, like many others had a great time at the National Leadership Special Quest conference.  I really enjoyed that we got to see each other again.  I was really thrill to see my friends from Puerto Rico, Oregon, and California.  We shared many information and plan to stay connected.  I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I have been reflecting a lot since I cam&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 18:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Travers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been reflecting a lot since I came home from the conference.  I want to say thank you for all of your hard work that has created more opportunities for children and their families to participate in life.  I want to thank you not only for my family, but also for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Add your favorite quote(s) from the Nati&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=847</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 02:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Add your favorite quote(s) from the National Leadership SpecialQuest!]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Never Ever Give Up!&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 02:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Never Ever Give Up!&#8221;
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		<title>&#8220;I think I have been riding the wrong e&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 02:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I think I have been riding the wrong elephant.&#8221;
Linda (ohio)]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;How do I know what I think until I say&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 02:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;How do I know what I think until I say what I feel?&#8221;
James shared a quote he uses in working with groups]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Inclusion isn&#8217;t so much of a path as &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=782</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 23:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Inclusion isn&#8217;t so much of a path as it is the river that is fluid and runs through everything.&#8221;
Pat Cameron from Massachusetts]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;You are students of change.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=729</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 18:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You are students of change.&#8221;
Lou Landry]]></description>
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		<title>From Lou Landry&#8217;s Keynote address: &#8220;Th&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 18:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Lou Landry&#8217;s Keynote address:
&#8220;The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.&#8221;
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ]]></description>
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		<title>From Robin Wells&#8217; take away message:  &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=696</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 17:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Margaret Mead]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Robin Wells&#8217; take away message:
&#8220;Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.&#8221;
Margaret Mead (anthropologist &#38; popularizer of anthropology,1901 &#8211; 1978) ]]></description>
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		<title>Two weeks ago we were dancing, singing i&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=664</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 22:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago we were dancing, singing in the dark (but not really!), and making our commitments to create change for inclusion.  Amazing!  Each day I hear about how folks have continued to be sustained in their work by the energy and ideas that were generated at the National Leadership SpecialQuest&#8230;we ARE going [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 15:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Conn</dc:creator>
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		<title>I, like Jan, have been reflecting, and I&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=598</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 08:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Conn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I, like Jan, have been reflecting, and I keep coming back to the song that Elizabeth Schroeder and Joe DeBonis lead us in at the end and thinking of Joan Lombardi&#8217;s &#8220;SpecialQuest movement!&#8221; I feel so privileged to be a part of it!
I am one voice and I am singing.
I am one voice and I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After a few weeks to reflect, I still fe&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=596</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 14:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan Paulsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a few weeks to reflect, I still feel the buzzzzz.  The SQNLEvent was fun, exciting, passionate, and had the feel of a real movement for the future.  I was revitalized by what I saw and heard from all the participants and it gives me hope for the future of all children.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whew &#8211; My Take Away Message is  (Drum ro&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=595</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 02:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Ecclesine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whew &#8211; My Take Away Message is  (Drum roll, please!) that bringing the State Teams, Ambassadors, Consultants, Coaches, and Staff together created an energy force that was so powerful for each of us!  The magic of everyone&#8217;s shared enthusiasm and passion was the foundation for our committment statements and will be our fall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Top Ten Take Away Messages&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=594</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 20:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cleo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Top Ten Take Away Messages&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Take away messages:
10. The Quest is alive and well.
9. The foundation is set.
8. The momentum is contagious.
7. The results and the impact are endless.
6. The potential is greater.
5. The outcomes are amazing.
4. The state leadership teams are committed and focused.
3. The Coaches are the glue.
2. The Consultant Pool is eager [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As Margaret Mead (anthropologist &amp; popul&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=587</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 17:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Wells</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Margaret Mead (anthropologist &#38; popularizer of anthropology,1901 &#8211; 1978) stated, &#8220;Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.&#8221; In many ways this statement reflects the national SQ staff, the recipients of the past years of SQ training and support, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Nation SpecialQuest Meeting was powe&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=586</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 16:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Flake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Nation SpecialQuest Meeting was powerful in so many ways!  I was able to learn the great work the other states were doing and was re-energized to continue working and sharing the vision of inclusion with the communities I work in. I want to thank everyone who attended, the experience would not have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What was my biggest takeaway as a result of participation in the NSQLT retreat?</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=585</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 16:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Orenda Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inclusion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[One Voice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My biggest takeaway from participation in this event is&#8230;. the power Relationship building can have when a group of people from all walks of life, get together, for a shared and common cause.  I witnessed, one voice (inclusion), heard one sound ( inculsion), and felt the impact resonate at a National level.  Everyone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I loved exploring all the possibilities &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=583</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 12:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barb Razer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I loved exploring all the possibilities for inclusion with folks from all parts of our county, and hearing about all the great ideas team members are implementing statewide, community wide and individually to open doors for inclusive practices. It was wonderful to see and hear what the state teams have accomplished in ONLY two years. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My biggest take away was meeting so many&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=581</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 01:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Schumacher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My biggest take away was meeting so many people who feel as passionately about inclusion as I do.  On my way home on the plane, I reminded myself to notice opportunities for inclusion of people with disabilities in all aspects of my life.
I&#8217;m still finding wonderful inspiration, big and small, in the Switch  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The work towards inclusion that we&#8217;re a&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=580</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=580#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 21:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Hoover</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Philosophical]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The work towards inclusion that we&#8217;re all doing is cross-cutting&#8230; across domains, across sectors, across populations, across demographics.  What SpecialQuest provides is a framework for approaching inclusion across a variety of settings.  Often in human services work we have a philosophy without the implementation strategies to support it.  NLSQ last week really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I sat at Linda Brekken tables at the clo&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=578</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 21:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evelyn Klimpel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Closing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I sat at Linda Brekken table at the closing celebration. I thought she would be tired after putting on such an event instead I saw excitment in her eyes. Her excitment rubbed off on me. The excitment to continue the quest of inclusion for our children and families.]]></description>
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		<title>There is so much that I have brought bac&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=577</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 21:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Ruhland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is so much that I have brought back with me from the time that we had at NLSQ.  From the work with Switch to constructing our afternoon agendas, it was all superb!  The biggest take away though for me is the power of the people involved, from parents to participants to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;SpecialQuest&#8221; continues as we lea&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=576</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 14:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Fairchild</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;SpecialQuest&#8221; continues as we learn from and challenge one another to move forward and focus on the children and families in our communities, states and nation.  Thank you for the gift of SpecialQuest!]]></description>
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		<title>My biggest takeaway from NLSQ is that Sp&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=574</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 04:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Holly Wilcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My biggest takeaway from NLSQ is that SpecialQuest will never be “gone” or &#8220;done&#8221;. It will live on in our lives and work as long as we commit to infusing the values and design elements of the Approach in all we do. Lastly, we know only a tiny measure of the impact the SpecialQuest Approach [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The NLSQ left me feeling hopeful about t&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=573</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 01:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alissa Weller</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Inclusion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NLSQ left me feeling hopeful about the future of this work.  Seeing so many people who are passionate about inclusion and the SQ approach coming up with great ideas and talking about what they can do in their communities gave me lots of optimism.]]></description>
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		<title>In true SpecialQuest fashion, we began o&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=572</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:41:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pam Booker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In true SpecialQuest fashion, we began our closing ceremony with &#8220;I got a feeling that today is going to be a great day!&#8221;  Tremendous celebration for the monumental work that State Leadership Teams have accomplished. So proud to share I too was part of this QUEST.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yBFbAm8sQE]]></description>
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		<title>We had a wonderful closing session/celeb&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=571</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alissa Weller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had a wonderful closing session/celebration, singing together (and who knew Elizabeth had such a beautiful singing voice?) and dancing together.  We are all ready to go on and take the vision of inclusion into the world, committed to making inclusion the norm.]]></description>
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		<title>A great session this morning!  Recapped &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=568</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Pope</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Accomplishments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Action Plan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A great session this morning!  Recapped the vision and work on the action plans of the state leadership teams over the past two years &#8211; truly amazing accomplishments.  The New Mexico State Leadership team crafted a team commitment, a personal commitment (on a light switch plate!) and great next steps!   The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thanks to Loletta and Lou for all the wo&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=566</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecka Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Loletta and Lou for all the wonderful video footage. There&#8217;s a lot of footage but it will eventually find its way here.]]></description>
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		<title>Follow-up reading.  Lou Landry from the &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=563</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Orenda Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Follow-up reading.  Lou Landry from the moring mentioned several reading you can reference.
1).  Gallup Independent /Story on Rodger Manuelito by Ender Kirin
2). Idaho Statesman &#8221; A story of lives mutually blessed&#8221; by Tim Woodward
3) Rocky Mountian News 4/27/10 &#8220;Special Ed&#8217;s Extra Special&#8221;by Jeremy Meyer]]></description>
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		<title>The Ambassadors Group Commitment Stateme&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=562</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alissa Weller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ambassadors Group Commitment Statement:
&#8220;We are committed and energized to continue The Quest, weaving family&#8217;s and children&#8217;s&#8217; success stories to impact communities and leaders.  We will embed SpecialQuest materials to enhance training to increase awareness and inclusive opportunities from birth to earth. We are committed to empower and encourage family leadership.&#8221;
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		<title>Ambassador &#8211; Individual words of commitm&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=560</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Ecclesine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ambassador &#8211; Individual words of commitment:
Embed SQ, utilize, training, communities, spotlight, enhance, resurrection, energizing, remind, mentor, SQ materials, inclusion, children, continue, change, advocate, aware, &#8220;I Can&#8221;, leaders, connector, weave, curriculum, families, the Quest, SQ Approach, encourage, resource, commitment,
ensure, impact, stories, opportunity, refection, re-establishing, stretch, &#8220;See it&#8221;, increase, voice, switch, journey, share, shape the path, successes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ambassadors have made amazing pers&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=559</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alissa Weller</dc:creator>
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The Ambassadors have made amazing personal commitments, and will now create an overall commitment.  This is a really amazing group of fantastic people.]]></description>
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		<title>New videos added to the blog  from Lou L&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=556</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecka Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charge]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lou Landry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New videos added to the blog  from Lou Landry&#8217;s keynote: The Big Read, All Things Are Possible, and Your Charge. http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?page_id=3]]></description>
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		<title>The Ambassadors are making personal comm&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=553</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=553#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alissa Weller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ambassadors are making personal commitments to making a change for the future of inclusion.]]></description>
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		<title>If you haven&#8217;t already figured it out, &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=546</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=546#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Schumacher</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Suess]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inclusion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t already figured it out, the Massachusetts team featured Sneetches because Dr. Suess is a native of Mass. AND his book about &#8220;Star Bellied Sneetches&#8221; is about inclusion.  It makes a GREAT book to introduce a training on inclusion!]]></description>
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		<title>Thank you to Lou Landry, our opening key&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=545</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=545#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Fairchild</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Keynote]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you to Lou Landry, our opening keynote this morning, as we begin our last day at the NLSQ.  He challenged us ot being the &#8220;scholarship of change&#8221; and to &#8220;sustain the quest!&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>Lou Landry (Idaho) was the guest Opening&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=544</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=544#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Wells</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Keynote]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lou Landry (Idaho) was the guest Opening Keynote speaker. He has been associated with the field of disabilities since 1970 and therefore witnessing much change over time. His charge to us (especially those of us with white hair) is to share with others our mistakes so that others do not replicate but learn from them. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At the end of the keynote address, Lou L&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=543</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=543#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alissa Weller</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keynote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lou Landry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of the keynote address, Lou Landry left us with this charge:
&#8220;Now that you are students of change, where will you take your plans for inclusion? How will you continue to amaze us? How will you continue to amaze yourself? Sustain the Quest!&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Your Charge &#8211;Ambassadors and State Te&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=542</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=542#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Conn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lou Landry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Your Charge &#8211;Ambassadors and State Teams; In the light of &#8216;Switch,&#8217; now that you are students of change&#8230; Where will take your plans for Inclusion? How will you continue to amaze us? How will you continue to amaze yourself?&#8221;
Lou Landry (referring to &#8220;Switch.&#8221; ]]></description>
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		<title>Lou Landry &#8211; Keynote Address Reflection &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=541</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=541#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Ecclesine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Status Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deborah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joan Lombardi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keynote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lou Landry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rebecka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reflections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SpecialQuest Birth-8]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Switch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lou Landry &#8211; Keynote Address
Reflection &#8211; &#8216;change&#8217;  Look at yourself in the mirror and make the change!
Joan Lombardi &#8211; a Fed who knows what we are doing and values it!
14th Amendment of the Constitution &#8211; carry it with us &#8211; Lou carries a pocket version of the Constitution in his pocket.  Always in [...]]]></description>
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		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=540</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Conn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Status Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Head Start]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim O'Brien]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linda Brekken]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photo]]></category>
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		<title>Another gorgeous morning in Colorado! Ou&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=538</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=538#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Wells</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Status Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SQ Day 3]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Another gorgeous morning in Colorado! Our last day of 2010 National Leadership SpecialQuest Conference. Last evening&#8217;s meal with the state team at Mel&#8217;s Bar and Grill was outstanding. We shared fun stories, experiences, continue to get to know each other&#8217;s personalities as well as a completely new side of some!  Two of our team [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Susan Stewart asked me to explain &#8216;Unpa&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=537</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=537#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Ecclesine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Status Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Challenges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Switch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unpacking the No]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Susan Stewart asked me to explain &#8216;Unpacking the No&#8217; which was a response to Challenges in our first work session on Monday.
Envision a &#8216;No&#8217; response to something like inclusion as a suitcase &#8211; and the suitcase or &#8216;No&#8217; could even be locked because the &#8216;No&#8217; was so resounding.  Well a method for unpacking the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It has been a great week and our team is&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=536</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=536#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Ruhland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a great week and our team is energized!  It will be exciting to carry the momentum forward!]]></description>
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		<title>Heard many folks having conversations ab&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=535</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=535#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Conn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Switch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Heard many folks having conversations about Switch and how they plan on using what they&#8217;ve learned in their personal and work lives. Deborah, who has 11 children (5 adult biological children and 6 adopted children, all who have significant special needs) shared that the glove story in Switch really resonated with her and will help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Direct the rider, motivate the elephant &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=530</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=530#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alissa Weller</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Photo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Switch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Direct the rider, motivate the elephant and shape the path!]]></description>
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		<title>Yea! iReporters. Thanks for all the phot&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=528</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=528#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecka Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[iReporter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yea! iReporters. Thanks for all the photos you&#8217;ve been adding to Flickr. I just added some slide sets. Click Photos of the Event (right of screen under What&#8217;s Happening)]]></description>
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		<title>Using the Special Quest Approach with Cr&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=527</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=527#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alissa Weller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Status Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SpecialQuest Approach]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Using the Special Quest Approach with Creativity session &#8211; we learned to look at things through new lenses.]]></description>
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		<title>After a delicious lunch, the session I c&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=526</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Wells</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CPIP/SPIP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Data]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After a delicious lunch, the session I chose to attend was regarding Data Collection and using the CPIP and SPIP. I&#8217;ve participated in the SPIP (State Perceptions of Inclusive Practices) however I would like to gather some stakeholders in my local community to work through the process of the CPIP (Community Perceptions of Inclusive Practices). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just had a very enlightening conversatio&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=521</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=521#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan Paulsen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arkansas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Early Head Start]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Child Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Head Start]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katrina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louisiana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Partnerships]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just had a very enlightening conversation with colleagues from Louisiana and Arkansas about Family Child Care Providers and using PITC modules to train them.  We talked about State Preschool programs and partnerships with Head Start/Early Head Start, Early Head Start expansion, and wound up discussing the effects of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assisted Rebecka and Deborah this mornin&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=520</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=520#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Wells</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Status Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deborah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iTechie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rebecka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Assisted Rebecka and Deborah this morning with the iTechie Awards session. Great fun! Learned about several online tools which are available to all in the areas of Social Networking (e.g., Twitter), Productivity (e.g., Yola), and ???? (I was takinig notes furiously, seeing about the sound effects, etc. and will read all the information below in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More highlights from the Joy Attending t&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=517</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=517#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Conn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Status Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joan Lombardi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quotes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[More highlights from the Joy Attending to Emotional Wellness discussion&#8230; 
The How do we maintain joy in ourselves with all of the professional stressors?
&#8211; Strategies to live by: If I don&#8217;t take care of myself am I adding something positive to the world?
&#8211; There needs to be a balance in helping others and helping ourselves.
&#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some of the Massachusetts team are off t&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=513</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=513#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Schumacher</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some of the Massachusetts team are off to the Rockies game!   Great seats, thanks to Pam Roux!   And $1 hot dog night!  Here&#8217;s the questions: can we stifle ourselves from yelling &#8220;Go Red Sox&#8221; and singing Sweet Caroline?]]></description>
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		<title>To support sustainability, it&#8217;s importa&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=512</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=512#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Orenda Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Status Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bright Spots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To support sustainability, it&#8217;s important to have succession plan, Grow your leadership, look at ;your bright spots for what has worked.]]></description>
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		<title>To sustain practices we must have Intent&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=511</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=511#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Orenda Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intentionality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustain]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To sustain practices we must have Intentionality.
Pa. SL team member]]></description>
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		<title>Identifiy the why some Graduate teams ha&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=510</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=510#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Orenda Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Status Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graduate Teams]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Identifiy the why some Graduate teams have stopped functioning.  It was shared that You can maintain the practice and methodology, but lost the desire.]]></description>
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		<title>Session on using the SQ apporach.  One S&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=509</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=509#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Orenda Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Status Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Level]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Follow-up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preschool Inclusion Videos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SpecialQuest Approach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Switch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Session on using the SQ apporach.  One Small group dicussion was on Sustainability and follow-up at the community level.
Sustainability may look like use of additional resources such as Switch, New Inclusion videos an other resources.]]></description>
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		<title>Attending the Hot Topic Discussion: Joy &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=508</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=508#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Conn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Status Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quotes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Attending the Hot Topic Discussion: Joy Attending to Emotional Wellness
Each person in the session comes to the session for a different reason, but the common thread is the importance that joy be in the lives of all children and adults. Some of the joyful thoughts people have shared&#8230;
&#8211;  &#8220;Kiss the joy as it flies.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energizing Graduate Communities: Many of&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=507</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=507#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evelyn Klimpel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Status Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grad Communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newsletter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Leadership Teams]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Energizing Graduate Communities:
Many of the participants are ambrassadors and leadership team members.
Questions:
-How do we get a state leadership team?
-Will the SQ newsletter continue?
-What will we do without SQ T &#38; T?
Susan Stewart enter the room.]]></description>
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		<title>Growing Family Leaders: Planting Possibi&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=506</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=506#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evelyn Klimpel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Status Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Growing Family Leaders]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Growing Family Leaders: Planting Possibilities, Harvesting Results
Wow! The panel presentation was so powerful! Also the participants shared the benefits and challenges of family involvement. Aracelly and I will have SQ type up the information to share with all of you.]]></description>
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		<title>Here is the PowerPoint from today&#8217;s ses&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=505</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=505#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecka Anderson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iTechie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PowerPoint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the PowerPoint from today&#8217;s session. It does not include audio, but in the notes section of PowerPoint you will find the script. This also includes (on the last slide) of the products/services and their urls. The Delicious video is not available within this PowerPoint because of copyright issues, however you can visit http://www.commoncraft.com [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hot Topics for Inclusion Session  A chan&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=503</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=503#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Ecclesine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Status Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hot Topics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inclusion Topics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hot Topics for Inclusion Session
A chance for us to discuss an inclusion topic we are passionate about!  
Rights:
The people who come are the right people!
When it starts is the right time and when it&#8217;s over.  
Law:
The Law of Two Feet &#8211; go where you need to go to participate.
Freedoms:
Bubble bees &#8211; cross pollination [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MISSING: 1 black/white soccer ball. plea&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=501</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=501#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecka Anderson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Status Updates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[MISSING: 1 black/white soccer ball. please return to internet cafe. pleeeeeeeze]]></description>
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		<title>What a whirlwind! After a great breakfas&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=500</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=500#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Wells</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Status Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Leadership Teams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Switch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What a whirlwind! After a great breakfast, state teams were able to meet together and worked a little more using the book, SWITCH, which has been given us by SQ. The book discusses change and how we might affect change on returning to our communities through DIRECT the Rider, MOTIVATE the Elephant, and FOLLOW the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Growing Family Leaders session afte&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=497</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=497#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Holly Wilcher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Status Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Growing Family Leaders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Growing Family Leaders session afternoon&#8230;
Question:How do we help families see the importance and value of their contributions in leadership opportunities?
Answers:
COMPENSATE!
Show parents their sucesses
support them for their time
if you ask them to come tell them your apprecaite their coming and that it was important for them to come. 
Question: How do we help state and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Coaching Breakout was very informati&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=495</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=495#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan Paulsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Status Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IEP/IFSPs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Took Kit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Coaching Breakout was very informative.  Who knew that Coaching is really a Science and Art?  Lots of interesting strategies for using coaches in your programs.  Cathy gave us a whole list.  One participant said, of coaching, the &#8220;Science of coaching is having the skills, the Art is knowing how to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s so important to look at how parent&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=494</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=494#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Ruhland</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Status Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parents]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s so important to look at how parents can be supported in the work.  Support for attending meetings and providing training into the &#8212; hopefully &#8212; sustained SpecialQuest future!]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;glove&#8221; story in the Switch book r&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=493</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=493#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Ruhland</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Status Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glove Story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Switch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;glove&#8221; story in the Switch book really spoke to me for the necessity of showing people the need for change.  It is not enough to just share data.  Numbers can wow people but rarely touch the heart in the way that seeing the concerns can wow our emotions.  Another reason that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joyce Buffington just reminded me  in Gr&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=492</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=492#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Holly Wilcher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Status Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Growing Family Leaders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inclusion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Joyce Buffington just reminded me  in Growing Family Leadership session that if we aren&#8217;t willing to teach parents what we are talking about when we invite them to partiipate on our state level teams then, parents are not willing to listen. It is hard for parents to live in our alphabet and policy soup [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It is interesting to hear what other sta&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=491</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=491#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Ruhland</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Status Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Professional Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shared Vision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[States]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is interesting to hear what other states are doing and what has worked well and what could be better.  Sitting with representatives from other states is so empowering.  We engaged in a discussion about what &#8220;drivers&#8221;of professional development (SQ, QRIS, Registries, mandates) can move the work &#8212; and the message along!]]></description>
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		<title>The Preschool Inclusion session was a gr&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=490</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=490#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alissa Weller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Status Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preschool]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preschool Inclusion Videos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Preschool Inclusion session was a great opportunity to get a preview of the videos and activities for the preschool materials, for those of us who haven&#8217;t found time to take a look at them at home.  The facilitators made it interactive and interesting and the session flew by.]]></description>
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		<title>Loved the itech awards.  Deb and Rebecka&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=489</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=489#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan Paulsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Status Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deborah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iTechie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rebecka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Webinars]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Loved the itech awards.  Deb and Rebecka did a fab job.  For those of you who missed it,
all the information on the Free &#38; Easy websites will be available for all.  Rebecka will be doing
some live webinars.  Join in!!!]]></description>
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		<title>To sign up for updates and to access the&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=486</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=486#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alissa Weller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Status Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Switch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To sign up for updates and to access the first copy of &#8220;Switch&#8221; to share with others, go to http://www.heathbrothers.com]]></description>
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		<title>Just for fun, another challenge to SQ pa&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=483</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=483#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Orenda Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Status Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Just for Fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Switch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just for fun, another challenge to SQ participants, as it relates to yesterdays dessert.  How did you respond to the yucking tasting dessert.  Did you react to the dessert like the participants in the Switch book did to the stryofoam tasting popcorn and just  eat it because is presented and plentiful?  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An AHA moment from the morning Ambassado&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=481</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=481#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alissa Weller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Status Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ambassadors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reflections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Switch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An AHA moment from the morning Ambassador session:  The words &#8220;fear&#8221; and &#8220;resistance&#8221; come up a lot when talking about change.  We can change that to the word &#8220;switch&#8221;.]]></description>
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		<title>An important observation from the Ambass&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=480</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=480#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alissa Weller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Status Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ambassadors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Switch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An important observation from the Ambassador session about &#8220;Switch&#8221;:  In order to make change you must engage the heart as well as the mind.
Also:  People need to know where the path is leading and have clear direction.]]></description>
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		<title>Inclusion isn&#8217;t so much of a path as it&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Schumacher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inclusion isn&#8217;t so much of a path as it is the river that is fluid and runs through everything.&#8221;  Pat Cameron from Massachusetts]]></description>
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		<title>A challange to SQ participants.  Are you&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Orenda Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A challange to SQ participants.  Are you riding the wrong elephant?]]></description>
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		<title>Aha moments from the morning sesion, As &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=477</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Orenda Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aha moments from the morning sesion, As an Ambassador we function as the Rider, our assisgned Teams are our Elephants, don;t let them exhaust your efforts.]]></description>
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		<title>Just completed the first monring breakou&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=476</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Orenda Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ohio]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just completed the first monring breakout session on the Book Switch.
Summary for the morning from the Ohio SLT is&#8230;If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and then make a CHANGE!]]></description>
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		<title>Great change can be made when emotions a&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=475</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=475#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Ruhland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great change can be made when emotions are considered!]]></description>
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		<title>Did you know????  Everyone is encouraged&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=474</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=474#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Conn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know????  Everyone is encouraged to reply to postings on this NSQL blog. You do not need a password to reply. Simply click &#8220;reply&#8221; on the top right corner of the message box, enter your name and email (not shared).]]></description>
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		<title>Have something you want to get out to th&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=473</link>
		<comments>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=473#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Conn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have something you want to get out to the world of SpecialQuest? Look for an iReporter for an written or video interview. You can also post to your own Twitter or Facebook accounts and use the #SQ10 hashtag.]]></description>
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		<title>James shared a quote he uses in working &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=472</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Ruhland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[James shared a quote he uses in working with groups, &#8220;How do I know what I think until I say what I feel?&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>In the discussion of Switch, we had a gr&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://specialquest.org/nlsq/?p=471</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Ruhland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the discussion of Switch, we had a great quote from Linda on our team.  She stated, &#8220;I think I have been riding the wrong elephant.&#8221;  We need to think about the emotions driving our elephants and the elephants of the people around us.]]></description>
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