Happy Tuesday! I'm currently on a trip up North {I'm writing this before bed Monday} to the New York State Children's Mental Health Services Coalition. I'll be gone until Wednesday night with our 3 Directors and 5 of my colleagues to learn about various methods and listen to seminars for working with our population of clientele. Some seem very interesting, and there is even one on mindfulness & meditation- which I am super excited to attend since meditation pretty much saved me from self-destruction a few years back. I'd love to learn new ways to incorporate both mindfulness & meditation into my classroom. It should be fun because the people I am attending the coalition with are totally awesome. Plus, we represent the diversity of our agency- our directors, 2 family life specialists / direct care, a teacher assistant / direct care, our program manager / recreation therapist, our behavior prevention specialist and myself, lead teacher / education. Not only do I truly like the people I am going with {both as co-workers and as friends}, but they are all amazing at what they do. It is bound to be a good time to bond & grow professionally as well.
While I am gone, I am bringing books with me. I haven't finished Dark Places
by Gillian Flynn yet, so that is coming along- I hope to finish it on the ride up to the coalition. I also packed When Rabbit Howls
by Truddi Chase to read during down-time. 
We'll have to see how well I do staying awake in the car & reading versus falling asleep!Be back Thursday with a review!
write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow
I hope you have a great time and find it very useful. And I hope you have some time to read as well. ;)
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