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Every practice in the library, in one list. Narrow it by how long you have, who it is written for, and where you are right now.
Before you hand it over, read the original request again. Not your memory of it. The actual words.
Almost nobody enjoys this, which is why almost nobody does it. But work that is good except for the two things nobody remembered is the commonest…
When the thing is over, sit down for twenty minutes and go through it: what happened, what worked, what did not, what you will do differently. Put it in the diary, because it never happens on intention alone.
The monthly report, the school year, the audit. Write the answers where you will actually find them next time, and be specific about the point it…
Take ten quiet minutes to decompress before you walk in the door.
Arriving already softened means the day's stress is not spent on the person you love.
Two referrals turn up again and again. A young child being asked to leave a school for behaviour, with no developmental or cognitive information anywhere in the file. And a parent saying something is wrong while the school says everything is fine. Both are describing adult frustration rather than a formulation.
In each case the first job is the same: get some data. Not another opinion, not another meeting, but something measured about how this child thinks…
Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.
Before you walk into a room with someone, ask what you are carrying in with you, and what you are likely to leave behind when you go.
State travels ahead of words. A hard conversation an hour ago, a bad night, a piece of news you have not dealt with: any of it will be in the room…