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EPISODE 31
Strategies for Successful Transitions Back to School for Parents and Professionals

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Do you have a book or podcast club? If so, you may use this discussion guide to facilitate a conversation about this episode.

1) What are some of the challenges about transitioning back to school? Why does the current pandemic exacerbate those challenges?

2) What are the most significant two or three challenges that your child or students have faced in the past, and what strategies have you used that have been effective and supporting more successful transitions?

3) Of the strategies discussed by Barry and Dave, which ones are new to you and that you have never tried before? What specific issues do you hope to prevent by implementing these strategies?

4) What are the two or three changes you hope to make this year to support your child or students in seeing school as a positive experience?

Show Notes

Supporting successful transitions back to school is critical for maximizing success for the whole school year. Dave and Barry have a lively discussion about challenges and creative strategies to help children of all ages to get off to a good start in this coming school year.

In this week’s Enthusiasm segment, we meet Gardner who has become and expert at telling jokes!

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Music

Matt Savage, courtesy of Savage Records

Matt Savage is an autistic jazz musician, composer, and bandleader. Matt has collaborated with jazz greats like Chick Corea, the Ellington All Stars, Chaka Khan, Wynton Marsalis, Bobby Watson, Clark Terry, Jimmy Heath, Jason Moran, Arturo O’Farrill, John Pizzarelli, Joshua Redman, Terri Lyne Carrington, Jon Faddis, Jerry Bergonzi. Donny McCaslin, and more. He has recorded more than a dozen records and graciously contributes the music for Uniquely Human.

Production and Sound Design

ELEVATEDSTUDIO

Uniquely Human: The Podcast is produced, engineered, and edited by Elevated Studio in Denver, Colorado. Owned and operated by co-host Dave Finch, Elevated Studio produces digital media assets and content strategies for the electronics, entertainment, and lifestyle industries.