Jennifer Yasemin

Creating a life I don’t need a break from🍀

[Jennifer Yasemin @JenniferRutkas]

I am feeling refreshed and happy with the pleasant weather⛅💌

[Jennifer Yasemin @JenniferRutkas]

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[Donna Louise @DonnaLouise1212]

Wow!.. This hit me hard... My dad is 73, & let's just say I'll answer every call/text from now on.....😢

[Jennifer Yasemin @JenniferRutkas]

Miss my baby🐶💌

[Titanic New York @TitanicNewYork]

SS United States entering Mobile Bay at Fort Morgan this morning.

#SSUnitedStates #America250 #savessunitedstates

[Jennifer Yasemin @JenniferRutkas]

Shoe design from the Louis Vuitton brand🤭📷

[rosie @roseannepics]

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[BEAUTY BAY @beautybay]

We're the girls with a passion for fashion, oooooh BRATZ 💅🌸❣🦋✨ Okay we're OBSESSSSSED with this set 🤩🔥

Absolutely unreaaaal nailz_by_dev 👏⚡

Check out the TOP nail trends of 2021 💅 https://t.co/Nb5DYigHse

#BEAUTYBAY

[Nix 🕊 @startingfromnix]

I’ve been living in SF for close to 2 years now

This year one of my goals was to visit all the city parks and do as many walks as possible 🏞

Ongoing thread of my favorite walks in sf (some are soo underrated)

📷 All photos taken by me

🌳 Alta Plaza Park: panoramic views!

[Tina Koskima 🕊️ @LoveSongs4Peace]

Beautiful Pacing Ocean coastal sunset near San Francisco in California, US
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[USA NEWS 🇺🇸 @usanewshq]

Who says no?

[USA NEWS 🇺🇸 @usanewshq]

You can only pick one to bring back to life. Who are you choosing?

[Jennifer Yasemin @JenniferRutkas]

I loved these lip Dubs from 10 years ago. https://t.co/Jc7IZL70XY

[Timothy Shanahan @ReadingShanahan]

Are We Getting the Right Information When It Comes to the Science of Reading?
https://t.co/6hO7fy6Ool

[Tim Rasinski @TimRasinski1]

FLUENCY FRIDAY! PD Reading on Fluency
Two items: 1) a link to a recent article in the Robb Review by Lynne Kulich & myself on the Fluency Development Lesson (FDL).
https://t.co/gUgBj7lITE

And 2) a piece of teacher action research using the FDL:
https://t.co/Hj8LUjIjaw

[Tim Rasinski @TimRasinski1]

MORPHOLOGY MONDAY!
This week’s word root resource explores the word root Dec = 10. Wait! Why then is December not the 10th month of the year? At one time it actually was – see attached to build knowledge and vocabulary!

[Jennifer Yasemin @JenniferRutkas]

@GalvestonFerry Do better….we’ve been in line for two plus hours and there is an insane amount of traffic trying to get back to bolivar. We are looking at a 3 1/2 trip to bolivar. Presently stuck in line. At least give us a realistic warning when we get in line.

[Jennifer Yasemin @JenniferRutkas]

@AaronLeBert1 @GalvestonFerry Holiday weekend shouldn’t reduce boats until all this traffic is resolved. This is bad for this late at night. We are at 75 minutes right now.

[Jennifer Yasemin @JenniferRutkas]

@melinda_lasky @EmmaKMcGuire @Mrs_Larson @hawkteacher98 @AReveter Way to go Carter!!!!

[Dr. Bryan Pearlman #MaslowBeforeBloom @DrP_Principal]

Mark exhibited many challenging and defiant behaviors throughout the school day. In addition, he would shut-down and not respond at all during some school transitions. This was particularly challenging when the class needed to leave for lunch and recess. Mark would just lay down, go completely limp, and completely tune out. The teacher, counselor and administrator could not get him to move. They all exhausted just about every tool and strategy.

The principal believed this might be a behavior tied to early trauma. While researching, the principal discovered a condition called RAD. It just so happened that an expert on RAD was coming through town for a training. The principal bought a ticket.

After the training ended, the principal offered to help the presenter with her boxes out to her car. The principal asked if he could pick her brain about a student. After telling the expert all about Mark, the presenter said she had an idea. The expert told the principal to approach the student, look him in the eyes, and ask him the magic question. As the expert was sharing this wisdom, the principal was becoming hopeful about a solution for the next day. The expert went on to tell him the magic question, “ask him if he would buy a pickle for a nickel”. The principal looked at the expert as if she was crazy. He asked the expert, “that is the best advice you have?” The principal was deflated and exhausted by this answer.

On his ride home, the principal shared the expert’s “wisdom” with his wife. His wife laughed at this. When the principal arrived home, there was a jar of pickles on his nightstand with a note that read “take a pickle and leave a nickel”.

The next day the principal brought the jar of pickles with him to work. He figured he could at least get a good laugh with his staff about the “magic” advice.

The principal received a call to room 15. When he arrived, Mark was laying on the floor. The principal tried everything he could think of and there was no response. He remembered the “magic” advice. He approached Mark, tried to make eye contact, and asked him, “would you buy a pickle for a nickel?” Mark sat up quickly and said, “what did you just ask me?” The principal was shocked that Mark responded and didn’t know quite how to respond . Mark then said, “that is the dumbest question I have ever heard. How can I possibly answer that? What kind of pickle are we even talking about? If it is a big spicy pickle that is in the jar on a 7-11 counter, yeah, I’d buy that for a nickel. But if it is a really small one, no way, that’s a rip-off!”

The principal said nothing and just looked at Mark. Mark went on, “how did you know I like pickles? Now that you brought it up, I’d really like one. Where can I get a pickle?”. The principal told Mark that he knew exactly where there were some pickles. They went to the office and Mark devoured several pickles.

While Mark was chomping away on the pickles, the principal started a conversation about why it was so important for Mark to communicate with and respond to staff and to let us know what is going on. In addition, why it is so unsafe to stay in a room by himself. Mark nodded along while wiping off pickle juice from his face. Mark shared that sometimes he just gets really upset and shuts down. They discussed some solutions and it was agreed that he could ask to go get a pickle, a drink of water, do some deep breathing or just a short walking break when he was beginning to get upset (they even discussed non-verbal ways to communicate if needed). Mark agreed to try this plan.

This pickle intervention worked well. From time-to-time, the intervention had to be tweaked, however, Mark was safe and his behaviors improved.

Sometimes the most outrageous ideas actually work.

The principal reached out to the expert to thank her for the suggestion. He apologized for his initial lack of enthusiasm about the pickle intervention🙂

Join the “Maslow Before Bloom” Facebook group: https://t.co/015cLKjJ1m.