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“I can disagree with many perspectives AND I can also respect a person’s ability to have them. I believe that things can be incredibly complicated AND still have simple solutions. I believe that we want what we want AND this is not always good for us. I believe that education is invaluable AND that true wisdom is not bestowed by the rearranging of letters after one’s name. I believe that experience is invaluable AND that without skillful tutelage, undirected advancement is flawed.”
–Bryan Calder on observing Dialectics
“I can be frustrated with my toddler who has a hard time listening AND be empathetic to the fact that she is learning and developing at a rate that is probably pretty overwhelming for her too.”
–Beth Adair on observing Dialectics
"I did a simple Pros and Cons regarding the holiday weekend. I'm on call for my facilities as well as for the Program Director while she is out of town. But, my wife and I will be in St. George for Thanksgiving and talked about staying through Friday. I want to do that, however, I also want to be in Cedar City in case I need to physically help out at one of our programs. After doing Pros and Cons, we will most likely come home Thursday night and find opportunities to do fun things in and around Cedar."
–Cody Stratton on using Pros & Cons Skill
Vanessa Contreras on using Pros & Cons Skill
Vanessa Contreras on using Pros & Cons Skill
"I got a chance to use it with a youth just a few days after training on it!
The youth had made a hole in his door when he got upset and punched his door. So we went over having to communicate with his step-father because no matter what, his step-father (the sole worker in the home) would have to talk to him about the door.
We had discussed writing a letter out with what we want to say when we feel we cannot speak without fighting or yelling in our conflict plan prior. We went over that briefly and the positives of doing the letter and then positives of not doing a letter but only a bit. It was more of the things he did not want to happen if he did not write the letter.
In the end, he wrote the letter, his step-dad talked to him calmly, and for the first time in a long long time (mother made it seem like a year) the youth told his step-dad he loved him and gave him a hug."
“A dialectic I observe every year around Christmas is wanting to buy gifts AND not wanting to be broke at the end of the year.”
–Ben Andresen on observing Dialectics
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