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Father pleads for answers after his missing son is found dead - Duration: 2:29.
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What is an Intermediate School District? - Duration: 4:04.
- [Narrator] Most of us are familiar
with schools and school districts.
But have you ever heard of an intermediate school district?
It's sort of like a co-op,
where lots of people pool resources and ideas
for a common goal.
Intermediate school districts provide specialty services
to regular school districts within a geographical region.
We serve more than 20,000 students annually,
in the areas of special education,
area learning centers, care and treatment,
career technical programs, and more.
These are specialized services
that many smaller school districts find difficult
or too costly to provide on their own.
Intermediate School Districts serve some
of Minnesota's most unique learners.
Many students are referred to us
by the school district they live in.
Our youngest learners are small children.
And our oldest students are young adults
in transition to live on their own,
and succeed in a career.
In our special education programs,
we serve all kinds of unique learners.
Some with Autism, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome,
or cognitive or emotional disorders.
But, all our students have one thing in common:
they are determined to succeed.
Unique learners have unique learning needs.
They need teachers and staff
who are experts in disabilities, special education,
mental health and trauma,
and they need unique facilities and equipment too.
For example, meet DJ.
He's in fifth grade, and has been
to five different elementary schools.
He's been suspended eight times,
and expelled from school twice for violent behavior.
As a toddler, DJ experienced sever trauma
when he was hurt by his babysitter.
He doesn't have an official medical diagnosis,
but is suspected to have a behavior disorder.
DJ's teachers and parents thought he would do best
in an intermediate school district,
so that is where he is now.
Our biggest challenge is how to best support
a subset of our students, who have complex disabilities,
and extraordinary mental health needs.
Some of these students, like DJ,
are exposed to trauma, like community violence,
natural disasters, domestic abuse, neglect, and more.
This combination of needs often results
in dangerous situations, and violent behavior at school.
Our schools have become the front line
of the children's mental health system.
Keeping everyone safe is our biggest responsibility.
But we also need to meet all educational expectations.
We're pretty good at it,
but it gets harder every day,
because the need for our services continues to grow,
both in the number of students we serve,
and in the level of support they require.
Critical incidents, assaults on staff,
threats to schools, police interventions,
and suicide attempts, are not uncommon.
But student behavior can be misunderstood.
And educators know behavior is one way
students with disabilities communicate.
One time, DJ became so violent,
we had to call the police to calm him down.
They took him to the emergency room,
but the hospital told his family
that he was too violent
to be near other doctors and patients.
So, they sent him back to school.
Schools alone don't have resources
to address the growing group of students
who show dangerous behaviors,
complex pharmacological profiles,
and/or multiple developmental, cognitive,
and neurobiological disorders.
Our schools are at a tipping point.
DJ doesn't have access to regular mental healthcare.
His parents love him, and are trying their best.
But, they have exhausted all educational resources
within their reach.
DJ's family is at a tipping point.
If we don't help DJ now,
he could have lifelong challenges
with his mental illness,
that affect the entire community.
What if there was an integrated education
and mental health partnership,
that could offer solutions to families like DJ's?
Imagine if school became DJ's go-to place
for both mental health treatment and education.
During the school day, he could experience
hands-on learning, therapy, counseling, and more.
His teachers and medical providers
would work together throughout the school day,
to meet DJ's mental health and learning needs,
so he can gain the skills he needs
to succeed in school and life.
This future is not in DJ's dreams.
It's not in a private school.
It's not in Canada or Finland.
It's right here in Minnesota.
To jumpstart this future,
the Integrated Education and Mental Health Partnership
needs one more partner.
That partner is you.
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DIMASH:The voice which is carrying away to the ocean and space.Голос, уносящий в океан и космос - Duration: 4:23.
Dimash Kudaybergen is a super activist.
It is explosion.
It is concentration of a large amount of energy.
And now we are,
in my opinion, on the threshold
of the new direction in music.
Dimash can become the conductor in her.
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