Comments on: Transition Initiatives: the Giving of Gifts http://blog.bolandbol.com/2009/12/03/transition-initiatives/ Be joyful though you have considered all the facts Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:41:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1-alpha By: Transition, Redux | MamaStories http://blog.bolandbol.com/2009/12/03/transition-initiatives/comment-page-1/#comment-25723 Transition, Redux | MamaStories Sat, 06 Nov 2010 13:21:09 +0000 http://blog.bolandbol.com/?p=3223#comment-25723 [...] exactly a year ago I attended Transition training in Boston. You can read about it here and [...] [...] exactly a year ago I attended Transition training in Boston. You can read about it here and [...]

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]]> By: brooklinemama http://blog.bolandbol.com/2009/12/03/transition-initiatives/comment-page-1/#comment-15583 brooklinemama Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:21:57 +0000 http://blog.bolandbol.com/?p=3223#comment-15583 Hey Ed, The Mom was quite overwhelmed! :) But with a smile, and then the play date had to end, but we planned to get together again soon to talk about it. I love your analogy, and the last line, funny but sad, no? But keep practicing, and maybe as Transition takes off around your town, and (unfortunately) as things deteriorate further, your town too will be more receptive. Good luck! Hey Ed,

The Mom was quite overwhelmed! :) But with a smile, and then the play date had to end, but we planned to get together again soon to talk about it.

I love your analogy, and the last line, funny but sad, no? But keep practicing, and maybe as Transition takes off around your town, and (unfortunately) as things deteriorate further, your town too will be more receptive. Good luck!

]]> By: Ed Straker http://blog.bolandbol.com/2009/12/03/transition-initiatives/comment-page-1/#comment-15581 Ed Straker Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:02:30 +0000 http://blog.bolandbol.com/?p=3223#comment-15581 And how did the mom react to all this? An analogy I'd like to make is my daughter is taking flute lessons and she got very discouraged at first when she was having trouble just getting clear notes out, but as she kept practicing, she could start to measure her own progress. She could see the result of her efforts, and be motivated to continue. That's what I feel is missing right now for my transition goals in my vicinity. I have no evidence that anyone else in the town is receptive enough to Transition to join me as an initiator. So I can be as supportive of Transition as I can, but at the end of the day, I am a lone voice in my town. I am sitting with a flute in my hands like the pied piper not able to blow a clear note. And how did the mom react to all this?

An analogy I’d like to make is my daughter is taking flute lessons and she got very discouraged at first when she was having trouble just getting clear notes out, but as she kept practicing, she could start to measure her own progress. She could see the result of her efforts, and be motivated to continue.

That’s what I feel is missing right now for my transition goals in my vicinity. I have no evidence that anyone else in the town is receptive enough to Transition to join me as an initiator. So I can be as supportive of Transition as I can, but at the end of the day, I am a lone voice in my town.

I am sitting with a flute in my hands like the pied piper not able to blow a clear note.

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