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Pandemic First Timer! We have no real relevant experience or expertise for this situation. This is new to us all. Growth mindset says that new is hard! We are stumbling and learning. Tips for dealing with a first time from Dr. Brené Brown - 1. Name It – Notice feeling unsure, wobbly, like it is hard and realize you are in a first time. 2. Normalize – This is how new is supposed to feel and it’s ok! 3. Perspective – We do not know when this will end but we know it will not last forever. 4. Expectations – Reality check yourself, this might be hard for a while, and then it might get better, and then it might be hard again. Expect your feelings, knowledge, and plans to change… A LOT!

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hi White River School District staff this is Stephanie Dan I'm a mental health therapist that's contracted with the district you might remember me from some staff trainings in the past and Franny one who doesn't know me I want to introduce myself now every week I'm going to be making some really short videos for you guys with some ideas and tips that might help you to get through this time this is a really difficult time for all of us and we want a place to talk about that and support you as a staff member so here we are today I'm going to be talking about first times so raise your hand if you're a first-timer to a pandemic I am using I'll be raising your hands we are all first-timers to doing this whole pandemic thing and I really want you to think about that you have no relevant experience or expertise in dealing with a panda think about fixed vs. growth mindset what we teach our students and White River School District and what that would say about having a first-time right having a fixed mindset would be oh my gosh I just  at this I don't know how to do this and it's never going to get better spray and a growth mindset would say newest hard it was really hard I am still learning how to do this pandemic thing how to social distance I am still learning how to do that how to teach online how to be away from my students how to have you know Partners friends all around us and we're supposed to be working we are all new to this we don't know how to do it it is awkward and wobbly we are getting better but none of us experts at this so I just want you to think about that I want to talk a little bit about how to deal with first time so brene Brown is a researcher who looks like a lady and she's an author and she has some as far as about dealing with the first time and the first idea is to name it so when you feel wobbly when you are feeling out of control when you are feeling unsure that's a sign to you that oh yeah this is a first-time I am in a first-time right now and we are all collectively in a first time in this moment together so that's the first step is to name it then we want to normalize it that this is how new is supposed to feel we are supposed to feel uncomfortable and awkward it's okay to feel scared and not know what to do and it's okay to sometimes feel like you are doing the right thing not again that is all normal it's okay to feel certain sometimes it's okay to feel uncertain sometimes those things are not mutually exclusive another step is taking some perspective so right now we have to really thinking not that we don't know how long this is going to last but we do know that is going to end sometime we can know that perspective we can also feel like I don't know how to do this and I'm going to get better at it it does and I'm going to stop at pandemics Forever we're going to gain experience and learn how to do this better the last thing that we want to do is reality check or expectation so again you if your this whole pandemic thing awesome the rest of us are having a hard time and that's okay to have that reality that this is hard so those are some tips I want to leave you guys with and dealing first time together I will see you again next week

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