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Language Matters: Adopting Person First Language to Foster Growth Mindset

Presented by: Naomi Church, Program Specialist Florida Diagnostic & Learning Resources System, Exceptional Student Learning Support

Please use the icon to raise your hand if the statement applies to you. What causes people to change?

Write a response in the chat pod.

Things You May Not Know…

Thomas Edison Danny Glover Agatha Christie Walt Disney Will Smith

Will has dyslexia and ADHD. Will said, “People don’t think of me as disabled and its great, because I have worked hard all my life to be treated like anyone else. I don’t want anyone to look down on me. Thomas struggled with math, did not read until 12 years of age. His teachers told him he “wasn’t smart.”

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Walt Disney did not learn to read until he was nine. He drew pictures to help him remember what he was learning. Agatha had a learning disability called dysgraphia, which prevented her writing from being legible or easily understood. She had to dictate all 100-plus of her novels, stories and plays.

“The popular idea that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of an idea which has been impressed on them in very tender years.” – Agatha Christie

“If we talk about literacy, we have to talk about how to enhance our children’s mastery over the tools needed to live intelligent, creative, and involved lives.”

• Danny Glover

Danny was placed in a class for students with cognitive difficulties until he was in high school. He did not learn to read or write until after he graduated.

What do these people have in common?

Thomas Edison Danny Glover Agatha Christie Walt Disney Will Smith

Language Matters

• Sticks and Stones
• 1 out of every 5 Americans have a disability
• Every individual regardless of gender, race,

age, ability deserves dignity and respect

• The way we talk about people makes a

difference

• People can adopt an identity or a mindset

based on our words

We are all people with abilities and special needs…

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“mindset” (noun)

a set of beliefs or a way of thinking that determines

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and mental attitude.

Language Matters

Dweck’s research has shown that most people have one of two Mindsets: Fixed Mindset or Growth Mindset

Growth Versus Fixed Mindset Video

Embraces challenges Gives up easily Sees efforts as fruitless Ignore useful or negative feedback Feels threatened by the success of others Plateau early; achieve less than their full potential Avoids challenges Persists in the face of setbacks See effort as path to mastery Learns from criticism Finds lessons and inspirations in the success of others Reach higher level of achievement

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Edu Educator’s Core Beliefs

FI FIXED GR GROWTH Each student has the capacity to succeed. Success comes from access to effective instruction, effort, and persistence.

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Some kids are smart and some just aren’t.

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Video - Research on Praise and Mindset

Re Revise Your Praise

• Evaluate the praise

statement you or someone else wrote in the chat pod.

• Rewrite if needed to be

growth-mindset inducing.

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Pr Praise Risk-Ta Taking and Effort

I CAN’T DO THIS YET!

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More Resources

• https://browardschools.instr

ucture.com/enroll/AP6XDY

• http://mrschurch.net
• FDLRS Evaluation: 4

questions

• Growth Mindset

Survey

• Certificate

Wa Want to know more?

Read: The Growth Mindset By Carol Dweck Watch: The Power of Yet (TED Talk)

Websites: http://WithMathICan.Org https://www.mindsetworks.com/