VIDBE-Q Volume 65 Issue 3
family and their situations and focus on recreating or establishing the ever
important aspect of trust.
So let's say that your districts and providers have been able to establish at
least an initial bond with families, now what? Spring of 2020 was surreal in seeing
families, schools and greater communities find ways to provide food and materials
to families in unique ways both urban and rural. We can't hide from a virus that
doesn't discriminate nor do we know entirely all the long-term effects this will
have not only physically, but educationally, emotionally and economically. In
discussion with a new family I am working with, I had assumed so much was
already in place for them to succeed. Lesson learned, they have a lot of needs, and
none that I even considered. You see this family absolutely adored their previous
neighborhood, previous school and service providers, however over time the
family felt that they were stuck in a bubble. Their providers although great,
continued to apologize to them and say they are sorry to them and show them pity,
not really allowing them to assist their own family in moving forward. During the
pandemic the family made a choice to uproot their family and move several miles
to a more accessible home in a new district with new service providers. When
talking to them, they felt like they got into a rhythm of being "that" family in their
old district. They felt like the ones people felt bad for, the ones whose relationships
were strained, the ones whose kids acted out, they were embarrassed to go out in
