“Inclusion Benefits All” with Tricia Thompson

Topics of discussion in this episode: 

• The importance to stay grounded and have a circle of people you can be real with
• Her Cuban Dad migrated to this country and this instilled in her the importance of the American dream. 
• Her experience of how different education can be when you go to an all-girls school and her thoughts around gender differences in education 
• How she started out as a Math major in college and the barriers she faced which ultimately resulted in her changing her major 
• Her career as a teacher and how someone planted the seed with her and told her she should become an administrator
• She explains how being a Principal stretched her
• An open position in the Special Education department that really spoke to her
• Being a Mom of 5 kids in a blended family and a role model for them
• Having a supportive husband and being a supportive wife of a first responder
• Boundaries and mental health in her own life and with her staff
• Managing stress
• Positives that have come out of the pandemic
• General education and Special education to meet the needs of all students 
• Inclusion of students with disabilities BENEFITS ALL 
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