As I've been part of the ISTE certification group I've been encouraged to join a few national and local social groups. Two are Special Education related, one for teachers in general, one for technology teachers, one for trauma informed teachers, and a few for foster parents. These give me a well rounded view of the struggles and benefits of working with the children I do. It's been wonderful to contribute my ideas (that I think work well), get ideas for things I know aren't working well, and most importantly to know that I'm not alone. There's power in seeing that when you have a rough day at work, others do too... but oftentimes their days were even worse. While it exposes me to more stories of pain and struggle around the world, I also have access to more resources. When I went to a local training on transition assessments, I knew I had a limited knowledge of them. But to have the presenters and others there want copies of some of my progress monitoring ...