The Power of Believing

'Tis the season to believe!!!....

(An oath for professionals who worked with students with severe and/or multiple disabilities)



1. Believe that all students can learn and have the right to.
2. Believe that all students can communicate and have the right to.
3. Believe that all students have the right to choose and should be given the opportunity to do so.
4. Believe that there is always hope.
5. Believe that small miracles are the best.
6. Believe that all movements, signals, cries, and gestures are a form of communication.
7. Believe in patience.
8. Believe each individual has something positive and valuable to share with you.
9. Believe that if there is a will there is a way.
10. Believe that you have something positive to give to individuals with severe and multiple disabilities.
11. Believe that all students need to be cognitively challenged.
12. Believe that if you believe that the child will believe.

@2001, Creative Communicating. This article was taken from a work in progress by Pati King-DeBaum titled “The Power of Communication”.