The Talking Together documents are exciting to see as tools for our teachers to use as entry points with ALL students - with our population.

These tools, procedures, learning are not 'soft skills,' they are essential skills. We need these to be taught en mass to all learners. Just because a student is on grade level with their academics, we should  not assume that they are on level with speaking, listening and social skills. 

With regard to our specific ED population, these are even more essential and tie into career readiness standards that are required for all learners.