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We are onto WEEK-2 of the OPC Curious Minds Quest and the curious minds are excelling at being brilliantly insightful in their quest to explore, learn and integrate all things OPC.

But before we jump into it, here's a snipet or two from week-1 to inspire us all:

"my nugget from spotlight 2: the use of paraphrasing. it's something that I've really thought about and have started to use the child's/ parent's own words more when they're discussing their thoughts/ concerns/ goals and you definitely get the feeling back that they're like- yes, you get me!"

Stacie Ahern

"Using the worksheet serves as a reminder for me to understand the family's challenges and guiding me in addressing both intrinsic and extrinsic factors when discussing goals with parents. I've also received nice feedback from parents, which they feel the discussion about 'factors' helps pointing out the problems they are encountering. It has not been easy for me to talk so much during my session, but I found the discussion a valuable practice/experience for me, the child and the parents.

Mandy Siao

Thank you ladies for your wisdom!

Here's our Week-1 Top-3 Leader Board Results

This week we are onto Spotlights 3&4

Topics Covered:

• Working in teams
• When coaching is worse than usual care
• What to say when the conversation starts to feel messy
• Helping parent's find their voice
• Long term thinking
• Goal alignment between parents and children
• When do you need an OPC approach?

Want to join in the fun?

All the instructions are below - we are waiting for you!

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OPC Quest for Curious Minds

This where you go from thinking about wanting brush up on your clinical skills - to taking those little, consistent actions that actually move you forwards.

One awesome nugget at a time!

One awesome action at a time!

One awesome curious question at a time!

The BIG prize of course is your confidence and growth, and the value that brings to the kids and families you work with,

but who doesn't love a little cash to throw around at some continued education courses too? So to sweeten the deal and get your competitive engine revving, each action you take gets you an entry into the big draw for a

$250.00 cash prize

and a few spot prizes thrown in just for fun.

Instructions

1 - Share a Nugget: Each week we will be focusing on one or two past activities. This week we start with the spotlights.

• Spotlight 3: Teams, usual care & messy conversations
• Spotlight 4: Parents, Kids and Conflicting Goals

Share Your Favorite Nugget Here

You don't' have to do it all, but do one thing.

Squiz through the spotlight resources, watch the video, listen to the podcast, read the transcript.

2 - Take the Challenge and Reflect: Dive deeper into the content by taking the challenge for double entries into the draw. This week's task is to print the OPC phrases toolbox and try using as many as you can in your conversations this week. Stick it on a wall in the clinic, over your computer, heck on the toilet door!! See how it shapes conversations for you and then come back and share your reflections.

Share Your Reflection Here!

What surprised you? What shifted or changed in an interaction? Did it feel natural or awkward?

3 - Ask a Curious Question: Curious questions are our highest value here in The Wired Collective. So for an impressive triple entry into the draw, add a curious question this week. It can be about the two spotlights we are covering, or any other question that's come up for you about coaching, goal setting and OPC that you would like us to dig into in our wrap-up Q&A with Dr. Fi Graham in February.

Ask Your Curious Question Here!

This is your chance to spark a thought-provoking discussion.

The OPC Quest for Curious Minds is not just an opportunity to win a valuable continued education voucher, but it's also a chance to deepen your understanding, connect with amazing members, and improve your clinical practice.

What's not to get excited about?

Logistics

1. Notifications: You'll want to make sure your notification settings are correct so that you don't miss out on the nuggets, insights and questions, and you also don't get too many notifications that clog your inbox. Head over to your profile and check you are happy with your notification settings HERE. You can choose from hourly, daily, weekly notifications - or none - but that would be pretty sad🙃
2. Prize Draw: We will do the Prize Draw at our Big Wrap-Up Q&A with Dr Fi Graham in February. You can check times and grab a seat HERE. Any comment you add as part of the challenge over this week gets you entries into the draw. You don't need to have completed all of them, but the more you complete, the more your chances (and your awesomeness) grow.
3. Navigating the challenge: The challenge is being hosted in the community forum on The Wired Collective Dashboard. There are 3 posts where you can add your comments. Add your nuggets in the nugget post, your reflection in the reflection post, and your question in the question post - you get the idea right 😊

The Community forum can be accessed from your side menu in the dashboard, or click any of the buttons in the instructions above to jump directly to the post.

That's it - let's play!

Have a wonderful week!

Mindy

PS - having trouble accessing the podcast or anything else? Just hit reply to this email so I can help.