After Treatment - April Fallis - OSEU 2 | JAG-SD Learning Connections

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G48 — Demonstrate an openness to change

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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): April Fallis describes returning from treatment, changing her own behavior, and wanting to be a better parent. This supports G48 by inviting students to consider challenges accompanying personal change.

Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: New connection to the overall current understanding. No specific OSEU standard alignment is claimed. Original JAG–interview approval retained.

When I was in treatment, they told us that when you go home, everything is going to be different. You are going to be the one that made the change. So everything is going to be the same. So when I went home, I was like “Oh my gosh.” And you realize… you realize… I realized now I know what they were talking about, what they meant. When I was using, that didn’t mean nothing to me. So when I went away and I got ahold of myself…and I got a second chance…the grandfather’s gave me another chance to come back and to show my kids, who were still little, that I wanted to be a better parent… a better mother. And so, I started doing that…and I seen…that you can get tested… still to this day, ya know. I always told my kids… when I got out of treatment… I always told them… my life… and I told them that I cannot change them… I cannot tell what to do… them how to run their lives when they got older.

Learn About: What details in this passage support the speaker’s account of personal change and responsibility? What would you need to hear in the full interview before interpreting it?

Learn From: How could you consider challenges accompanying personal change? Use a fictional or classroom example if you prefer, and explain which part of the speaker’s account informed your approach.

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F35 — Demonstrate ability to assume responsibility for actions and decisions

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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): April Fallis describes returning from treatment, changing her own behavior, and wanting to be a better parent. This supports F35 by inviting students to identify responsibility for one’s own choices.

Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: New connection to the overall current understanding. No specific OSEU standard alignment is claimed. Original JAG–interview approval retained.

When I was in treatment, they told us that when you go home, everything is going to be different. You are going to be the one that made the change. So everything is going to be the same. So when I went home, I was like “Oh my gosh.” And you realize… you realize… I realized now I know what they were talking about, what they meant. When I was using, that didn’t mean nothing to me. So when I went away and I got ahold of myself…and I got a second chance…the grandfather’s gave me another chance to come back and to show my kids, who were still little, that I wanted to be a better parent… a better mother. And so, I started doing that…and I seen…that you can get tested… still to this day, ya know. I always told my kids… when I got out of treatment… I always told them… my life… and I told them that I cannot change them… I cannot tell what to do… them how to run their lives when they got older.

Learn About: What details in this passage support the speaker’s account of personal change and responsibility? What would you need to hear in the full interview before interpreting it?

Learn From: How could you identify responsibility for one’s own choices? Use a fictional or classroom example if you prefer, and explain which part of the speaker’s account informed your approach.

H69 — Accept responsibility for one’s own actions

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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): April Fallis describes returning from treatment, changing her own behavior, and wanting to be a better parent. This supports H69 by inviting students to distinguish one’s actions from control over others.

Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: New connection to the overall current understanding. No specific OSEU standard alignment is claimed. Original JAG–interview approval retained.

When I was in treatment, they told us that when you go home, everything is going to be different. You are going to be the one that made the change. So everything is going to be the same. So when I went home, I was like “Oh my gosh.” And you realize… you realize… I realized now I know what they were talking about, what they meant. When I was using, that didn’t mean nothing to me. So when I went away and I got ahold of myself…and I got a second chance…the grandfather’s gave me another chance to come back and to show my kids, who were still little, that I wanted to be a better parent… a better mother. And so, I started doing that…and I seen…that you can get tested… still to this day, ya know. I always told my kids… when I got out of treatment… I always told them… my life… and I told them that I cannot change them… I cannot tell what to do… them how to run their lives when they got older.

Learn About: What details in this passage support the speaker’s account of personal change and responsibility? What would you need to hear in the full interview before interpreting it?

Learn From: How could you distinguish one’s actions from control over others? Use a fictional or classroom example if you prefer, and explain which part of the speaker’s account informed your approach.

H77 — Demonstrate the ability to self-evaluate and develop a continuous improvement plan

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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): April Fallis describes returning from treatment, changing her own behavior, and wanting to be a better parent. This supports H77 by inviting students to reflect on continuing personal improvement.

Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: New connection to the overall current understanding. No specific OSEU standard alignment is claimed. Original JAG–interview approval retained.

When I was in treatment, they told us that when you go home, everything is going to be different. You are going to be the one that made the change. So everything is going to be the same. So when I went home, I was like “Oh my gosh.” And you realize… you realize… I realized now I know what they were talking about, what they meant. When I was using, that didn’t mean nothing to me. So when I went away and I got ahold of myself…and I got a second chance…the grandfather’s gave me another chance to come back and to show my kids, who were still little, that I wanted to be a better parent… a better mother. And so, I started doing that…and I seen…that you can get tested… still to this day, ya know. I always told my kids… when I got out of treatment… I always told them… my life… and I told them that I cannot change them… I cannot tell what to do… them how to run their lives when they got older.

Learn About: What details in this passage support the speaker’s account of personal change and responsibility? What would you need to hear in the full interview before interpreting it?

Learn From: How could you reflect on continuing personal improvement? Use a fictional or classroom example if you prefer, and explain which part of the speaker’s account informed your approach.

J105 — Demonstrate ability to make healthy choices

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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): April Fallis describes returning from treatment, changing her own behavior, and wanting to be a better parent. This supports J105 by inviting students to discuss seeking appropriate support for change.

Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: New connection to the overall current understanding. No specific OSEU standard alignment is claimed. Original JAG–interview approval retained.

When I was in treatment, they told us that when you go home, everything is going to be different. You are going to be the one that made the change. So everything is going to be the same. So when I went home, I was like “Oh my gosh.” And you realize… you realize… I realized now I know what they were talking about, what they meant. When I was using, that didn’t mean nothing to me. So when I went away and I got ahold of myself…and I got a second chance…the grandfather’s gave me another chance to come back and to show my kids, who were still little, that I wanted to be a better parent… a better mother. And so, I started doing that…and I seen…that you can get tested… still to this day, ya know. I always told my kids… when I got out of treatment… I always told them… my life… and I told them that I cannot change them… I cannot tell what to do… them how to run their lives when they got older.

Learn About: What details in this passage support the speaker’s account of personal change and responsibility? What would you need to hear in the full interview before interpreting it?

Learn From: How could you discuss seeking appropriate support for change? Use a fictional or classroom example if you prefer, and explain which part of the speaker’s account informed your approach.

J101 — Identify, understand, and apply knowledge of social roles

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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): April Fallis describes returning from treatment, changing her own behavior, and wanting to be a better parent. This supports J101 by inviting students to consider responsibility within a parenting role.

Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: New connection to the overall current understanding. No specific OSEU standard alignment is claimed. Original JAG–interview approval retained.

When I was in treatment, they told us that when you go home, everything is going to be different. You are going to be the one that made the change. So everything is going to be the same. So when I went home, I was like “Oh my gosh.” And you realize… you realize… I realized now I know what they were talking about, what they meant. When I was using, that didn’t mean nothing to me. So when I went away and I got ahold of myself…and I got a second chance…the grandfather’s gave me another chance to come back and to show my kids, who were still little, that I wanted to be a better parent… a better mother. And so, I started doing that…and I seen…that you can get tested… still to this day, ya know. I always told my kids… when I got out of treatment… I always told them… my life… and I told them that I cannot change them… I cannot tell what to do… them how to run their lives when they got older.

Learn About: What details in this passage support the speaker’s account of personal change and responsibility? What would you need to hear in the full interview before interpreting it?

Learn From: How could you consider responsibility within a parenting role? Use a fictional or classroom example if you prefer, and explain which part of the speaker’s account informed your approach.

Interview transcript

When I was in treatment, they told us that when you go home, everything is going to be different. You are going to be the one that made the change. So everything is going to be the same. So when I went home, I was like “Oh my gosh.” And you realize… you realize… I realized now I know what they were talking about, what they meant. When I was using, that didn’t mean nothing to me. So when I went away and I got ahold of myself…and I got a second chance…the grandfather’s gave me another chance to come back and to show my kids, who were still little, that I wanted to be a better parent… a better mother. And so, I started doing that…and I seen…that you can get tested… still to this day, ya know. I always told my kids… when I got out of treatment… I always told them… my life… and I told them that I cannot change them… I cannot tell what to do… them how to run their lives when they got older. I can be there for you…like when they were…before they were 18…and you want to help them…and this and that. But after they turned 18, I always told them that you…now it’s up to you. I can be support for you, but I can’t help you in that way. So, if you go about your business and do what you do, then there’s nothing I can do with the consequences…you need to remember there are consequences. And I was praying for them when they would go out…and get mad when they wouldn’t call to let me know where they were at. So…just bouncing back and forth like that…but…I’m like…that was back in what ‘86 or ‘87…how many years ago was that? And through all that time to today…especially when I started working here at St. Joe’s…and how the kids looked up to me as a grandma.