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I am Tammi Jordan Forbes. We share the fact that we are educators and parents. I am different from you in that I am a Special Education teacher in a public school. I work with children with the intent of modifying their behavior in order for them to achieve success academically, socially and eventually economically. I am similiar to you and other participants in that we are educator. We are separated by the environments in which we teach in and the age of our audience. In our similarities we all must stimulate the brains of our students and be conscious of the behavior that impacts their learning. I teach Special Education Emotional Support and Learning Support at Huey Elementary school and yes in my position I do consider myself a scientist although I have not thought of that classification prior to today. I start each day or week with a question. I form hypothesis about the behavior of my students even my children. Then I collect data to support my hypothesis and according to the results as a parent and classroom teacher I make decisions about rewards or punishments; as a Special Educator I work with a team in order to determine the best for each individual student.