Four‑Guardians Perspective (One Story • Four Seats)
Gateway call‑out: This unified case is an explicit bridge into MOVES (Star 6). The Resource Teacher cycles the Seats, synthesizes the grand vision, then triggers moves that land like thunder — minimal, reversible, and visible.
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One story. Four vantage points. The center holds; we rotate the Seats.
EAST • Family
What Family sees & asks
- Sees: Child content at home; home strategies work; school ≠ home, so behaviours differ. Caregiver on standby for pickups; high sensory load (scratching, stimming, mouthing) → fatigue cycles.
- Responsible for: Child’s well‑being — “happy first.” Sustainable family routine follows from that.
- Stressors: Financial, schedule, social, physical; resilience grounded in family bond and partnership with school.
- Asks: A happier school day and breathing room at home; any shift that eases load.
- Case‑Manager move: Reassure & reaffirm; make EAST’s objectives primary; port home strategies into school; with permission, carry EAST’s aims to NORTH/SOUTH; convene Integrated Care Team.
WEST • School
What School sees & asks
- Sees: Day tuned to well‑being (preferred→preferred) due to attentional load, med side‑effects, and sleep variability; needs woven in (bathroom, food, movement).
- Responsible for: Safety, peers’ access, predictable routines, and gentle capacity stretch.
- Constraints: Honouring asks preserves agency but limits organization/stamina‑building; space/staff shape feasibility.
- Asks: Family reassurance re: approach; timely specialist clarity; cross‑seat traction without violating “not now.”
- Case‑Manager move: Run BRIG for team regulation+coordination; track data to tune routines/procedures; ensure every adult is heard; maintain morale and coherence.
NORTH • Administration
What NORTH sees & asks
- Sees: High‑functioning, coordinated team; substitutes rotate in/out cleanly; frequent chances to amplify or stabilize.
- Responsible for: Oversight + safety for adults/child; share burden with Resource Teacher; convert conflict→constraint at system edges; sustain collaboration.
- Asks: Maintain long‑arc progress; monitor stamina/burnout; keep proof that alignment holds.
- Case‑Manager move: Deliver clean data + top‑level view to unlock admin levers (staffing, district access, materials); act as conduit to smooth tense points and request precise support.
SOUTH • Specialists
What SOUTH sees & asks
- Sees: Narrow, discipline‑specific patterns; operates in isolation to preserve integrity of role.
- Responsible for: Representing field with fidelity; rigorous, defensible recommendations.
- Constraints: Ethics/protocols/time/availability are often non‑malleable; others must adjust around them.
- Asks: Context shift so their specific input can land and be actionable; clarity and follow‑through.
- Case‑Manager move: Align EAST/WEST/NORTH to build the conditions SOUTH needs; translate recs into school‑usable steps; prevent specialist insight from being wasted.
MOVES Activation Band
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When the four Seats cohere, the Resource Teacher synthesizes the grand vision and pulls the **next reversible move**.
Thunder = clarity + timing. The strike is minimal, optional, and obvious — so re‑entry stays cheap.
- Brush: shared language across seats (same signals, same words).
- Repair: condition tweaks first (timing, space, ratio) before new demands.
- Invite: visible ladder: A/B options, time‑boxed supports, easy exits.
- Govern: limits with dignity; audits ensure no “harm‑as‑tool.”