WEBVTT 00:04.767 --> 00:05.799 THIS SPECIAL PRESENTATION 00:05.801 --> 00:07.165 WAS PRODUCED IN HIGH 00:07.167 --> 00:08.365 DEFINITION BY WEDU -- TAMPA, 00:08.367 --> 00:11.231 ST. PETERSBURG, SARASOTA. 00:11.233 --> 00:13.066 HELIOS EDUCATION 00:13.068 --> 00:14.365 FOUNDATION, CELEBRATING TEN 00:14.367 --> 00:16.165 YEARS OF CHANGING LIVES 00:16.167 --> 00:17.832 THROUGH EDUCATION IN ARIZONA 00:17.834 --> 00:19.698 AND FLORIDA, IS PROUD TO 00:19.700 --> 00:22.165 SUPPORT "WEDU QUEST." 00:22.167 --> 00:23.232 YOU CAN LEARN MORE AT 00:23.234 --> 00:27.132 HELIOS.ORG. 00:27.134 --> 00:28.265 ON THIS EPISODE OF 00:28.267 --> 00:29.833 "WEDU QUEST," 00:29.835 --> 00:31.099 A PARACHUTE FOR PEOPLE 00:31.101 --> 00:32.665 WITH CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE. 00:32.667 --> 00:34.065 WHEN I FOUND OUT I HAD 00:34.067 --> 00:35.465 CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND I 00:35.467 --> 00:37.199 FOUND OUT JUST HOW BAD THE 00:37.201 --> 00:38.332 HEART ATTACK REALLY WAS, I 00:38.334 --> 00:42.065 LOST A LOT OF HOPE. 00:42.067 --> 00:43.099 SENIORS TAKE CHARGE OF 00:43.101 --> 00:45.132 TECHNOLOGY. 00:45.134 --> 00:46.233 WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO 00:46.235 --> 00:46.766 DO IS CHANGE THE WAY THAT WE 00:46.768 --> 00:48.231 AGE. 00:48.233 --> 00:49.398 AND SO WE ADOPTED THIS SLOGAN 00:49.400 --> 00:50.799 CALLED "AGING WITH ATTITUDE." 00:50.801 --> 00:53.198 A SWIM WITH SALAMANDERS. 00:53.200 --> 00:54.331 BIG IMPACT RIGHT HERE AT HOME. 00:54.333 --> 00:55.766 AND HOW YOUNG CHILDREN 00:55.768 --> 00:58.065 LEARN BEST. 00:58.067 --> 00:59.765 TO HAVE FULL LEARNING, YOU 00:59.767 --> 01:01.499 MUST BE ABLE TO INTERACT, AND 01:01.501 --> 01:02.832 INTERACTION REQUIRES SOCIAL 01:02.834 --> 01:04.099 AND EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE. 01:05.833 --> 01:14.666 ♪ 01:14.668 --> 01:16.365 WELCOME TO "WEDU QUEST." 01:16.367 --> 01:18.665 I'M DR. SHANNON McQUAIG. 01:18.667 --> 01:20.133 A UNIQUE DEVICE THAT IS 01:20.135 --> 01:21.365 CURRENTLY UNDER CLINICAL 01:21.367 --> 01:22.332 TRIALS HAS SHOWN GREAT PROMISE 01:22.334 --> 01:23.465 TO HELP SOME PEOPLE WITH 01:23.467 --> 01:24.732 CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE. 01:24.734 --> 01:25.999 ONE OF THE TRIAL'S 01:26.001 --> 01:26.966 PARTICIPANTS IS RICHARD 01:26.968 --> 01:28.398 MURPHY. 01:28.400 --> 01:29.332 AS A YOUNG MAN, HE SERVED HIS 01:29.334 --> 01:30.532 COUNTRY AS A PARATROOPER. 01:30.534 --> 01:32.032 BY AGE 40, HE FOUND HIMSELF IN 01:32.034 --> 01:33.032 CIRCUMSTANCES WITH LITTLE 01:33.034 --> 01:34.766 HOPE. 01:37.466 --> 01:38.233 JUST OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL I 01:38.235 --> 01:39.933 JOINED THE ARMY. 01:39.935 --> 01:40.932 I WAS A PARATROOPER, AND I 01:40.934 --> 01:44.799 SERVED IN THE GULF WAR. 01:44.801 --> 01:46.498 EVERY TIME A PARATROOPER JUMPS 01:46.500 --> 01:47.832 OUT OF AN AIRPLANE, THEY ARE 01:47.834 --> 01:48.899 COUNTING ON THEIR PARACHUTE TO 01:48.901 --> 01:51.766 OPEN, SAVE THEIR LIFE. 01:51.768 --> 01:53.532 AND IT DID ON NUMEROUS 01:53.534 --> 01:54.499 OCCASIONS, AND I'M QUITE PROUD 01:54.501 --> 01:57.866 OF THAT. 01:57.868 --> 01:58.765 AT AGE 40, RICHARD'S LIFE 01:58.767 --> 02:01.165 WAS GREAT. 02:01.167 --> 02:02.399 NO LONGER SERVING IN THE ARMY, 02:02.401 --> 02:03.966 HE WAS RUNNING A NEW BUSINESS 02:03.968 --> 02:04.732 AND RECENTLY HAD BECOME 02:04.734 --> 02:06.399 ENGAGED. 02:06.401 --> 02:08.132 IT WAS EARLY OCTOBER. 02:08.134 --> 02:09.399 IT WAS BEAUTIFUL OUTSIDE. 02:09.401 --> 02:10.765 THE LEAVES WERE CHANGING. 02:10.767 --> 02:11.933 WE WERE IN LOVE. 02:11.935 --> 02:13.498 HAD JUST GOTTEN ENGAGED. 02:13.500 --> 02:14.933 HE WAS ABOUT A YEAR INTO HIS 02:14.935 --> 02:15.699 NEW BUSINESS, AND THINGS WERE 02:15.701 --> 02:17.199 VERY EXCITING. 02:17.201 --> 02:18.132 AND THEN -- 02:18.134 --> 02:21.265 [ OMINOUS MUSIC ] 02:21.267 --> 02:23.332 I STARTED TO SWEAT. 02:23.334 --> 02:24.065 I HAD REALLY TIGHT CHEST 02:24.067 --> 02:28.033 PAINS. 02:28.035 --> 02:30.265 HIS HEART BLOCKED UP 100%, 02:30.267 --> 02:31.465 HIS LAD, WHICH IS THE MAIN 02:31.467 --> 02:34.665 ARTERY IN THE LEFT VENTRICLE. 02:34.667 --> 02:36.032 THE NEXT THING THAT I 02:36.034 --> 02:37.232 REMEMBER IS WAKING UP IN THE 02:37.234 --> 02:38.399 HOSPITAL WITH A DOCTOR 02:38.401 --> 02:39.332 YELLING, "MR. MURPHY, 02:39.334 --> 02:41.132 MR. MURPHY, DO YOU 02:41.134 --> 02:43.398 KNOW WHERE YOU ARE?" 02:43.400 --> 02:45.265 WHEN I FOUND OUT I HAD 02:45.267 --> 02:46.833 CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND I 02:46.835 --> 02:48.099 FOUND OUT JUST HOW BAD THE 02:48.101 --> 02:49.598 HEART ATTACK REALLY WAS, I 02:49.600 --> 02:54.432 LOST A LOT OF HOPE. 02:54.434 --> 02:56.298 I SPENT NIGHT AND DAY FOR 02:56.300 --> 02:58.266 ALMOST A YEAR, I THINK, 02:58.268 --> 03:02.398 RESEARCHING, SENDING E-MAILS 03:02.400 --> 03:04.465 TO DIFFERENT CLINICAL TRIALS. 03:04.467 --> 03:06.466 AND THEN FINALLY FOUND THE 03:06.468 --> 03:07.233 PARACHUTE TRIAL AT FLORIDA 03:07.235 --> 03:11.366 HOSPITAL PEPIN. 03:11.368 --> 03:12.665 HE WAS EVALUATED BY 03:12.667 --> 03:14.532 DR. CHARLES LAMBERT, THE 03:14.534 --> 03:15.966 MEDICAL DIRECTOR AT THE PEPIN 03:15.968 --> 03:17.565 HEART INSTITUTE AT FLORIDA 03:17.567 --> 03:19.799 HOSPITAL IN TAMPA. 03:19.801 --> 03:21.432 RICHARD WAS A PERFECT 03:21.434 --> 03:22.099 CANDIDATE FOR THIS TYPE OF 03:22.101 --> 03:23.499 THERAPY. 03:23.501 --> 03:25.032 VERY, VERY POOR VENTRICULAR 03:25.034 --> 03:26.699 FUNCTION AND VERY LIMITED IN 03:26.701 --> 03:29.298 WHAT HE COULD DO. 03:29.300 --> 03:30.532 DR. LAMBERT DETERMINED THAT 03:30.534 --> 03:31.632 RICHARD COULD BENEFIT FROM THE 03:31.634 --> 03:34.032 PARACHUTE IMPLANT, A NEW 03:34.034 --> 03:35.732 DEVICE FROM CARDIOKINETIX, 03:35.734 --> 03:36.999 THAT IS CURRENTLY GOING 03:37.001 --> 03:39.198 THROUGH CLINICAL TRIALS. 03:39.200 --> 03:40.799 THE PARACHUTE TRIAL 03:40.801 --> 03:41.799 INVOLVES AN IMPLANTABLE 03:41.801 --> 03:42.966 DEVICE. 03:42.968 --> 03:44.733 IT'S VERY UNIQUE. 03:44.735 --> 03:45.866 THE PROCEDURE WAS DONE IN 03:45.868 --> 03:47.932 THE CARDIAC CATH LAB AT PEPIN. 03:47.934 --> 03:49.098 DR. LAMBERT EXPLAINS HOW THEY 03:49.100 --> 03:50.366 USE THE LATEST IMAGING 03:50.368 --> 03:52.032 TECHNIQUES TO GUIDE THEM 03:52.034 --> 03:54.365 THROUGHOUT THE PROCEDURE. 03:54.367 --> 03:55.898 SO THESE IMAGES ARE 03:55.900 --> 03:56.965 TRANSTHORACIC 03:56.967 --> 03:58.932 ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC IMAGES. 03:58.934 --> 04:00.331 ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN 04:00.333 --> 04:01.866 IS PRE-PROCEDURE. 04:01.868 --> 04:02.832 ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE 04:02.834 --> 04:04.766 SCREEN IS POST-PROCEDURE. 04:04.768 --> 04:06.099 THERE IS A TRANSDUCER UP AT 04:06.101 --> 04:08.499 THIS PART OF THE IMAGE. 04:08.501 --> 04:09.199 THIS CAVITY HERE IS THE LEFT 04:09.201 --> 04:10.932 VENTRICLE. 04:10.934 --> 04:12.465 THIS IS THE RIGHT VENTRICLE. 04:12.467 --> 04:14.298 THIS IS THE MITRAL VALVE. 04:14.300 --> 04:16.132 THIS IS THE TRICUSPID VALVE. 04:16.134 --> 04:17.466 YOU CAN SEE IN THE 04:17.468 --> 04:19.531 PRE-PROCEDURE IMAGE, THIS 04:19.533 --> 04:21.999 PARTICULAR PATIENT'S HEART IS 04:22.001 --> 04:22.431 NOT REALLY CONTRACTING WELL AT 04:22.433 --> 04:24.732 ALL. 04:24.734 --> 04:25.932 AFTER EVALUATING THE 04:25.934 --> 04:27.498 HEART'S EFFICIENCY, THEY USE 04:27.500 --> 04:29.599 THE CINEANGIOGRAM, OR X-RAY 04:29.601 --> 04:31.532 MOVIES, TO GUIDE THEM TO 04:31.534 --> 04:32.200 IMPLANT THE DEVICE IN THE LEFT 04:32.202 --> 04:34.332 VENTRICLE. 04:34.334 --> 04:36.233 THESE ARE WIRES FROM THE 04:36.235 --> 04:36.833 PATIENT'S DEFIBRILLATOR 04:36.835 --> 04:38.466 PACEMAKER. 04:38.468 --> 04:39.932 THIS IS THE AORTA, OR THE 04:39.934 --> 04:40.899 BLOOD VESSEL THAT LEADS OUT OF 04:40.901 --> 04:42.199 THE HEART, AND THIS IS A 04:42.201 --> 04:43.099 CATHETER SHAPED LIKE A LITTLE 04:43.101 --> 04:45.199 PIGTAIL. 04:45.201 --> 04:46.132 IT'S INJECTING DYE SO WE CAN 04:46.134 --> 04:48.199 SEE THE CHAMBER. 04:48.201 --> 04:49.999 AND THEN THROUGH THE LEG, A 04:50.001 --> 04:51.899 VERY LARGE DELIVERY SYSTEM, A 04:51.901 --> 04:53.999 CATHETER SYSTEM, IS BROUGHT UP 04:54.001 --> 04:56.532 OVER THE ARCH OF THE AORTA, 04:56.534 --> 04:59.133 DOWN THROUGH THE AORTIC VALVE 04:59.135 --> 05:00.165 INTO THE VERY END OF THE LEFT 05:00.167 --> 05:01.665 VENTRICLE. 05:01.667 --> 05:03.466 ANIMATION PROVIDED BY 05:03.468 --> 05:05.466 CARDIOKINETIX SHOWS A CATHETER 05:05.468 --> 05:06.898 SYSTEM WHERE THE END OF THE 05:06.900 --> 05:08.965 DEVICE IS PLACED AT THE APEX, 05:08.967 --> 05:10.099 OR BOTTOM, OF THE LEFT 05:10.101 --> 05:11.733 VENTRICLE. 05:11.735 --> 05:13.165 AND ONCE WE'RE SURE THAT 05:13.167 --> 05:14.498 WE'RE IN EXACTLY THE RIGHT 05:14.500 --> 05:16.498 SPOT DOWN HERE, WE START TO 05:16.500 --> 05:19.765 WITHDRAW THE SHEATH, THE BIG 05:19.767 --> 05:20.699 CATHETER, A LITTLE BIT AT A 05:20.701 --> 05:23.699 TIME UNTIL THE DEVICE IS 05:23.701 --> 05:26.965 RELEASED. 05:26.967 --> 05:29.198 YOU CAN SEE HERE, AND THERE IS 05:29.200 --> 05:30.331 A BALLOON THAT'S INSIDE OF 05:30.333 --> 05:31.465 THAT DEVICE, AND WHEN IT'S 05:31.467 --> 05:33.365 UNSHEATHED AND THE TINES CAN 05:33.367 --> 05:34.799 GO OUT, THE BALLOON IS 05:34.801 --> 05:36.365 INFLATED VERY, VERY QUICKLY TO 05:36.367 --> 05:38.999 MAKE SURE THAT THE TINES 05:39.001 --> 05:40.732 ACTUALLY SEAT IN THE INTERIOR 05:40.734 --> 05:42.966 OF THE LEFT VENTRICLE. 05:42.968 --> 05:44.332 THIS IS ALL DONE VERY QUICKLY 05:44.334 --> 05:47.199 BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS 05:47.201 --> 05:48.999 HOLDING THE VALVE OPEN, AND WE 05:49.001 --> 05:50.532 WANT TO MINIMIZE THE RISK OF 05:50.534 --> 05:53.866 STROKE OR OTHER COMPLICATIONS. 05:53.868 --> 05:56.999 THE BALLOON IS THEN DEFLATED. 05:57.001 --> 05:57.699 REMEMBER, THERE WAS A BALLOON 05:57.701 --> 05:59.465 PICTURE IN HERE. 05:59.467 --> 06:02.399 IT'S BROUGHT BACK INTO THE 06:02.401 --> 06:03.932 PUT BACK DOWN OVER ITS 06:03.934 --> 06:06.433 ATTACHMENT SITE. 06:06.435 --> 06:07.799 WE TAKE A PICTURE TO MAKE SURE 06:07.801 --> 06:09.066 THAT THE PARACHUTE IS IN THE 06:09.068 --> 06:11.099 APPROPRIATE DEVICE. 06:11.101 --> 06:11.999 IF YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS A 06:12.001 --> 06:13.466 SPACE BETWEEN THE EDGE OF THE 06:13.468 --> 06:16.532 PARACHUTE, AND IF YOU LOOK 06:16.534 --> 06:18.331 RIGHT HERE WHERE THERE'S DYE, 06:18.333 --> 06:20.798 WHERE THE LEFT VENTRICLE IS, A 06:20.800 --> 06:21.932 LITTLE BIT OF DYE CREEPS IN 06:21.934 --> 06:22.698 THERE AND OVER TIME THAT GOES 06:22.700 --> 06:24.999 AWAY. 06:25.001 --> 06:26.566 IT FILLS UP WITH CLOT AND A 06:26.568 --> 06:28.966 FORMATION. 06:28.968 --> 06:30.098 THAT'S REALLY THE VOLUME OF 06:30.100 --> 06:31.099 THE LEFT VENTRICLE WHICH IS 06:31.101 --> 06:34.966 EXCLUDED BY THE DEVICE. 06:34.968 --> 06:35.866 AT THE END OF THE PROCEDURE, 06:35.868 --> 06:37.165 WE TAKE A PICTURE OF THE 06:37.167 --> 06:40.298 ARTERY THAT WAS USED TO 06:40.300 --> 06:42.732 INTRODUCE THE WHOLE SYSTEM UP, 06:42.734 --> 06:44.199 AND WE CLOSE THAT OFF, AND 06:44.201 --> 06:46.632 PROCEDURE. 06:46.634 --> 06:48.532 AFTER THE PROCEDURE, 06:48.534 --> 06:50.299 DR. LAMBERT TAKES ANOTHER LOOK 06:50.301 --> 06:51.933 USING THE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC 06:51.935 --> 06:53.366 IMAGES TO EVALUATE THE HEART'S 06:53.368 --> 06:56.233 FUNCTION WITH THE NEW DEVICE. 06:56.235 --> 06:57.532 NOW, THE BASIC FUNCTION OF 06:57.534 --> 06:59.032 THE HEART HASN'T CHANGED, BUT 06:59.034 --> 07:01.299 WHAT THE DEVICE HAS DONE 07:01.301 --> 07:02.966 FUNCTIONALLY IS EXCLUDED THIS 07:02.968 --> 07:05.532 WHOLE PORTION OF THE LEFT 07:05.534 --> 07:07.532 VENTRICULAR APEX, SO THAT IS A 07:07.534 --> 07:10.198 DEAD VOLUME WHICH NOW BLOOD IS 07:10.200 --> 07:11.099 ACTUALLY NOT GETTING TO IT 07:11.101 --> 07:13.099 ANYMORE. 07:13.101 --> 07:15.465 IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE 07:15.467 --> 07:16.165 PROCEDURE, I WAS SITTING IN MY 07:16.167 --> 07:20.965 HOSPITAL ROOM. 07:20.967 --> 07:22.966 FUSS, AND I COULD TAKE A DEEP 07:22.968 --> 07:24.066 BREATH FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 07:24.068 --> 07:25.733 TWO YEARS. 07:25.735 --> 07:27.231 SO I NOTICED THE RESULTS 07:27.233 --> 07:28.732 IMMEDIATELY. 07:28.734 --> 07:30.833 HE REALLY FELT BETTER. 07:30.835 --> 07:32.832 GOT UP, JUST ABOUT RAN OUT OF 07:32.834 --> 07:34.832 THE HOSPITAL. 07:34.834 --> 07:35.598 SO PERFECT PATIENT, PERFECT 07:35.600 --> 07:37.232 OUTCOME. 07:37.234 --> 07:38.066 IT WOULD BE NICE IF EVERYBODY 07:38.068 --> 07:40.365 WAS THAT PERFECT. 07:40.367 --> 07:42.899 WE WENT FROM NOT KNOWING 07:42.901 --> 07:44.699 WHAT THE FUTURE HELD TO BEING 07:44.701 --> 07:46.365 PRETTY GRIM, AND NOW OUR 07:46.367 --> 07:48.966 FUTURE IS SO EXCITING. 07:48.968 --> 07:50.432 CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IS 07:50.434 --> 07:51.699 THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF DEATH 07:51.701 --> 07:54.299 IN THE UNITED STATES. 07:54.301 --> 07:55.465 IF THERE ARE FIVE TO SIX 07:55.467 --> 07:58.332 HUNDRED THOUSAND NEW HEART 07:58.334 --> 07:58.899 ATTACKS EVERY YEAR, IT'S A BIG 07:58.901 --> 08:00.899 PROBLEM. 08:00.901 --> 08:03.033 BUT A LOT OF PATIENTS, THERE 08:03.035 --> 08:04.465 IS NO OPTION FOR. 08:04.467 --> 08:08.099 SO IT'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL 08:08.101 --> 08:09.199 PATIENTS WITH POTENTIALLY A 08:09.201 --> 08:10.032 GREAT BENEFIT FOR THEM. 08:10.034 --> 08:11.166 AND THE BENEFITS FOR 08:11.168 --> 08:12.699 RICHARD AND ALLISON JUST 08:12.701 --> 08:14.266 INCREASED BY ONE. 08:14.268 --> 08:15.765 WELL, AFTER ALL THE 08:15.767 --> 08:18.432 MIRACLES THAT WE'VE ALREADY 08:18.434 --> 08:19.232 BEEN PROVIDED, WE'RE HAVING 08:19.234 --> 08:20.932 ANOTHER MIRACLE. 08:20.934 --> 08:22.532 MY WIFE IS PREGNANT. 08:22.534 --> 08:24.033 WE'RE EXPECTING A LITTLE GIRL. 08:24.035 --> 08:25.231 WE'VE BEEN GETTING HER 08:25.233 --> 08:27.066 FURNITURE PUT TOGETHER. 08:27.068 --> 08:29.033 WE HAVE A CLOSET FULL OF 08:29.035 --> 08:31.498 CLOTHES THAT HONESTLY WE JUST 08:31.500 --> 08:32.498 GO IN AND PLAY WITH AND LOOK 08:32.500 --> 08:34.032 AT ALL OF IT. 08:34.034 --> 08:39.199 WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT HER. 08:39.201 --> 08:40.866 YEAH, IT'S PRETTY AMAZING 08:40.868 --> 08:44.298 THAT 20 YEARS AFTER BEING A 08:44.300 --> 08:46.465 PARATROOPER THAT I WOULD NEED 08:46.467 --> 08:47.933 ANOTHER PARACHUTE INSIDE OF MY 08:47.935 --> 08:54.665 HEART TO SAVE MY LIFE. 08:54.667 --> 08:55.999 TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 08:56.001 --> 08:56.999 PARACHUTE TRIAL, VISIT 08:57.001 --> 09:03.366 CardioKinetix.com. 09:03.368 --> 09:05.299 > WHO SAYS SENIORS CAN'T 09:05.301 --> 09:06.999 CROSS THE DIGITAL DIVIDE? 09:07.001 --> 09:08.532 ACCORDING TO A RECENT STUDY, 09:08.534 --> 09:11.466 59% OF AMERICANS OVER 65 USE A 09:11.468 --> 09:12.399 SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE EVERY 09:12.401 --> 09:14.532 DAY. 09:14.534 --> 09:15.832 NOW ONE PROGRAM, THE FIRST OF 09:15.834 --> 09:17.399 ITS KIND IN THE NATION, IS 09:17.401 --> 09:18.532 MAKING TECHNOLOGY EVEN MORE 09:18.534 --> 09:19.632 ACCESSIBLE BY PUTTING GADGETS 09:19.634 --> 09:21.899 IN THE HANDS OF SENIORS. 09:21.901 --> 09:23.365 HERE'S A LOOK. 09:23.367 --> 09:24.200 YOU MIGHT CALL IT AN 09:24.202 --> 09:26.133 AGE-OLD BATTLE. 09:26.135 --> 09:27.465 WHILE SOME CROWDS ARE QUEUING 09:27.467 --> 09:29.033 UP TO BUY THE LATEST iPAD, 09:29.035 --> 09:30.466 HERE AT THE SENIOR PLANET 09:30.468 --> 09:32.166 EXPLORATION CENTER IN CHELSEA, 09:32.168 --> 09:33.399 OTHERS ARE WAITING IN LINE TO 09:33.401 --> 09:35.298 LEARN HOW TO USE THEM. 09:35.300 --> 09:36.098 THERE IS A BUTTON ON THE 09:36.100 --> 09:38.732 TOP RIGHT HERE. 09:38.734 --> 09:39.799 IT'S A LITTLE PIECE OF 09:39.801 --> 09:40.832 PLASTIC. 09:40.834 --> 09:41.698 I'LL COME AROUND AND SHOW YOU. 09:41.700 --> 09:42.465 WE'RE IN THE TECHNOLOGY 09:42.467 --> 09:45.799 AGE, SO I'M GOING FORWARD. 09:45.801 --> 09:46.599 SENIOR PLANET IS THE 09:46.601 --> 09:48.232 NATION'S FIRST 09:48.234 --> 09:49.333 TECHNOLOGY-THEMED COMMUNITY 09:49.335 --> 09:50.365 CENTER FOR PEOPLE OVER 60. 09:50.367 --> 09:52.866 SINCE OPENING IN MARCH, 09:52.868 --> 09:54.365 HUNDREDS OF SENIORS HAVE 09:54.367 --> 09:55.366 FLOCKED HERE TO MEET THE 09:55.368 --> 09:57.398 DIGITAL AGE HEAD ON. 09:57.400 --> 09:58.365 YOU REALLY DO WANT TO GIVE 09:58.367 --> 09:59.465 YOURSELF A LITTLE MORE TIME 09:59.467 --> 10:00.999 THAN WE HAVE IN THE ACTUAL 10:01.001 --> 10:02.499 CLASS TO WORK ON THESE SKILLS. 10:02.501 --> 10:03.499 WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO 10:03.501 --> 10:04.366 DO IS CHANGE THE WAY THAT WE 10:04.368 --> 10:06.199 AGE. 10:06.201 --> 10:07.099 SO WE ADOPTED THIS SLOGAN 10:07.101 --> 10:08.266 CALLED "AGING WITH ATTITUDE." 10:08.268 --> 10:10.065 TOM KAMBER IS THE EXECUTIVE 10:10.067 --> 10:11.132 DIRECTOR OF THE NEW YORK-BASED 10:11.134 --> 10:12.632 NONPROFIT, OLDER ADULTS 10:12.634 --> 10:13.499 TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, OR 10:13.501 --> 10:15.532 O.A.T.S. 10:15.534 --> 10:17.265 IN MARCH 2013, KAMBER LAUNCHED 10:17.267 --> 10:19.099 SENIOR PLANET AS A 10:19.101 --> 10:20.532 PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP 10:20.534 --> 10:21.498 BETWEEN O.A.T.S., THE FEDERAL 10:21.500 --> 10:22.499 GOVERNMENT, AND THE CITY OF 10:22.501 --> 10:24.365 NEW YORK. 10:24.367 --> 10:25.499 WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY IS 10:25.501 --> 10:26.365 THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF OLDER 10:26.367 --> 10:28.499 ADULTS WHO ARE MORE 10:28.501 --> 10:29.732 CHRONICALLY DISLOCATED FROM 10:29.734 --> 10:31.165 THE WORKFORCE ARE SLOWLY 10:31.167 --> 10:32.532 TRYING TO GET BACK IN. 10:32.534 --> 10:33.866 AND AS THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES 10:33.868 --> 10:35.432 ARE FALLING, THEY ARE BECOMING 10:35.434 --> 10:37.232 MORE ATTRACTIVE TO EMPLOYERS 10:37.234 --> 10:37.766 WHO REALIZE THEY SHOW UP ON 10:37.768 --> 10:39.033 TIME. 10:39.035 --> 10:39.632 THEY ARE LITERATE. 10:39.634 --> 10:40.799 THEY CAN WRITE. 10:40.801 --> 10:41.699 THEY HAVE CONTACTS IN THE 10:41.701 --> 10:43.266 INDUSTRIES. 10:43.268 --> 10:44.333 THEY'VE GOT SPECIALIZED 10:44.335 --> 10:45.465 TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE. 10:45.467 --> 10:47.465 67-YEAR-OLD BARBARA NATHAN 10:47.467 --> 10:49.099 HAS RETURNED TO THE WORKFORCE 10:49.101 --> 10:50.065 AS A FREELANCE WRITER AFTER 10:50.067 --> 10:50.798 MORE THAN A DECADE OF 10:50.800 --> 10:52.666 UNEMPLOYMENT. 10:52.668 --> 10:54.298 I WAS TIRED OF GOING TO 10:54.300 --> 10:55.232 SOCIAL SERVICE WORKERS AND 10:55.234 --> 10:57.499 ASKING FOR HELP. 10:57.501 --> 10:58.465 I WANTED TO FEEL THAT I COULD 10:58.467 --> 11:00.866 STILL DO SOMETHING USEFUL. 11:00.868 --> 11:02.099 BUT NATHAN QUICKLY FOUND 11:02.101 --> 11:04.099 OUT THAT TIMES HAVE CHANGED. 11:04.101 --> 11:04.866 I APPLIED FOR MANY JOBS ON 11:04.868 --> 11:06.866 MY OWN. 11:06.868 --> 11:08.232 I WAS TURNED DOWN EVERYWHERE, 11:08.234 --> 11:09.132 AND IT WAS EXTREMELY 11:09.134 --> 11:10.432 FRUSTRATING. 11:10.434 --> 11:11.499 KAMBER SAYS THAT BETWEEN A 11:11.501 --> 11:12.999 QUARTER TO A HALF OF SENIOR 11:13.001 --> 11:14.465 PLANET STUDENTS ARE SEEKING 11:14.467 --> 11:16.499 WORKFORCE-RELATED SKILLS. 11:16.501 --> 11:18.266 SO THE CENTER OFFERS A RANGE 11:18.268 --> 11:19.499 OF PROGRAMS, FROM LEARNING TO 11:19.501 --> 11:21.232 USE A MOUSE AND SEND E-MAILS, 11:21.234 --> 11:22.999 TO CREATING PDFs OF RESUMES 11:23.001 --> 11:23.698 AND SEARCHING AND APPLYING FOR 11:23.700 --> 11:26.099 JOBS ONLINE. 11:26.101 --> 11:27.365 AFTER A FIVE-WEEK SENIOR 11:27.367 --> 11:28.532 PLANET COURSE CALLED "JOB 11:28.534 --> 11:30.332 SEARCHING IN THE DIGITAL AGE," 11:30.334 --> 11:31.365 BARBARA NATHAN SECURED WORK ON 11:31.367 --> 11:33.131 THE WEB SITE ELANCE. 11:33.133 --> 11:34.532 I GO THROUGH, LET'S SAY, 11:34.534 --> 11:36.765 ABOUT FIVE TO TEN PAGES' WORTH 11:36.767 --> 11:39.298 OF JOBS AND SEE WHAT HAS BEEN 11:39.300 --> 11:40.099 POSTED THAT MIGHT BE OF 11:40.101 --> 11:42.332 INTEREST TO ME. 11:42.334 --> 11:43.966 I HAVE TO SUBMIT A BID ON WHAT 11:43.968 --> 11:46.199 I WOULD LIKE TO BE PAID FOR 11:46.201 --> 11:47.166 THE JOB WITHIN THE BUDGET 11:47.168 --> 11:49.933 THAT'S OFFERED. 11:49.935 --> 11:51.299 STILL, THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE 11:51.301 --> 11:52.332 FOR SENIORS ON THE JOB ISN'T 11:52.334 --> 11:54.532 TECHNICAL PROWESS. 11:54.534 --> 11:56.066 IT'S THE PREVALENT PERCEPTION 11:56.068 --> 11:56.532 OF OLDER ADULTS IN THE 11:56.534 --> 11:58.066 WORKPLACE. 11:58.068 --> 12:00.065 WHEN YOU PUT YOUR COLLEGE 12:00.067 --> 12:01.832 GRADUATION DATE ON YOUR RESUMÉ 12:01.834 --> 12:03.132 AND PEOPLE LOOK AND REALIZE 12:03.134 --> 12:04.666 YOU GRADUATED 1955, IT REALLY 12:04.668 --> 12:05.766 CHANGES THE WAY PEOPLE 12:05.768 --> 12:07.299 PERCEIVE YOU. 12:07.301 --> 12:10.532 THE PERCEPTIONS THAT WE HAVE 12:10.534 --> 12:11.899 THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO LEARN, 12:11.901 --> 12:12.832 THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE 12:12.834 --> 12:13.665 TECHNOLOGY, THEY ARE 12:13.667 --> 12:15.265 FORGETFUL. 12:15.267 --> 12:16.366 KAMBER SAYS ONE WAY TO 12:16.368 --> 12:17.698 BATTLE PERCEPTIONS IN AGEISM 12:17.700 --> 12:18.899 IN THE WORKPLACE IS TO 12:18.901 --> 12:20.666 INCREASE CONFIDENCE. 12:20.668 --> 12:21.832 HERE AT SENIOR PLANET, 12:21.834 --> 12:23.099 COMMUNITY BUILDING, BOTH IN 12:23.101 --> 12:24.432 PERSON AND ONLINE, IS ONE PART 12:24.434 --> 12:25.732 OF BOOSTING CONFIDENCE AND 12:25.734 --> 12:28.199 MAKING TECHNOLOGY FUN. 12:28.201 --> 12:29.032 SOME SENIORS EVEN COME BACK TO 12:29.034 --> 12:30.532 VOLUNTEER, SHARING THEIR 12:30.534 --> 12:31.866 KNOWLEDGE AND CONTRIBUTING TO 12:31.868 --> 12:33.366 THAT COMMUNITY. 12:33.368 --> 12:33.999 IT'S LIKE LEARNING A DANCE 12:34.001 --> 12:35.365 MOVE. 12:35.367 --> 12:36.799 I'M AN EX-DANCER, SO IT'S LIKE 12:36.801 --> 12:38.465 LEARNING A NEW STEP, AND THEN 12:38.467 --> 12:39.265 ALL OF A SUDDEN IT CLICKS. 12:39.267 --> 12:43.131 AHH, I GOT IT. 12:43.133 --> 12:44.899 WE CAN ASK PEOPLE, WHAT DO 12:44.901 --> 12:47.265 WHAT ARE WE CAPABLE OF? 12:47.267 --> 12:48.365 SO THE COMMUNITY ASPECTS OF IT 12:48.367 --> 12:50.499 HAVE LED TO A BOOK CLUB. 12:50.501 --> 12:52.033 THERE IS A PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP 12:52.035 --> 12:53.298 THAT'S DOING CLASSES AND GOING 12:53.300 --> 12:54.265 OUT AND TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS AND 12:54.267 --> 12:55.999 SHARING THEM NOW ONLINE. 12:56.001 --> 12:57.365 THERE IS A VIDEO GAMING GROUP 12:57.367 --> 12:58.632 THAT'S COMING TOGETHER. 12:58.634 --> 13:00.366 PEOPLE ARE STARTING 13:00.368 --> 13:02.132 MICROENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMS 13:02.134 --> 13:02.732 ONLINE AND SELLING THINGS ON 13:02.734 --> 13:04.498 ETSY. 13:04.500 --> 13:06.365 SO THIS NOTION OF WHAT WE'RE 13:06.367 --> 13:07.632 ABLE TO DO TOGETHER AS OLDER 13:07.634 --> 13:08.532 ADULTS, IT'S NOT ABOUT 13:08.534 --> 13:09.699 COMPUTERS. 13:09.701 --> 13:10.933 IT'S ABOUT AGING. 13:10.935 --> 13:13.199 IT'S ABOUT HOW WE AGE BETTER. 13:13.201 --> 13:13.899 I DID IT. 13:13.901 --> 13:14.932 I DID IT. 13:14.934 --> 13:16.365 HOLD ON TO IT. 13:16.367 --> 13:17.465 IT'S ALMOST LIKE BEING BACK 13:17.467 --> 13:19.166 IN GRADE SCHOOL AGAIN, BUT 13:19.168 --> 13:20.966 IT'S A WONDERFUL FEELING 13:20.968 --> 13:22.531 GETTING THIS KIND OF POSITIVE 13:22.533 --> 13:24.265 REINFORCEMENT, YOU KNOW, BEING 13:24.267 --> 13:26.532 TOLD HOW MUCH THE CLIENT LIKED 13:26.534 --> 13:28.866 MY WORK, AND IT TELLS ME, YES, 13:28.868 --> 13:29.399 I CAN DO THIS AND KEEP DOING 13:29.401 --> 13:31.199 THIS. 13:31.201 --> 13:32.499 THERE WILL BE LULLS, YOU KNOW, 13:32.501 --> 13:35.532 WHEN YOU DON'T GET HIRED AND 13:35.534 --> 13:36.399 PLATEAUS, AND YOU HAVE TO KEEP 13:36.401 --> 13:38.432 GOING. 13:38.434 --> 13:39.365 AND THEN WHEN YOU MIGHT LEAST 13:39.367 --> 13:40.699 EXPECT IT, THINGS START 13:40.701 --> 13:43.599 HAPPENING AGAIN. 13:43.601 --> 13:45.498 BY THE END OF 2015, IT'S 13:45.500 --> 13:46.498 FORECAST THAT THERE WILL BE 13:46.500 --> 13:48.499 MORE THAN 26 MILLION SENIORS 13:48.501 --> 13:49.066 USING THE INTERNET IN THE U.S. 13:49.068 --> 13:52.932 ALONE. 13:52.934 --> 13:54.032 > THE HELLBENDER SALAMANDER, 13:54.034 --> 13:55.366 WHICH IS NATIVE TO EASTERN 13:55.368 --> 13:56.300 STATES FROM NEW YORK TO 13:56.302 --> 13:57.866 ARKANSAS, IS THE LARGEST 13:57.868 --> 13:58.866 AQUATIC SALAMANDER IN THE 13:58.868 --> 14:00.499 UNITED STATES. 14:00.501 --> 14:01.765 BUT SINCE 2011, THE SALAMANDER 14:01.767 --> 14:02.665 HAS BEEN ON THE ENDANGERED 14:02.667 --> 14:04.465 SPECIES LIST. 14:04.467 --> 14:05.932 NOW ONE ZOO IN ST. LOUIS, 14:05.934 --> 14:07.066 MISSOURI, HAS BEEN TRYING TO 14:07.068 --> 14:07.999 COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO 14:08.001 --> 14:11.732 SAVE THE SPECIES. 14:11.734 --> 14:12.932 WHAT WE CAME TO SEE AT THE 14:12.934 --> 14:13.799 ST. LOUIS ZOO IS NOT ON 14:13.801 --> 14:15.065 DISPLAY. 14:15.067 --> 14:16.799 IT'S ACTUALLY BEHIND THE 14:16.801 --> 14:18.298 HERPETARIUM WHERE THEY KEEP 14:18.300 --> 14:19.732 THE SNAKES AND OTHER ASSORTED 14:19.734 --> 14:21.365 REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS. 14:21.367 --> 14:22.465 AND IF YOU COME BACK HERE ON 14:22.467 --> 14:23.499 THE RIGHT DAY, YOU MIGHT GET 14:23.501 --> 14:25.265 TO MEET IRENE. 14:25.267 --> 14:26.265 NOT THE WOMAN IN THE WET SUIT. 14:26.267 --> 14:27.865 THAT'S CHAWNA. 14:27.867 --> 14:29.799 IRENE IS THE BIG SALAMANDER 14:29.801 --> 14:30.766 SHE HAS JUST FISHED OUT OF ITS 14:30.768 --> 14:32.865 NEST. 14:32.867 --> 14:33.599 IT'S ONE OF OUR FEMALE 14:33.601 --> 14:34.032 HELLBENDERS. 14:34.034 --> 14:35.032 HOW OLD? 14:35.034 --> 14:35.732 WE DON'T KNOW HER AGE 14:35.734 --> 14:36.231 BECAUSE SHE WAS A WILD 14:36.233 --> 14:37.532 COLLECTED ADULT. 14:37.534 --> 14:38.732 SHE COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 10 14:38.734 --> 14:40.465 TO 35. 14:40.467 --> 14:41.665 WHO KNOWS. 14:41.667 --> 14:43.032 SHE IS ONE OF THE 14:43.034 --> 14:44.365 HELLBENDERS LIVING AND, MORE 14:44.367 --> 14:45.532 IMPORTANTLY AND AMAZINGLY, 14:45.534 --> 14:46.899 REPRODUCING IN WHAT IS NO MERE 14:46.901 --> 14:48.466 TROUGH. 14:48.468 --> 14:49.698 THIS IS ABOUT YOUR TYPICAL 14:49.700 --> 14:51.032 SIZE OF OUR ADULT. 14:51.034 --> 14:53.366 THESE ARE MINIATURE STREAMS 14:53.368 --> 14:54.766 OF THE CURRENT, THE 14:54.768 --> 14:56.065 TEMPERATURE, THE MINERALS, ALL 14:56.067 --> 14:57.265 CAREFULLY CONTROLLED TO MATCH 14:57.267 --> 14:59.399 THE HELLBENDER'S NATIVE 14:59.401 --> 15:00.165 HABITAT -- THE SPRING-FED 15:00.167 --> 15:04.032 WATERWAYS OF THE OZARKS. 15:04.034 --> 15:06.999 THERE WERE ONCE MAYBE 10,000 15:07.001 --> 15:08.865 OR MORE OF THESE GUYS IN 15:08.867 --> 15:09.799 MISSOURI AND NORTHERN 15:09.801 --> 15:11.465 ARKANSAS. 15:11.467 --> 15:12.866 BUT OVER TIME, FOR SOME OR 15:12.868 --> 15:13.999 MANY REASONS, THEY DECLINED 15:14.001 --> 15:15.399 INTO THE HUNDREDS. 15:15.401 --> 15:17.432 AT THE SAME TIME, THE 15:17.434 --> 15:18.532 SURVIVORS SHOWED A HIGH RATE 15:18.534 --> 15:19.965 OF SEVERE INJURIES THAT HADN'T 15:19.967 --> 15:22.465 HEALED PROPERLY, WHICH COULD 15:22.467 --> 15:23.266 BE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF 15:23.268 --> 15:24.365 MANY FACTORS. 15:24.367 --> 15:28.232 YOU'LL NOTICE THAT SHE'S 15:28.234 --> 15:29.899 BACK RIGHT LEG. 15:29.901 --> 15:31.298 ABOUT 70 TO 80 PERCENT OF THE 15:31.300 --> 15:32.465 ANIMALS THAT WE FIND ON THE 15:32.467 --> 15:33.632 OZARK RIVERS HAVE GOT SOME 15:33.634 --> 15:36.365 SORT OF ANOMALY. 15:36.367 --> 15:37.532 A BIG PART OF THIS IS 15:37.534 --> 15:38.932 SIMPLY PRESERVING THE SPECIES, 15:38.934 --> 15:39.965 BIODIVERSITY, THE BALANCE IN 15:39.967 --> 15:42.199 THE OZARK RIVER ECOSYSTEM. 15:42.201 --> 15:42.632 BUT THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN 15:42.634 --> 15:43.932 THAT. 15:43.934 --> 15:44.865 HELLBENDERS MAY NOT BE AS 15:44.867 --> 15:46.065 MAJESTIC OR CUDDLY AS SOME 15:46.067 --> 15:47.365 OTHER ENDANGERED ANIMALS. 15:47.367 --> 15:48.532 AFTER ALL, ONE OF THEIR 15:48.534 --> 15:50.732 NICKNAMES IS "SNOT OTTER." BUT 15:50.734 --> 15:52.366 FRESHWATER SPECIES ARE 15:52.368 --> 15:53.532 DISAPPEARING JUST AS FAST OR 15:53.534 --> 15:55.266 FASTER, AND AMPHIBIANS ARE AT 15:55.268 --> 15:58.232 THE GREATEST RISK. 15:58.234 --> 15:59.532 THE HELLBENDER HAS LUNGS, BUT 15:59.534 --> 16:01.766 UNDERWATER, IT ABSORBS OXYGEN 16:01.768 --> 16:02.699 ALONG THOSE RIPPLING FOLDS OF 16:02.701 --> 16:04.532 SKIN. 16:04.534 --> 16:05.765 AND WHATEVER IS IN THE WATER, 16:05.767 --> 16:08.066 IT ABSORBS THAT, TOO. 16:08.068 --> 16:11.166 THINK CANARY IN THE COAL MINE. 16:11.168 --> 16:11.999 WE DEPEND ON WATER JUST AS 16:12.001 --> 16:13.331 MUCH AS THESE ANIMALS DO. 16:13.333 --> 16:14.498 SO IF THERE ARE PROBLEMS THAT 16:14.500 --> 16:15.532 ARE INHERENT IN THE WATER THAT 16:15.534 --> 16:17.365 ARE IMPACTING HELLBENDERS AND 16:17.367 --> 16:18.532 OTHER FORMS OF WILDLIFE, IT'S 16:18.534 --> 16:19.033 GOING TO IMPACT US EVENTUALLY, 16:19.035 --> 16:22.099 TOO. 16:22.101 --> 16:23.099 SO THE ST. LOUIS ZOO, THE 16:23.101 --> 16:24.266 MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF 16:24.268 --> 16:25.499 CONSERVATION, AND OTHER 16:25.501 --> 16:27.199 PARTNERS SET OUT NOT JUST TO 16:27.201 --> 16:28.499 STUDY THE HELLBENDER BUT TO 16:28.501 --> 16:29.899 FIGURE OUT HOW TO BREED THEM 16:29.901 --> 16:31.499 IN CAPTIVITY, RAISE THE 16:31.501 --> 16:32.465 OFFSPRING, AND PUT THEM BACK 16:32.467 --> 16:35.032 IN THE STREAMS. 16:35.034 --> 16:35.898 NOW, CATCHING A HELLBENDER IS 16:35.900 --> 16:37.298 ACTUALLY PRETTY EASY. 16:37.300 --> 16:38.331 DURING THE DAY, YOU FIND THEM 16:38.333 --> 16:39.765 LOLLING ABOUT IN THEIR NESTS 16:39.767 --> 16:41.532 UNDER ROCKS. 16:41.534 --> 16:42.933 BUT GETTING THEM TO REPRODUCE 16:42.935 --> 16:43.866 IN CAPTIVITY, THAT WOULD TAKE 16:43.868 --> 16:45.499 TEN YEARS. 16:45.501 --> 16:46.532 THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS TO 16:46.534 --> 16:47.366 GET RIGHT, SO MANY THINGS THAT 16:47.368 --> 16:51.532 COULD AND DID GO WRONG. 16:51.534 --> 16:52.332 THE ZOO STARTED WITH AN INDOOR 16:52.334 --> 16:53.899 STREAM. 16:53.901 --> 16:54.899 THE MALES AND FEMALES WERE 16:54.901 --> 16:56.331 DOING THEIR JOBS BUT THE EGGS 16:56.333 --> 16:57.033 JUST WEREN'T GETTING 16:57.035 --> 16:58.466 FERTILIZED. 16:58.468 --> 16:59.532 EVERY YEAR THE ZOOKEEPERS 16:59.534 --> 17:01.099 WOULD ADJUST THIS OR THAT, BUT 17:01.101 --> 17:05.899 STILL NO BABIES. 17:05.901 --> 17:07.498 SO A FEW YEARS AGO, THEY TRIED 17:07.500 --> 17:08.899 SOMETHING ELSE. 17:08.901 --> 17:09.932 THEY THOUGHT MAYBE AN OUTSIDE 17:09.934 --> 17:10.965 ENVIRONMENT WOULD HELP, AND 17:10.967 --> 17:11.532 THEY BUILT THE OUTDOOR 17:11.534 --> 17:13.465 STREAMS. 17:13.467 --> 17:14.366 ROOMIER, LIDDED NESTING BOXES 17:14.368 --> 17:15.866 HALF BURIED, COMFORTABLY 17:15.868 --> 17:17.300 SPACED, MIMICKING THE ROCK 17:17.302 --> 17:18.966 NESTS OF THE TERRITORIAL 17:18.968 --> 17:20.099 HELLBENDER, BUT STILL NO 17:20.101 --> 17:22.532 SUCCESS. 17:22.534 --> 17:23.865 SO THEY WENT BACK TO THE WATER 17:23.867 --> 17:25.532 ITSELF LOOKING AT THE ION AND 17:25.534 --> 17:27.698 MINERAL CONCENTRATIONS, MADE A 17:27.700 --> 17:29.199 MINOR ADJUSTMENT, AND THEN 17:29.201 --> 17:30.265 WAITED TO SEE IF IT WOULD MAKE 17:30.267 --> 17:32.365 A DIFFERENCE. 17:32.367 --> 17:33.066 IT WAS -- I REMEMBER THE 17:33.068 --> 17:34.166 DATE. 17:34.168 --> 17:36.032 IT WAS OCTOBER 18th, 2011. 17:36.034 --> 17:37.033 WE OPENED UP ONE OF THE NEST 17:37.035 --> 17:37.933 BOXES OUT BACK, AND THERE WERE 17:37.935 --> 17:40.132 ALL THESE FERTILE EGGS. 17:40.134 --> 17:41.332 THEY DIDN'T JUST HATCH 63 17:41.334 --> 17:42.632 BABY HELLBENDERS. 17:42.634 --> 17:43.865 THEY MADE HISTORY. 17:43.867 --> 17:45.433 IT WAS THE FIRST TIME ANYBODY 17:45.435 --> 17:47.532 HAD BRED THEM IN CAPTIVITY. 17:47.534 --> 17:49.265 NOW, EVERY FALL, THE KEEPERS, 17:49.267 --> 17:50.899 ALL CERTIFIED DIVERS, REACH 17:50.901 --> 17:52.331 INTO THE NEST AND REMOVE A 17:52.333 --> 17:54.499 LONG STRING OF EGGS, WHICH ARE 17:54.501 --> 17:56.798 THEN PLACED IN THESE TRAYS. 17:56.800 --> 17:58.133 WE ALSO SHAKE THE EGGS OR 17:58.135 --> 17:58.899 ROCK THE EGGS THREE TIMES A 17:58.901 --> 18:00.865 DAY PHYSICALLY. 18:00.867 --> 18:01.999 THAT'S TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT 18:02.001 --> 18:02.798 WHAT THE MALE IS DOING IN THE 18:02.800 --> 18:04.365 BOTTOM OF THE RIVER. 18:04.367 --> 18:04.999 THESE ARE OUR NEWEST 18:05.001 --> 18:07.966 BABIES. 18:07.968 --> 18:09.399 THERE ARE NOW THOUSANDS OF 18:09.401 --> 18:10.365 HELLBENDERS IN THESE TANKS. 18:10.367 --> 18:11.965 TWO SUBSPECIES FROM TWO 18:11.967 --> 18:13.899 DIFFERENT OZARK RIVER SYSTEMS 18:13.901 --> 18:14.966 ARE BRED SEPARATELY AND WILL 18:14.968 --> 18:16.466 BE PLACED BACK INTO THE 18:16.468 --> 18:17.232 STREAMS WHERE THEIR PARENTS 18:17.234 --> 18:19.498 WERE CAUGHT. 18:19.500 --> 18:20.532 AND THERE THEY WILL FEAST ON, 18:20.534 --> 18:21.832 AMONG OTHER THINGS, CRAYFISH, 18:21.834 --> 18:22.799 BUT THEY GENERALLY DON'T 18:22.801 --> 18:24.499 BOTHER PEOPLE. 18:24.501 --> 18:25.099 THEY ARE NOT POISONOUS, NOT 18:25.101 --> 18:26.965 AGGRESSIVE. 18:26.967 --> 18:27.866 WE'RE ACTUALLY MORE INTERESTED 18:27.868 --> 18:30.999 IN THEM THAN THEY ARE IN US. 18:31.001 --> 18:33.033 SO FOR US, BEING ABLE TO 18:33.035 --> 18:35.532 HELP CONSERVE A SPECIES THAT'S 18:35.534 --> 18:36.532 RIGHT IN OUR BACKYARD, BECAUSE 18:36.534 --> 18:38.300 LESS THAN TWO HOURS FROM HERE, 18:38.302 --> 18:39.066 YOU CAN BE IN THE HABITAT OF 18:39.068 --> 18:40.199 THESE GUYS. 18:40.201 --> 18:40.966 YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO 18:40.968 --> 18:41.765 MADAGASCAR FOR THIS. 18:41.767 --> 18:42.932 YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO 18:42.934 --> 18:44.465 MADAGASCAR, YOU KNOW, AND 18:44.467 --> 18:46.466 IMPACT RIGHT HERE AT HOME. 18:46.468 --> 18:47.499 THE HELLBENDER PROJECT IN 18:47.501 --> 18:49.199 MISSOURI IS A SUCCESS SO FAR 18:49.201 --> 18:51.365 BUT ONLY UP TO A POINT. 18:51.367 --> 18:52.933 THE POPULATION IS BEING 18:52.935 --> 18:53.933 INCREASED, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE 18:53.935 --> 18:55.265 FACTORS THAT CAUSED THEM TO 18:55.267 --> 18:56.232 DECLINE SO DRAMATICALLY IN THE 18:56.234 --> 18:57.799 FIRST PLACE? 18:57.801 --> 18:59.166 WAS IT DISEASE, CLIMATE 18:59.168 --> 19:00.399 CHANGE, POLLUTION, PEOPLE 19:00.401 --> 19:02.532 COLLECTING THEM FOR PETS? 19:02.534 --> 19:03.832 WERE THEIR NESTS BEING FILLED 19:03.834 --> 19:04.932 UP WITH SILT BECAUSE OF 19:04.934 --> 19:08.532 CHANGING RIVERBANK VEGETATION? 19:08.534 --> 19:09.466 THE ZOO-RAISED HELLBENDERS ARE 19:09.468 --> 19:11.532 BEING PUT BACK AT VARIOUS AGES 19:11.534 --> 19:13.398 TO SEE AT WHAT POINT IN THEIR 19:13.400 --> 19:14.066 DEVELOPMENT THEY ARE MOST 19:14.068 --> 19:16.199 VULNERABLE. 19:16.201 --> 19:17.465 THAT MEANS TRACKING, COUNTING, 19:17.467 --> 19:19.265 MEASURING AT LEAST FOR THE 19:19.267 --> 19:21.865 NEXT 15 YEARS. 19:21.867 --> 19:22.833 WE NEED TO BE PAYING 19:22.835 --> 19:24.532 ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON 19:24.534 --> 19:27.099 IN THESE WILD SITUATIONS, JUST 19:27.101 --> 19:29.300 US. 19:34.733 --> 19:36.765 FOSSIL RECORDS INDICATE THE 19:36.767 --> 19:38.098 HELLBENDER SALAMANDER EXISTED 19:38.100 --> 19:39.099 MORE THAN 160 MILLION YEARS 19:39.101 --> 19:41.765 AGO. 19:41.767 --> 19:42.999 > YOUNG CHILDREN IN 19:43.001 --> 19:44.198 CHILD-CARE HOMES AND EARLY 19:44.200 --> 19:45.532 LEARNING CENTERS ARE EXPECTED 19:45.534 --> 19:47.066 TO BE PREPARED WHEN THEY ENTER 19:47.068 --> 19:47.999 PRE AND REGULAR KINDERGARTEN 19:48.001 --> 19:49.799 PROGRAMS. 19:49.801 --> 19:50.632 BUT WHAT SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE 19:50.634 --> 19:52.232 DO THEY NEED? 19:52.234 --> 19:53.065 HERE ARE TWO PLACES THAT ARE 19:53.067 --> 19:54.866 TAKING A NONTRADITIONAL 19:54.868 --> 19:55.766 APPROACH TO HOW CHILDREN LEARN 19:55.768 --> 19:59.099 BEST. 19:59.101 --> 20:00.333 THE LEARNING CENTER AT 20:00.335 --> 20:01.966 ST. JOHN'S PROVIDES CHILD CARE 20:01.968 --> 20:04.066 AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR 20:04.068 --> 20:06.499 99 YOUNG CHILDREN. 20:06.501 --> 20:07.632 THE TEACHERS THERE FOCUS ON 20:07.634 --> 20:08.565 PREPARING THEM FOR 20:08.567 --> 20:10.099 KINDERGARTEN. 20:10.101 --> 20:11.166 HERE AT THE LEARNING 20:11.168 --> 20:12.465 CENTER, WE ARE PART OF A PILOT 20:12.467 --> 20:13.866 PROGRAM THIS YEAR FOR THE 20:13.868 --> 20:14.632 CREATIVE CURRICULUM GOAL 20:14.634 --> 20:16.066 CURRICULUM. 20:16.068 --> 20:17.466 IT IS A PROJECT-BASED 20:17.468 --> 20:20.099 CURRICULUM THAT'S BASED ON 20:20.101 --> 20:22.232 DIMENSIONS OF MATH, SCIENCE, 20:22.234 --> 20:23.365 LANGUAGE, SOCIAL STUDIES, AND 20:23.367 --> 20:25.632 SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL 20:25.634 --> 20:27.932 DEVELOPMENT. 20:27.934 --> 20:29.333 THE CENTER NOW EMPHASIZES 20:29.335 --> 20:32.198 LEARNING THROUGH PLAY. 20:32.200 --> 20:33.331 WHEN A CHILD VISITS A 20:33.333 --> 20:34.966 CENTER AND DOES A PARTICULAR 20:34.968 --> 20:36.332 ACTIVITY, A TEACHER WILL BE 20:36.334 --> 20:37.799 THERE TO HELP FACILITATE OR 20:37.801 --> 20:39.532 HELP GUIDE THEM IN THE 20:39.534 --> 20:40.732 DIRECTION THAT THEY WANT THEM 20:40.734 --> 20:42.499 TO DO, TO DO THEIR 20:42.501 --> 20:43.499 OBSERVATIONS AND ANECDOTALS. 20:43.501 --> 20:45.833 SO THE TEACHER IS A BIG PART 20:45.835 --> 20:47.066 WITHIN THOSE CENTER-BASED PLAY 20:47.068 --> 20:49.132 SETUPS. 20:49.134 --> 20:50.065 PART OF THEIR SOCIAL AND 20:50.067 --> 20:51.033 EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES 20:51.035 --> 20:53.032 TEAMWORK. 20:53.034 --> 20:54.232 THOSE THINGS START TO 20:54.234 --> 20:55.365 DEVELOP NATURALLY BECAUSE 20:55.367 --> 20:56.498 THEY'RE WORKING ON A 20:56.500 --> 20:58.032 PARTICULAR PROJECT TOGETHER. 20:58.034 --> 20:59.033 THEY'RE HAVING THOSE 20:59.035 --> 21:01.133 OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD 21:01.135 --> 21:02.331 RELATIONSHIPS AND BUILD THAT 21:02.333 --> 21:03.899 SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL 21:03.901 --> 21:05.933 COMPETENCY WITHIN EACH OTHER. 21:05.935 --> 21:07.132 AND THEY ARE GETTING ABLE TO 21:07.134 --> 21:09.065 LEARN TO TAKE TURNS, TO SHARE, 21:09.067 --> 21:11.199 GIVE IDEAS, AND SUGGESTIONS ON 21:11.201 --> 21:13.666 WHAT'S HAPPENING NEXT. 21:13.668 --> 21:14.899 THE CHILDREN ALSO HAVE 21:14.901 --> 21:15.999 PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR 21:16.001 --> 21:18.332 SELF-DIRECTED ACTIVITIES. 21:18.334 --> 21:21.133 WHEN THINGS ARE BASED ON 21:21.135 --> 21:22.732 THEIR INTERESTS WITHIN A 21:22.734 --> 21:25.032 CLASSROOM, THEY FEEL MORE 21:25.034 --> 21:27.032 EMPOWERED AND EAGER TO LEARN. 21:27.034 --> 21:27.999 IT'S NOT ABOUT FILLING THE 21:28.001 --> 21:29.332 BUCKET. 21:29.334 --> 21:30.166 IT'S ABOUT LIGHTING THE FIRE 21:30.168 --> 21:34.232 WITH CHILDREN. 21:34.234 --> 21:35.999 PROFESSOR MARY HARPER OF 21:36.001 --> 21:37.498 ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGE TEACHES 21:37.500 --> 21:39.799 EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT 21:39.801 --> 21:41.065 AND CONSULTS WITH NUMEROUS 21:41.067 --> 21:43.232 CHILD-CARE AGENCIES. 21:43.234 --> 21:44.398 IN EARLY CHILDHOOD, IT'S 21:44.400 --> 21:45.866 LANGUAGE, LANGUAGE, LANGUAGE. 21:45.868 --> 21:46.932 SO ANYTHING CHILDREN ARE 21:46.934 --> 21:51.166 INTERACTING WITH OR BEING A 21:51.168 --> 21:52.365 PART OF OR EXPERIMENTING WITH, 21:52.367 --> 21:53.999 THERE SHOULD BE LOTS OF 21:54.001 --> 21:55.365 LANGUAGE GOING ON AROUND THAT. 21:55.367 --> 21:55.933 YOU SHOULD BE ASKING 21:55.935 --> 21:57.033 QUESTIONS. 21:57.035 --> 21:58.466 THEY SHOULD BE RESPONDING. 21:58.468 --> 22:00.498 TO HAVE FULL LEARNING, YOU 22:00.500 --> 22:02.366 MUST BE ABLE TO INTERACT, AND 22:02.368 --> 22:03.432 INTERACTION REQUIRES SOCIAL 22:03.434 --> 22:05.866 AND EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE. 22:05.868 --> 22:06.999 MAKING MORE BUBBLES OR DO YOU 22:07.001 --> 22:08.732 THINK IT'S THE SAME? 22:08.734 --> 22:09.933 THE SAME. 22:09.935 --> 22:11.398 FOR YOUNG LEARNERS, SOCIAL 22:11.400 --> 22:12.165 SKILLS ARE THE BASIS FOR ALL 22:12.167 --> 22:14.132 LEARNING. 22:14.134 --> 22:18.166 YOU CAN'T HAVE COGNITION OR 22:18.168 --> 22:19.732 THIS KIND OF GROWING APTITUDE 22:19.734 --> 22:20.465 IN ACADEMIA WITHOUT SOCIAL 22:20.467 --> 22:22.598 SKILLS. 22:22.600 --> 22:24.499 AND SOCIAL SKILLS IS THE 22:24.501 --> 22:26.832 UNDERPINNING OF ALL KINDS OF 22:26.834 --> 22:28.165 LEARNING THAT TAKES PLACE, AND 22:28.167 --> 22:30.132 IT IS THE NUMBER ONE 22:30.134 --> 22:31.332 CORRELATIVE FACTOR IN ALL 22:31.334 --> 22:36.999 ACADEMIC LEARNING. 22:37.001 --> 22:38.532 WE KNOW THAT COGNITION IS 22:38.534 --> 22:40.766 BASED ON INTERACTIONS WITH THE 22:40.768 --> 22:41.933 ENVIRONMENT, WITH LANGUAGE AND 22:41.935 --> 22:44.499 EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING. 22:44.501 --> 22:46.065 SO WITHOUT THE UNDERGIRDINGS 22:46.067 --> 22:47.799 OF SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL 22:47.801 --> 22:49.933 COMPETENCE, YOU DON'T GET THE 22:49.935 --> 22:51.933 SAME RICHNESS IN COGNITION AS 22:51.935 --> 22:52.432 YOU WOULD UNLESS THEY WERE 22:52.434 --> 22:53.865 PARTNERED. 22:53.867 --> 22:55.732 THEY ARE INEXTRICABLY LINKED. 22:55.734 --> 22:56.365 THE TEACHERS AT THE 22:56.367 --> 22:58.200 LEARNING CENTER ARE NOW 22:58.202 --> 22:59.332 IMPLEMENTING INDIVIDUALIZED 22:59.334 --> 23:02.165 INSTRUCTION PLANS. 23:02.167 --> 23:03.199 THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY BE 23:03.201 --> 23:06.099 ABLE TO READ THE CHILD'S 23:06.101 --> 23:07.532 DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES AND 23:07.534 --> 23:08.966 SAY, WOW, THIS CHILD IS HERE. 23:08.968 --> 23:10.399 I NEED TO TAKE THEM HERE. 23:10.401 --> 23:11.298 THIS IS HOW I'LL DO IT, BY 23:11.300 --> 23:12.966 QUESTIONING THIS WAY, 23:12.968 --> 23:14.499 PROVIDING THESE ACTIVITIES, 23:14.501 --> 23:15.965 GIVING THEM A WAY TO LOOK AT 23:15.967 --> 23:17.632 THE WORLD IN A DIFFERENT WAY 23:17.634 --> 23:18.765 AND THEN HAVE THE CHILD 23:18.767 --> 23:20.532 RESPOND BACK. 23:20.534 --> 23:22.232 IT REQUIRES A LOT MORE COMPLEX 23:22.234 --> 23:24.899 ASSESSMENTS AS WELL. 23:24.901 --> 23:26.232 BY FOCUSING ON SOCIAL AND 23:26.234 --> 23:28.099 EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH 23:28.101 --> 23:28.966 PLAY, THE TEACHERS HERE HAD TO 23:28.968 --> 23:31.732 CHANGE EVERYTHING. 23:31.734 --> 23:32.765 SO IT WAS A LITTLE BIT HARD 23:32.767 --> 23:34.999 FOR A TEACHER TO LET GO OF 23:35.001 --> 23:36.966 THAT PART OF THE BOOK AND THEN 23:36.968 --> 23:37.699 LETTING THE CHILDREN DRIVE THE 23:37.701 --> 23:39.332 CURRICULUM. 23:39.334 --> 23:39.865 THE TEACHER IS THE 23:39.867 --> 23:41.166 FACILITATOR. 23:41.168 --> 23:42.099 THE CHILDREN ACTUALLY DRIVE 23:42.101 --> 23:43.699 THE CURRICULUM. 23:43.701 --> 23:45.499 ONE OF MY FAVORITE PHRASES 23:45.501 --> 23:46.465 THAT I SAY IS, WHAT DID THE 23:46.467 --> 23:51.499 CHILDREN HAVE YOU DO TODAY? 23:51.501 --> 23:53.166 DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE 23:53.168 --> 23:54.833 CURRICULUM HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN 23:54.835 --> 23:55.665 UNDERGIRDING OF EARLY 23:55.667 --> 23:57.732 CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. 23:57.734 --> 23:58.532 AND WHAT THE LEARNING CENTER 23:58.534 --> 24:00.499 IS DOING IS THEY ARE USING AN 24:00.501 --> 24:02.132 APPROACH THAT RELIES ON THE 24:02.134 --> 24:03.732 TEACHER TO BE AN EXPERT IN 24:03.734 --> 24:05.399 CHILD DEVELOPMENT. 24:05.401 --> 24:08.232 THE ENVIRONMENT IS DESIGNED 24:08.234 --> 24:09.299 WITH A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT 24:09.301 --> 24:10.999 THAT'S ENRICHED AND ENHANCED, 24:11.001 --> 24:12.866 WHERE CHILDREN CAN BEGIN AT 24:12.868 --> 24:14.365 THIS LEVEL OR MAYBE THIS LEVEL 24:14.367 --> 24:15.932 OR MAYBE THIS LEVEL. 24:15.934 --> 24:17.332 THE TEACHER'S JOB IS TO 24:17.334 --> 24:18.899 SCAFFOLD THAT LEARNING. 24:18.901 --> 24:20.299 ♪ YOU HAVE A HEART ♪ 24:20.301 --> 24:22.432 ♪ I HAVE A HEART ♪ 24:22.434 --> 24:25.932 ♪ WE HAVE TWO HEARTS TOGETHER ♪ 24:25.934 --> 24:27.266 TAMI SPIDLE RUNS A 24:27.268 --> 24:28.365 CHILD-CARE HOME IN 24:28.367 --> 24:30.232 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. 24:30.234 --> 24:30.999 SHE'S BEEN DOING THIS TYPE OF 24:31.001 --> 24:32.699 WORK FOR 20 YEARS. 24:32.701 --> 24:34.165 I STARTED OUT WITH A 24:34.167 --> 24:35.965 PROGRAM THAT WAS VERY 24:35.967 --> 24:37.498 ACADEMIC, EVERYBODY IS SITTING 24:37.500 --> 24:39.133 DOWN AT CIRCLE TIME BECAUSE 24:39.135 --> 24:39.999 THAT'S WHAT I WAS TAUGHT WAS 24:40.001 --> 24:42.266 NECESSARY FOR KIDS. 24:42.268 --> 24:44.866 I STARTED SEEING THAT I DIDN'T 24:44.868 --> 24:46.400 BELIEVE THAT, AND I STARTED 24:46.402 --> 24:47.366 SEEING THAT THEY DID JUST FINE 24:47.368 --> 24:49.499 WITHOUT BEING DIRECTED. 24:49.501 --> 24:51.298 AND SO I STARTED CREATING THIS 24:51.300 --> 24:56.132 ACTIVE LEARNING PROGRAM. 24:56.134 --> 24:57.898 AS A CHILD-CARE PROVIDER, 24:57.900 --> 24:59.298 TAMI GETS SUPPORT FROM THE 24:59.300 --> 25:01.199 EARLY LEARNING COALITION AND 25:01.201 --> 25:02.465 TAKES CLASSES FROM PROFESSOR 25:02.467 --> 25:04.465 HARPER IN ORDER TO KEEP UP 25:04.467 --> 25:06.732 WITH AGE-APPROPRIATE LEARNING. 25:06.734 --> 25:07.965 THERE'S A LOT OF TALK IN 25:07.967 --> 25:09.332 HOW TO KEEP A CHILD ENGAGED 25:09.334 --> 25:10.232 AND NOT HAVE THEM BE 25:10.234 --> 25:11.466 DISRUPTIVE. 25:11.468 --> 25:13.532 WHAT I HAVE FOUND IS IF I 25:13.534 --> 25:16.466 DON'T TRY TO TELL THEM WHAT TO 25:16.468 --> 25:18.032 THINK OR WHAT TO DO, IF I 25:18.034 --> 25:19.298 ALLOW THEM TO DO WHAT THEY 25:19.300 --> 25:20.599 WANT TO DO AT THE TIME, THEN 25:20.601 --> 25:21.632 THERE ARE A LOT LESS 25:21.634 --> 25:22.865 INTERRUPTIONS. 25:22.867 --> 25:23.999 AND THEN WHAT I DO IS I FOLLOW 25:24.001 --> 25:24.866 THEM AROUND, AND I TRY TO ADD 25:24.868 --> 25:26.199 TO WHAT THEY ARE DOING. 25:26.201 --> 25:28.799 SOMETIMES HER CHILD-CARE 25:28.801 --> 25:30.465 HOME MAY LOOK CHAOTIC, BUT HER 25:30.467 --> 25:31.331 GOAL IS TO HELP THE CHILDREN 25:31.333 --> 25:34.365 MANAGE THEMSELVES. 25:34.367 --> 25:35.332 I GIVE THEM A LOT OF 25:35.334 --> 25:36.732 FREEDOM, BUT I ALSO HAVE 25:36.734 --> 25:39.399 BUILT-IN RULES ESTABLISHED 25:39.401 --> 25:41.532 THAT THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW. 25:41.534 --> 25:42.999 BY THE TIME THEY GET INTO BBK, 25:43.001 --> 25:43.966 I WANT THEM TO BE VERY GOOD AT 25:43.968 --> 25:46.532 SELF-REGULATING. 25:46.534 --> 25:49.198 THAT'S MY NUMBER ONE CONCERN, 25:49.200 --> 25:51.166 WHICH IS TO BE ABLE TO ACCEPT 25:51.168 --> 25:52.432 THE ANSWER NO AND MANAGE 25:52.434 --> 25:53.899 THEMSELVES WELL, TO BE ABLE TO 25:53.901 --> 25:55.531 DEFER TO SOMEBODY ELSE, TO BE 25:55.533 --> 25:57.332 ABLE TO SHARE SPACE, TO CHANGE 25:57.334 --> 25:58.532 THEIR MIND, TO CHANGE THEIR 25:58.534 --> 26:00.532 INTENT ON SOMETHING BECAUSE IT 26:00.534 --> 26:02.432 WON'T WORK. 26:02.434 --> 26:03.266 WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET DOWN? 26:03.268 --> 26:04.032 I'M GOING TO PUT YOU DOWN. 26:04.034 --> 26:05.233 I CAN SIT DOWN. 26:05.235 --> 26:05.832 YOU CAN SIT ON MY LAP RIGHT 26:05.834 --> 26:07.833 HERE. 26:07.835 --> 26:09.065 THE HIGHEST CORRELATION OF 26:09.067 --> 26:10.298 PEOPLE WHO HAVE ATTAINED GREAT 26:10.300 --> 26:11.432 THINGS IN THEIR CAREERS AND IN 26:11.434 --> 26:12.465 THEIR LIVES AND IN BUSINESS 26:12.467 --> 26:13.365 AND IN INDUSTRY ARE HIGHLY 26:13.367 --> 26:15.499 SELF-REGULATED LEARNERS. 26:15.501 --> 26:17.165 BY GIVING CHILDREN AUTONOMY 26:17.167 --> 26:18.432 EARLY ON TO SAY WHAT I'M GOING 26:18.434 --> 26:20.532 TO WORK ON, WHAT I'M GOING TO 26:20.534 --> 26:21.399 LEARN, HOW I'M GOING TO DO IT, 26:21.401 --> 26:23.298 WE ARE BEGINNING TO BUILD 26:23.300 --> 26:27.366 SELF-REGULATED LEARNERS. 26:27.368 --> 26:28.932 SCIENTISTS HAVE LEARNED 26:28.934 --> 26:30.165 THAT OUR BRAIN GOES THROUGH 26:30.167 --> 26:31.032 DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENT EARLY IN 26:31.034 --> 26:33.165 LIFE. 26:33.167 --> 26:34.165 THOSE SYNAPTICAL 26:34.167 --> 26:35.532 CONNECTIONS IN THE BRAIN, 26:35.534 --> 26:37.099 THOSE NEURAL PATHWAYS, BETWEEN 26:37.101 --> 26:38.932 THE AGES OF 0 TO 4 ARE BEING 26:38.934 --> 26:41.832 STRENGTHENED AND HARDWIRED. 26:41.834 --> 26:43.232 AND WITHOUT THESE KINDS OF 26:43.234 --> 26:45.232 RICH INTERACTIONS THAT ARE 26:45.234 --> 26:47.599 DIVERSE, YOU WON'T FIND THAT 26:47.601 --> 26:48.099 THOSE PATHWAYS GET VERY 26:48.101 --> 26:50.665 STRONG. 26:50.667 --> 26:52.966 SO WE REALLY WANT RICH 26:52.968 --> 26:54.465 INTERACTIONS FOR CHILDREN SO 26:54.467 --> 26:55.999 THAT THOSE NEURAL PATHWAYS 26:56.001 --> 26:57.966 REMAIN STRONG SO THAT WHEN 26:57.968 --> 26:59.999 THEY ENTER SCHOOL, THEY ARE 27:00.001 --> 27:00.999 PRE-WIRED TO ENGAGE IN SOME 27:01.001 --> 27:03.699 RIGOROUS ACTIVITY. 27:03.701 --> 27:05.499 THE FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESS 27:05.501 --> 27:07.399 IN SCHOOL STARTS HERE BEFORE 27:07.401 --> 27:10.465 THEY EVEN REACH KINDERGARTEN. 27:10.467 --> 27:12.466 THE FACTS AND THE ABCs AND 27:12.468 --> 27:13.398 NUMBERS AND ALL THOSE THINGS 27:13.400 --> 27:14.365 THAT THEY ARE GOING TO NEED 27:14.367 --> 27:15.966 THEY WILL GET IN FIRST, 27:15.968 --> 27:17.498 SECOND, THIRD GRADE. 27:17.500 --> 27:18.499 BUT THIS EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL, 27:18.501 --> 27:19.766 WHO THEY ARE, HOW TO MANAGE 27:19.768 --> 27:21.300 THEMSELVES, SELF-REGULATION, 27:21.302 --> 27:22.932 LET'S GIVE THEM FIVE YEARS TO 27:22.934 --> 27:23.765 FORMULATE THAT WITHIN 27:23.767 --> 27:26.266 THEMSELVES. 27:26.268 --> 27:26.832 THE REST OF THE STUFF WILL 27:26.834 --> 27:28.666 JUST ALL STICK. 27:32.966 --> 27:34.098 TO LEARN MORE ABOUT EARLY 27:34.100 --> 27:35.033 CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IN 27:35.035 --> 27:37.665 FLORIDA, VISIT 27:37.667 --> 27:40.032 flchildrenscouncil.org. 27:40.034 --> 27:41.231 AND THAT WRAPS UP THIS EPISODE 27:41.233 --> 27:42.666 OF "WEDU QUEST." 27:42.668 --> 27:44.265 FOR MORE INFORMATION 27:44.267 --> 27:45.632 ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, 27:45.634 --> 27:46.932 AND EDUCATION, AND 27:46.934 --> 27:48.432 TO VIEW THIS SERIES ONLINE, 27:48.434 --> 27:51.699 VISIT US AT WEDU.ORG/QUEST. 27:51.701 --> 27:53.099 THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. 27:53.101 --> 27:55.165 I'M DR. 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