Suggestions for trying it out

Here are some easy ways to get started.

"Maybe I could/what if" topics are easy ones to try with a teddy bear

Get Teddy Bear Tech Support sessions scheduled for

• getting self going
• or checking in
• or shifting gears
• or for before they're ready stuff
• or having TB serve as a stand-in for someone it'd be helpful to meet with
  • or to try talking to
  • or have a dry run with

Grab a teddy bear in the spur of the moment

• cuz don't feel like it is getting the better of them
• something comes up that needs fixing or musing about

Digest ideas with a teddy bear

• Learning by explaining and puzzling over out loud support - in the midst of reading or studying, grab a teddy bear and talk things over as if the teddy bear were a fellow learner or someone you could teach the material to. Let them be someone you can digest ideas with.

Recruiting a teddy bear

You can point them to the "Guide for Teddy Bears" version wikipage for getting up to speed on being a teddy bear.

Serving as a teddy bear

MAYBE TALK ABOUT THE PULL OF THE HABITUAL AND THE NEED FOR RULES THAT ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO RESIST THE PULL WHEN YOU'RE IN THE TEDDY BEAR ROLE