My room is right across from our Emotional Support classroom, and our students who receive services there have had quite a few opportunities to bond with Ken. Ken becomes an excellent communication tool with students there.  I covered the classroom for a little while today and had a student who would otherwise be very resistant to discussing schoolwork.  After some time with Ken, the student was willing to open his computer, take my feedback on how best to find his grades and missing assignments, showed concern for his grades, and willingly took a “to-do” list with him and even suggested where he should keep the list so that he could come back to it to complete the work.  It wasn’t completing work….yet….but baby steps are commendable with this student!