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Hello Richard.
It is well known that this sport attracts all kinds of kids. Especially kids with cognitive and personality disorders/disabilities. When I am training volunteer judges, I always make a point about this, so the judges will expect these behaviors. Should a kid just walk out of the room in the middle of a presentation, I think most judges would react in a way that most adults would--is the child OK and do they need any help? Hopefully the rest of the team would be offering the child help and explanation to the judges. In general, the judges don't want to hear from the coaches during the presentation, but if a child was walking out of the room and a coach wanted to leave with the child, that would be completely appropriate and a brief "It's ok, I've got this" from the coach is completely fine (remember, you can have three adults in the room: two coaches and one "historian"). If that distraction cost the team a few seconds on their presentation, I think most judges would be OK with giving the team a few seconds beyond their five minutes to account for it. Of course each situation is different. If the situation takes several minutes and completely disrupts the flow of the team's 30-minute judging time, then as a coach I would seek out the head judge and/or tournament director and have a conversation with them, perhaps including the judges that were in the room too. I think you will find most of the judges and head judges pretty accommodating.
I can tell you I have never seen a child leave the room, but I have seen kids get very distracted, like walking around behind the rest of the team, not answering or talking with any of the judges, etc, and none of that has ever been a problem at all.
You know your kids best. Talk to them and prepare them for the possibility of something like this. The judges would LOVE to see the team handle what they can, but of course we all know they are only kids and they can only do so much.
Take care and very best of luck to you and your team!
Skip Morrow
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A parent asked me this week if a team has a few members with tendencies towards personality or learning disabilities will understanding be applied during innovation or other judging events. If the member walks away while other team members are presenting, walk out the room before the team is done presenting, or fails to make eye contact while sharing out…if we are stressing equity and giving all kids a chance…how do judges take those factors into account when assessing the team?
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Good evening Kathleen,
And looking at the robot rulebook on page 17, rule 1 tells us that all equipment must be Lego made building pieces in original factory condition.
Rule 6 on the same page tells us that you may bring one sheet of notebook paper per home area for program notes.
Unfortunately the technique you've described below is not allowed.
Michael Brown
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VA-DC FLL
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Hi,
Everything the team uses with the robot has to be made by Lego--does
this also apply to things used to help align launches from home? My team
is wondering if a paper grid with launch markings on it is allowed to
sit over the grid that is printed on the mat in the home area.
Kathleen
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