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Special Ed teacher’s unique approach to all of his student is going viral

Florida, the state you can rely on year round for Sunny D and terrible news, has flipped the script thanks to one teacher who is being praised for his dreamy surfer dude locks, but also how attentive and loving he is with his elementary aged class of special needs students.

Chris Ulmer is a special education instructor in Florida who begins each day by spending one-on-one time with his students, telling them what makes them special and why he feels lucky to be their teacher. A video of the exchange has been posted to his Facebook page, Special Books by Special Kids.

In the video, Ulmer speaks to each student telling them what they are good at, what he can see they have been working hard at, and why he loves having them in his class.

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The video has captions along the bottom, explaining Ulmer’s reasoning behind this practice.

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This morning, Ulmer posted a long statement on the Special Books by Special Kids Facebook page urging people to share the video and make it viral.

Please, for the sake of my students and individuals with special needs everywhere…make this spread around the world. Follow our journey. Take a few minutes each day to understand my students and friends.

We are all different but we are all in this together.

I love you all,
Mr. Chris

For everyone developing an enormous crush on “Mr.Chris” right now, stop it. He has a girlfriend who is 100% supportive of his impactful work with children and his manly mane.