When should the middle of a room be searched?

See Google Calendar room and resource use in one quick and easy glance. The Room Insights Dashboard gives you metrics to analyze how your organization uses space. Use this information for planning to help save time and reduce costs.

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Insights you get from the dashboard
Before you begin
Set time zones
Go to your Dashboard
Change dashboard scope and timeframe
Download dashboard data for analysis
Google Meet hardware and occupancy detection
Related links
When should you search your kid’s room?
Where do you search?
There are obvious place like:
Then there are the not-so-obvious places:
Do I tell them I searched?
What am I looking for?
Violent behavior
Overly sexualized behavior
If you find something…
There are two things that justify your actions:

Insights you get from the dashboard

The dashboard helps answer questions, such as:

What are your most popular rooms?
Are your rooms under-utilized or over-utilized?
Which room sizes are most popular?
What equipment drives room use?
What are the best times to schedule repairs and maintenance work?

Before you begin

Use a structured format for rooms—Only metrics for structured resources appear in the Room Insights Dashboard.
For details, see Use Google Calendar structured resources .
Set the room category to Meeting space—This is required to display metrics in the Room Insights Dashboard.
Set the time zone for each room—Update the local time zone so the dashboard shows data correctly.
Turn on occupancy detection in rooms with Meet hardware.
For details, see Turn on occupancy detection.

Set time zones

There are 2 ways to update the time zone for your resources: in bulk using an API or one by one in Google Calendar.

For details, see Calendar API.

You must be signed in as a super administrator for this task.

Sign in with your administrator account and open Google Calendar.
In the left side bar, point to Other calendars.
Click Add Browse resources.
Next to the resource you want to add, click the Down arrow and check the box. The resource now appears in your Settings for my calendars list.
From Settings for my calendar, click the resource to open the settings options.
In Calendar settings under Time zone, click the Down arrow and select the correct time zone from the list.

Go to your Dashboard

Room insights privileges are required to view the Dashboard.

In the Admin console, go to Menu DirectoryBuildings and resourcesRoom insights.

Tip: You can also search for Room Insights Dashboard.

For details, see Track Meet hardware room and device usage.

Change dashboard scope and timeframe

You can set a filter on the dashboard to view a particular room, building, floor, capacity, or feature. You can also change the time period that appears. For example, set a weekday filter to see data for the days of the week and not for Saturday and Sunday.

The filter and date range control is shown at the top of the dashboard. The date range is on the far right and the dashboard filter is on the left.

To set a filter, click Add a filter , make your selections, and click Apply. Your changes are shown immediately.

To set the date range, click the existing date range to open the controls. Once you've selected a new date range, click Apply to update your report.

Notes:

To see important information for each graph, hover over About this graph at the top corner.
Room usage data can take at least 24 hours to appear in the dashboard.
If you book a resource for a date in the past, the dashboard won't record it. For example, if today is December 27, 2021 and you book a resource for December 26, 2021 , the dashboard ignores this booking.

Download dashboard data for analysis

Administrators might want to view dashboard data in a spreadsheet or table format for further analysis. To download booking and occupancy rates for rooms, click Download at the top far right of the Insights dashboard.

The dashboard exports data into a CSV file. It shows the current view you set using the filter and date range options selected on the dashboard. Before downloading the data, be sure to set the options for the resources and timeframes that you want to study.

Google Meet hardware and occupancy detection

If your organization uses Google Meet hardware and has devices that support occupancy detection, you can see additional graphs in the Room insights dashboard to help you make space planning decisions. For more information, see Track Meet hardware room and device usage.

After being an educator for 17 years, a father of 2 teenagers, and the director of a Drug, Alcohol, and Self-Mutilation Treatment Center, I was prompted to write this to answer questions about this very touchy subject. If you are dealing with this subject, contact us. We can help!

Have you ever felt the sting of having your room searched?

The last thing we want for our children is to experience the violation of privacy that comes with having their personal belongings searched. However, as parents, it is our responsibility to make sure our kids have safe childhood and teen years.

If the time comes that you feel misled and you need to find out what your kids are really up to, a thorough search may be necessary!

Sometimes we have to choose whether we are going to be the good guy or the “bad guy” in parenting, unlike movies, “bad guys” can save lives!

Most importantly… Do not apologize. We apologize when we do things wrong, not when we are trying to protect our kids.

When should you search your kid’s room?

This is actually pretty simple. Trust your instincts. You must search the room if you suspect:

Drugs/alcohol
Abuse
Violent behavior
Overly sexualized behavior (which in turn is a sign/symptom of #’s 1 and 2)

Stop there! If you are concerned that you may not know some of the signs and symptoms, contact Fire Mountain and speak with us directly. We can help!

Where do you search?

There are obvious place like:

under the mattress
closet
drawers
desk
bathroom
car

Then there are the not-so-obvious places:

clothes pockets in dresser and closet
shoes in closet
jacket pockets
backpack pockets
jewelry or keepsake boxes
pencil holders and any other container in work or dressing areas

Then there are the “How-did-my-child-think-to-hide-it-there?” places: (If they are hiding things here it means they are getting help (friends/Internet) with their secrecy and they are farther along the path of secretive behavior)

false drawer and closet walls and backs (I worked with a parent who discovered a “garden” in a closet with a secret door and room underneath the staircase…they were tipped off by a high energy bill and a vent that suddenly appeared on the roof. Don’t underestimate your kid's potential!)
electrical sockets
false bottomed cans of soda/shaving cream/cologne spray/deodorant
secret pockets in the breast and sleeves of favorite jackets
old mp3 players

Do not read their journal or diary unless you suspect sexual violence, severe drug use, any kind of abuse or a serious crime. This is imposing your search on their most private thoughts. Your goal is to find clues to dangerous behavior. Only when everything else has failed do you “open that book”.

Do I tell them I searched?

As a general rule, we do not want the kids to know that we have searched their room. HIDE YOUR TRACKS. It is dangerous to use the fact that you searched their room as punishment. You become the enemy who can’t be trusted when all you were trying to do is figure out the truth. This is not always the case and if you have doubts, contact us.

What am I looking for?

Depending on the suspect behavior this will vary:

Drug use

glass, wood or plastic pipes, rolling papers, bongs and all of the above in a home-made version (I worked with a parent who found a pipe made out of a seashell and a straw.)
plastic bags
lighters and ashes
new keepsake boxes

Violent behavior

cleaning supplies and other chemicals, common or not in their room or the garage
homemade, workable weapons
bullets
military and paramilitary websites bookmarked

Overly sexualized behavior

websites, bookmarks, and history searches of inappropriate material for their age
age-inappropriate underwear or items
condoms

If you find something…

Get all of your feelings out of the way before you confront your child. You must deal with this without your emotions!
Be calm and level-headed when you speak to them. Speak to them in private.
Do not react to the accusations of spying, sneaking or prying into their personal life.

There are two things that justify your actions:

It’s your house
YOU are the parent and it’s your JOB to protect your kids

LISTEN to your kids. They will be mad, hurt, guilty, defensive, upset, betrayed, and many other things. Let them express it all.
Get support from a friend, a counselor, a coach or an intervention specialist for yourself. Don’t go through this alone.
Be creative and come up with the most natural consequence possible. This means, what happens to adults when something illegal is found in their possession? What rights do they lose? Let this experience mimic life as much as possible.

ABOVE ALL be loving and grateful that you found it and the police didn’t. Be loving and grateful that the dreaded phone call was not the way you found out what is happening in your child’s life. Be mindful that you were their age once too.

No, this is not a fun topic and as parents, we don’t want to model sneakiness. We want to trust our kids and take them at their word but if you see the signs and you have that feeling in your gut… to find out what is happening with your child when other routes of info gathering have failed… and protect them from harm… What would you be willing to do?

You can always contact Fire Mountain Residential Treatment Center at 303-443-3343 for support.

-Aaron Huey

Fire Mountain's Owner and President runs the #1 Parenting Podcast in Colorado, Beyond Risk and Back. He covers all of the issues facing you and your teens. Please make sure to use this free resource for support!