How do you know when to avoid conflict at work and when to utilize it? There's a PreK teacher who resists me at every turn when I have IEPs with parents. She will contradict me right in front of t… more

I had speech appointments at various schools today, and while I was driving past the high school, I was amazed to see 16-year-olds driving Teslas, big pickups, range rovers, 4runners, and all sorts of… more

One of the best perks about being an educator, at least where I live, is missing traffic. Today I was doing some tests at a different school and got caught in some weird afternoon traffic, and it was … more

Have you ever completely pivoted fields before? Either leaving this field and going to another one or coming to this field from something else? Was it a rough transition and was it worth it? While I d… more

If only kids practiced their speech assignments I give them as much as they play video games... their progress would be so much faster! Just needed to vent about that for a minute!

To anyone who has used AI to write their IEP's :
Were you satisfied with the end product
Which AI platform did you use
Did it reduce time spent on writing the document
Do you have any pros, cons or r… more

Not to toot my own horn or anything, but today was one of my most productive days in awhile. I was able to see 28 students today! I think it may have been a personal record.

I don't want to share my location to not give anything away, but I just want to say there are some real crooks in this world and it makes me sad. Our district just cleaned house with the entire Sp… more

Any daycare that are half way good for special needs kids .

Promises broken…again! Dah! Kind of makes sense that there is absolutely no transparency for the American ppl! Ppl who took the resignation are finding out that oops- it doesn’t apply to them. Shocker!

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As President's Day winds down, I'm realizing there are no more holidays until Spring Break in mid-April. Not sure I will be able to last that long and I'm not the type to take time off. Ho… more

Saw this quote today and wanted to share! I think it will help me with my students today:

"A bell is no bell 'til you ring it, a song is no song 'til you sing it. And love in your heart wasn’t put the… more

Severe storm conditions here in Utah today. Still an hour and a half left in the school day but they decided to dismiss everyone early due to the blizzard. I heard its supposed to be like this across … more

One of the best parts about working in Sped? Job security! My husband's industry (banking) is kind of wobbly right now and layoffs are happening everywhere. But I feel like my job as a Speech Ther… more

What are some simple ways you recognize your students? I want to make sure I'm not missing anything. I like to give little prizes, time to play a small card/board game of their choice, or I may co… more

What is your take on wearing headphones at work? Sometimes if I'm making copies of materials or during prep hours or doing mindless paperwork I'll pop them in and listen to a book. Today thoug… more

And the grind of parent teacher conferences is over! At least at my school. I only saw 9 sets of parents though so I can't complain too much! How is it going for everyone else?

So the other day I was pulling some students from kindergarten for speech. They were watching Bluey. Okay, I thought... no big deal. When I brought the kids back, Bluey was still going. When I came to… more

Has anyone tried working as a notary part time? I feel like I a little something extra to supplement my teaching salary. Is it worth it?

I've seen a lot of panic around ICE potentially going into schools while they're in session and grabbing students but I actually haven't seen any occurrences of this. Has anyone seen this,… more

I'm always trying to improve myself as an educator, but I have hit a wall recently. It's been a few years since I got my Masters, and other than PDDs and sporadic training, I feel like I haven… more

Is your school doing something to help wildfire victims? I just heard of another school in the district making cards and assembling some hygiene kits. My school hasn't announced anything but I jus… more

What is your preferred method for approaching parent-teacher conferences? Do you make a separate sign-up for parents to come see you if you're an auxiliary like me? Or do you conference with their… more

How is everyone doing with their student loans? Sometimes I wish I didn't have 8k in loans hanging over my head at work but I've been whittling them down slowly but surely and hopefully one da… more

What would you say are the top 3 most important qualities for a SpEd teacher to have?

Does anyone here live in LA or has been impacted by the LA fires? I feel like a lot happened this week, and I sort of forgot about what was going on there, but I just saw more pictures of the devastat… more

Does anyone have experience using AI detection on homework? I feel like everyone is using it now and I am looking for ways to prove an assignment was done by AI.

Saw this light-hearted question in another bowl and wanted to share : If you could have a vending machine in your home or school, what would it dispense???

Despite some flaws, Special Education in the US is the best in the world. I lived in Latvia for a few months one summer to help provide speech therapy and English lessons, and their existing methods w… more

This polar vortex is creating frigid 🥶 temps here in Utah. Right now, it's sunny and a sizzling 19 degrees, but school was not canceled! I'm sure it's much colder for some of you in the n… more

Grateful to have work off on Monday. Will anybody else be working? I heard some districts don't give it off as a holiday which sort of blew my mind. I thought everyone always had MLK Jr Day off!

I heard someone say recently that it is more of "who you work with" that can influence your happiness more than "what you do." I think I agree... luckily I enjoy what I do (to an e… more

How useful is Linked In? We had a training the other day that told us to keep our Linked In profile up to date but as educators I feel like it doesn't really apply to us... I feel like our jobs ar… more