How do you all feel since this distance learning began? What are your specific duties related to sped and how you’re providing services? Curious how it’s being done all over.

Anyone got any exit opp ideas for after busy season, I’m on day two and ready to rage quit

Peeps, do we stop getting butterflies post 29 while talking to any cute prospective partners?? I have date/s lined up but i don't even feel a thing...is this normal🤦‍♀️

Is any one participating in Read Across America in March? What will you be reading?

Is it possible for an analyst in asset management to go into Private equity without an MBA? Just curious on how likely that could happen

Wicker park fest was surprisingly lit tonight

Notification fatigue is slowly killing me. The majority of my teams are all remote so all communication is via chat and all day long some channel is blowing up. On top of job anxiety, having numerous people tag you or alerting about something is draining. I think I’m about to have a breakdown 🫠

How "real-time" is our CV19 testing at this point? I am trying to decipher the statistics. I know there has been a huge backlog of tests obtained that haven't been run yet.

Anyone waiting on the HBS waitlist decisions?

Could anyone tell me on the onboarding process in optum. Do we need to report to office. And what's next..

Trying to count the maximum number of overlaps in at a given time in a series of date ranges. Finding an overlap is easy, but not sure how to cycle through date ranges while keeping a Max count

Boss seems to think I should learn Access and wants me to find a class. I can fumble around in VBA, but really only through using google. Is Access worth it or is there something better?

I’m studying addiction psychology and I’m curious what treatments you all have personally found to be most effective (eg types of therapies, 12 step programs, rehabs, detoxes, spiritual practices etc)

Your favorite formula (or combination) that you get surprised someone didn’t know. E.g I like using SUMIFs and surprised people still use SUMIF. Also SUMPRODUCT another favorite one of mine.

I have a pus under my skin that I can’t get to (might need a scalpel to reach the white goo) It is pretty painful and I am worried that it might grow into a bigger infection ….. should I go to a doctor for this? And who should I go to? Family doctor? Generally physicians? I have not seen a doctor in the US before..

Want to know abbvie work life balance at Abbvie, Worcester, MA site?

Has anyone had success creating and selling Amazon merch? I just got approved and would love some advice on how to be successful.

Anyone here from IQVIA that have had their green card sponsored here? What was your timeline like?

Did your company make any announcement regarding Roe v Wade?

Have you ever had an ED/behavior student who liked to be restrained? Why and is that a common thing?

I’m getting an elementary resource/learning support student next week with a history of hitting, biting, threatening, swearing, punching and kicking. Anyone have great behavior advice?

Does anyone know what criteria determines how restrictive of a setting students are placed in?? I’m a preschool sped teacher in a 12:1 room and some of my students are verbal with a 25% delay while others are fully nonverbal with more than a 50% delay in multiple areas. How were they all recommended for a 12:1 instead of a 10:1 or 8:1??

Who out there is itinerant and how does your work handle numbers on your “caseload”

And K-3 pull out teachers willing to share their schedule with me. Looking to redo mine in December and want to see how others do it!

I have been teaching students with special needs for 21 years now. The class size used to be 12:1. Now it’s 15:1, but you can have up to 18 students with the variance. Now my Principal said that you can have up to 19 students!!!! Is anyone else noticing that the self contained class is getting larger?

What's up fellow EE teachers. How's you guys' caseloads looking?

Looking for ISC Teachers. I’m a PPS special education ISC teacher. I’m frustrated that I don’t have a professional learning community. If you are an ISC teacher, or know someone who is, please consider getting in touch. My hope is to start our own PLC where we can talk about challenges, strategies, and systems in our setting.

What are your go-to apps, websites, blogs, social media handles, and podcasts to get the best inspiration and strategies to work with special needs populations?

I am currently a special education teacher in high school. I have been almost pushed out of my job. I said I'd never teach an 8:1:1 but I have an opportunity to do so. Any thoughts? Does anybody teach an 8:1:1, and would like to tell me more about it.

How do you determine how many sped minutes of pull out your students need? I’ve heard some schools go off some type of equation of how far behind equates to a certain amount of minutes. I’m just wondering what other people do!

Granddaughter just accepted her first position in education as a para II. She supports one student but when that student is absent, she asked to help others. She asked me for advice about supporting a kindergarten autistic student that has just arrived from India and does not speak English and neither do parents. He is not aggressive but will refuse to move from task to task. What would be your advice?

Please discuss how the role of advocacy has evolved with technology and its limitations.

Educational book recommendations! I love to read, please list any educational books you loved, especially related to special education!

Hello, I was wondering if anyone knows of or has curriculum for students in a Study Skills class?

I have been given three sections of Study Skills with 15-20 students in each.
I have always taught SDC, but this year my district said that we can do that now. When I got my credential I was not allowed to teach Resource classes unless I took classes and received the Resource Certificate. Does anyone know if this is legal?

I received my credentials in 1996/1997 and the other in 1998

Hi! I'm a GedEd Middle School ELA teacher in Texas. This year I'm teaching 3 sections of coteach ELA and it's been a nightmare. I don't know if the coteach model is just a nighmare or if it's just the way my school/district has rolled it out that is making it a nightmare. Does anyone have experience with coteach? Any help is appreciated.

So, I’ve just completed an IEP draft, and as I was updating the present levels I felt like I had less data and less accurate data since we’ve come back this fall. I hate it because Its vital to have the data to put things in place for the student to be successful, although my students mental and physical well being and survival at school and in the world are more important than trying to gather accurate data when they are sitting in front of me. Any thoughts?

Does anyone else have to do progress monitoring? This is bull!

While de-escalating a situation or dealing with a child having an outburst I tend to notice outside coworkers coming in my room to offer help or just check in. I find this doesn’t help it actually makes the situation worse. Would it be rude of me to send out an email asking them not to interrupt since it can make the situation work. I know most of the time it’s cause they are being nosy.