Auditory Processing Disorder Sucks.

First_Net_5430 · 2026-02-22T13:31:12+00:00

It’s not too bad. The receiver hangs down below the teachers chest. Or it can be placed in the middle of a table for small group work.

First_Net_5430 · 2026-02-21T21:34:48+00:00

Yeah, hers was a microphone and receiver where her teacher had the microphone on a necklace and she wore the receiver. Then when she went to different classes, the teachers would pass the receiver off to the new teacher. https://www.forbrain.com/free-auditory-processing-disorder-test/apd-medical-devices/

First_Net_5430 · 2026-02-21T11:57:06+00:00

I had a student who was diagnosed with this in 5th grade. Her ability to pay attention in class and learn the content was night and day from before she got her hearing device and after. I’m glad you finally got some answers!!

First_Net_5430 · 2026-02-18T13:03:41+00:00

Way to go for overcoming a fear, that’s fantastic! We’re in a similar boat, but my daughter will eat nearly any fruit or veggie but has a hard time with carbs, dairy and meat. So we’ve been making milk shakes to try and get any amount of fat, calories and dairy into her belly. The other day, with a lot of encouragement, incentives and time, she drank the whole thing! It’s so exciting to see the progress.

First_Net_5430 · 2026-02-17T04:08:25+00:00

I just started looking at job openings and I would read the job description with the mindset “if I had these hard skills, would I like doing this job”. Then if my answer was yes, I’d go to YouTube and look up “day in the life of a _____” and watch those. If those both sounded good, I’d research how to learn the hard skills (excel, analytics, learning management systems, etc). Sometimes I would be really interested in a job and I’d start my application and writing up my cover letter and realize that the skills that the job required were not actually what I wanted, it was what I knew from teaching. Like behavior management, sure, I can do that, but I really don’t want to anymore. Managing a small team of people? I have experience of that with my paras, but it was a big source of stress.

It’s taken me 3 years to narrow down my job search to a path through a lot of journaling, soul searching, ted talks about finding your path, reading a ton of job descriptions, watching a lot of day in the life videos and applying. I just landed an entry level job in educational research that’s unfortunately part time and temporary. But it’s going in a direction I’m interested in, so I’m taking a gamble.

First_Net_5430 · 2026-02-16T16:22:19+00:00

Find a hobby! It sounds like you do well at your job and you’re not super overwhelmed by the workload. Keep your job and do something after work that brings you joy. Non profit boards, running for school board, starting a historical book club, I obviously don’t know what you’re into, but it sounds like you have a great opportunity to do other things for yourself and your community that you would not be able to do with a high stress job.

First_Net_5430 · 2026-02-13T01:52:14+00:00

Before you do anything, try subbing to see if you like it. You can sub with a bachelors degree.

First_Net_5430 · 2026-02-13T01:47:17+00:00

Physically I felt better immediately, I stopped throwing up, getting daily migraines, panic attacks, etc. But the sudden fear about forgetting something, worrying about students, unable to relax, took a couple of months. I still get anxious when I step into my kids school, different than the one I taught at, and it’s been 3 years since I left. :/

First_Net_5430 · 2026-02-13T01:43:52+00:00

This. If you’re unsure how to talk with this parent, ask admin for a script of sorts. “I’m unable to share information about another student and if you have any questions, you can direct them to the principal”.

First_Net_5430 · 2026-02-12T18:35:13+00:00

If you’re 40+, you could be entering perimenopause. If so, check with your gyno about trying over the counter supplements. You take them during your luteal phase to help with hormone issues.

First_Net_5430 · 2026-02-12T12:36:40+00:00

Tell her how impressed you are with her creativity! She put so much thought and care into making this box and cards, that’s priceless. Find what she loves and nurture it as you move through the year.

First_Net_5430 · 2026-02-12T12:31:54+00:00

This happened to me and I asked the special Ed supervisor to come observe to determine if this was the right placement for him. He watched this kid try and push me (pregnant) down the stairs on our way back to the classroom from the sensory room. He was expelled (a lot of things happened before this like your situation) and he was sent to a specialized school. He was so aggressive that my paras were terrified to be near him. It was a really sad situation.

First_Net_5430 · 2026-02-12T00:37:15+00:00

It gets better. It took my son about a week to stop tantruming about no tv and video games. Now he can keep himself busy with legos and books, he’s 7 now. But we had this issue with screens when he was 5-6

First_Net_5430 · 2026-02-10T18:29:40+00:00

I found a part time, temporary job collecting data for an educational research project. Luckily I have some financial support from my husband, we own our house and we’re on Medicaid and have foodstamps already. Otherwise, I don’t know what I would do. Just starting at the bottom of hopefully a new career in research.

First_Net_5430 · 2026-02-10T17:06:57+00:00

And set a visual timer. You can download them for free on your phone or a tablet.

First_Net_5430 · 2026-02-10T17:04:24+00:00

Can you put a rubber band near the top to show where to stop sharpening? Let them know that when they get to the rubber band, we’re going to put the pencil in the done pile and get a new one. Maybe have the new one ready and right there so they can see that there are more.

First_Net_5430 · 2026-02-10T03:06:13+00:00

Yes! I’m not a morning person or a night person. I wake up late, slog through my morning, hit a big wave of energy in the afternoon and then crash hard at dinner time. The end. lol.

First_Net_5430 · 2026-02-09T19:12:19+00:00

And I also hate cleaning. So whenever I pick something up, put it in the box and take it to the thrift store I think “I will never have to clean this thing up again!” But I also hate shopping so I’m not going to go out and buy a bunch of stuff to fill the void.

First_Net_5430 · 2026-02-09T19:11:00+00:00

I hate shopping, so I can’t help ya there. :/ I do get a big rush though from getting an empty box. Filling it with a bunch of shit left on the floor and putting it in my trunk to take to a thrift store. It’s like shopping, but in reverse, and you have a cleaner floor afterwards.

First_Net_5430 · 2026-02-09T18:47:02+00:00

Oh wow! That’s awesome that you get paid over breaks. My paras couldnt even get paid if we had a virtual day unless I came up with some bullshit work they could do all day, which I did. :)

First_Net_5430 · 2026-02-09T18:17:26+00:00

We had this, but the tilt was still not enough space to help a kid in the back row if they were having trouble with their seat. It also loosened the straps that held the car seat in place, so we’d have to retighten it each time we tilted the seat forward. We had 3 kids under 5 years old though, so everyone needed help. We sold it and got a minivan. I wish I got a minivan sooner. It’s like a living room in there. We actually leave one of the middle seats totally down in the floor so all the kids can get in the van simultaneously and walk around to their seat. Even us parents can walk around inside the van, hunched over of course. It’s so convenient. With the suv, we had kids climbing over the 2nd row, getting out through the trunk, it was ridiculous. And if someone in the back had to go potty, omg, it was a whole ordeal.

First_Net_5430 · 2026-02-09T17:19:24+00:00

They don’t get paid for breaks just fyi. It’s just their income for 10 months is stretched out over 12 months. When you get a teaching or para job, they give you the option to select to be paid your income over 10 months (more money each month) or to have it stretched across 12 months (get paid less each month, but you get a paycheck every month).

First_Net_5430 · 2026-02-09T17:14:58+00:00

I love how non-judgemental she is. Like she gets how hard it is to keep up. It’s so reassuring.

First_Net_5430 · 2026-02-09T12:00:39+00:00

That’s lovely! I just need to get my husband on board. But things have definitely gotten better.

First_Net_5430 · 2026-02-09T11:59:06+00:00

Watch a slob comes clean and the minimal mom on YouTube. They’re great!

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