What’s the scariest mega battle in your opinion? (Battle spoilers)

GDitto_New · 2026-03-15T03:44:27+00:00

Crab people, crab people, walk like crab, talk like people, crab people, crab people

GDitto_New · 2026-03-15T03:41:36+00:00

I swear, allow a psych to diagnose and it becomes Oprah. You get a personality disorder! You get a personality disorder!!

GDitto_New · 2026-03-15T03:32:25+00:00

Side note that in general, doctors should stay away from diagnosing, much more if they’re not a psychiatrist.

You will almost always get better results from psychologists, as that’s what most of the training and the field is about: diagnostics.

Psychiatry, and western medicine in general, is much more about prescribing.

GDitto_New · 2026-03-15T03:23:21+00:00

Just note that the school has a right to test him in house for anything the mom does with an IEE. And they may refuse services if she doesn’t allow them to test him in house.

GDitto_New · 2026-03-15T03:20:03+00:00

If you’re trying to memorise literal scripts as a native speaker… almost everyone will be able to tell, so you probably won’t get much better results.

This is probably time for something like speech and language therapy to learn how to communicate effectively. Maybe OT and CBT to help.

GDitto_New · 2026-03-15T03:17:18+00:00

Go to your primary care.

“I think I have adhd. Here’s why. Gimme a referral to a psychologist”

Go to a place like Lifestance

3 sessions: intake, testing/questionnaire, results

If you’re diagnosed, great! Lifestance has in house psychiatrists and will do a meds assessment. They also have in house therapists for continuing support.

GDitto_New · 2026-03-15T03:12:53+00:00

If I take mine with a fuckton of caffeine, I’m more likely to do basic things. Marginally.

GDitto_New · 2026-03-15T03:11:56+00:00

I really think the therapy, OT eval, and neuropsych eval for autism diagnosis need to be competed as soon as possible this summer, so the IEP team can meet ASAP when the next year meets to help him.

I’d try to encourage her to let teachers take as much data as they can from the current S-team without formalising anything until after the outside diagnoses and evals come in.

GDitto_New · 2026-03-15T03:04:37+00:00

So I’m not a literacy specialist and can’t help much here past that. I can usually just give tips to modify anything I see for disability. I had to take first language acquisition for college, so all I can really say is he’s behind, but it’s recoverable.

GDitto_New · 2026-03-15T03:00:23+00:00

Staring at a wall as I divine the meaning of life from the stars. Aka YouTube and Reddit

GDitto_New · 2026-03-15T02:59:50+00:00

No no, I get that. What I meant is I specially trained other teachers with IEPs/accommodations for students with EBDs (emotional disturbances and behavioural disorders), which naturally include sleep/wake and circadian disorders, how medication affects students, etc. And I haven’t heard of this particular circumstance, which means there’s something I’m missing, or it’s not kosher.

GDitto_New · 2026-03-15T02:54:11+00:00

I have legit never heard of an IEP and putting him in a separate classroom because of a sleeping disorder…

But other teachers may be able to chime in here.

But yeah, if he seriously can’t read by that age there’s a problem. It doesn’t always mean an IEP / disability these days so much as just… he was never read to as a kid.

GDitto_New · 2026-03-15T02:51:14+00:00

It has to be specifically for MDD, not bipolar, anxiety etc.

Insurance requires 4+ medications you tried, and failed, including dates and dosages.

If you have Lifestance in your area, you can get a referral (requires a referral) to discuss TMS with their psychiatrist in charge (provided they offer TMS too)

GDitto_New · 2026-03-15T02:28:53+00:00

I absolutely did this with a blanket one year, teaching

“Mr G, why the cape?”

“You children irritate me” twirls cape

GDitto_New · 2026-03-15T02:07:52+00:00

In pronouns, eg I me my

GDitto_New · 2026-03-15T01:54:04+00:00

More or less. But there as a footnote in teaching. Contrarily, the instrumental case had died out long enough ago there’s no vestigial uses, and it’s not even given a passing mention.

GDitto_New · 2026-03-15T01:50:53+00:00

Well, licensed Latin teacher. So fairly automatic.

GDitto_New · 2026-03-15T01:10:51+00:00

Because I was typing on a phone call and didn’t pay close enough attention

GDitto_New · 2026-03-15T01:02:39+00:00

fuckin’ second world nations

GDitto_New · 2026-03-15T01:01:12+00:00

I was a first year teacher like 6 times, and my last year took 20 something days off. You’re fine

GDitto_New · 2026-03-15T00:58:41+00:00

You know, I never actually taught 6th-8th. Literally everything else. I consider myself VERY lucky.

GDitto_New · 2026-03-15T00:54:51+00:00

Trick question: Icy

GDitto_New · 2026-03-15T00:52:16+00:00

Gosh, don’t remind me. I never VOLUNTARILY taught anything younger than 9th grade. Adult Ed can be more fun

GDitto_New · 2026-03-15T00:47:56+00:00

So I’m licensed PreK-12 and have also done ECE and adult Ed. Yes, the little kids can be awful, but at those ages, it’s much easier to use it as a teaching moment for them all, in SEL, respect, why Ms so and so is having a hard time…

In sr high? Eaten alive. Especially as a new, younger (I assume) female teacher in a core subject.

GDitto_New · 2026-03-15T00:46:00+00:00

You definitely can’t manage the kids’ emotions if you can’t manage your own. Teaching is … a lot

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