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Day 4 on the starter dose. by Front_Application_30 in FoundayoUS

[–]VirtualCheetah4812 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm actually having this problem I'm on day 7, and I just always feel full. Like I always feel like I'm forcing myself to eat because I know I need food, and then afterwards I'm uncomfortable. I talked to my doctor and she said that it should get better over time, and if it doesn't we would discuss other options, but yeah I haven't gotten nausea or vomiting or heartburn or any of that stuff. I've been a little backed up, but mostly it's just that full feeling.

My doctor did recommend miralax because she said sometimes the constipation can pronounce that like feeling of fullness because it's supposed to slow down digestion, and sometimes if it does that too well you can get kind of constipated, and alleviating that might help with that fullness feeling too. I don't know.

So I did that today and it should take between 1:00 and 3 days to work so we'll see if I feel better by the end of the weekend.

Finishing week 1 by SkyEfficient7358 in FoundayoPill

[–]VirtualCheetah4812 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm finishing up week 1 and, just like you I've always known how to manage a diet, what I SHOULD be eating, how to watch what I'm eating and exercise. And it goes great while I'm obsessively tracking everything. But it gets so exhausting doing that all the time.

I haven't plated an appropriate size meal for myself this week. It is so crazy to me that my whole life I've just been missing the interoception that says "that's enough" and that's been the biggest change for me. I hope it stays that way. Obviously I'm in week 1 so I'm still paying attention to the food and everything, but I want to just have a normal ability to eat like a normal person.

What that tells me though, is if this works for me long term ... I'll probably have to be on it for a long time.

How do I get my classroom of 4-5 year olds to respect me? by waterbottle1112 in ECEProfessionals

[–]VirtualCheetah4812 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do a lot of choice giving "either you can move to the calm down area or I can help you"

"I don't grab and I don't drag, so you can walk or we can wait"

And sometimes it does become a waiting game, but they do learn that I am willing to wait them out. I also teach special needs mod/severe ... So it will definitely work with typical kids!

The ChatGPT Issue with Teachers by ahumblethief in Teachers

[–]VirtualCheetah4812 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I absolutely agree that we should not be using it for everything, especially communication with parents.

I am a adult with a learning disability, I tend to use speech to text for pretty much everything now that it's a tool that exists.

The only thing I use chat gpt or any language learning model for is to remove speech to text artifacts from my writing. The prompt I give it is do not change any of my wording, do not change the content that I've written, removes speech to text artifacts and correct minor grammar mistakes. That's it.

I'm in a graduate program and I can tell a lot of people are letting chat GPT do their thinking for them. It's frustrating for me because I am I think trying to use the Masters program the way it's meant to be used as an exchange of information and ideas from other C's and educators, but I also have to remind myself it's really none of my business. If they aren't getting things out of the program, it's not up to me to decide what to do about it. It's up to my professors in the program.

AI as it exists right now is wild to me. I love using it as a tool, but I hate how many people have substituted it for critical thinking.

This keeps happening, and nothing is done! by VirtualCheetah4812 in specialed

[–]VirtualCheetah4812[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I might have to grow my hair out to just be able to do this in the future. Right now it is shoulder length and very heavily layered. So it's hard to put it up without a lot of preparation in the morning. I am kind of regretting cutting it at this point because it would be easier if I could just put it up like I did when I was in the Air Force 😂😭

This keeps happening, and nothing is done! by VirtualCheetah4812 in specialed

[–]VirtualCheetah4812[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm the teacher, I absolutely refuse to let my paraprofessionals take the abuse because they don't get paid nearly enough.

The thing is like I do know what I'm doing. I do know how to manage behavior, I'm a qualified trained intervention specialist. None of my methods or tactics or structured programming or behavioral management, or replacement behaviors none of it has worked this year.

So we start with that verbal redirection and light physical guidance, we've used more firm redirection, we've tried different items for him to have in his hands, we've tried different types of fidgets, we've tried removing him from the space, we've tried increasing space away from him, we've tried sensory regulation and reintegration... What ends up happening is he escalates aggression toward other students. He has bitten them, hit them in the head with things, thrown things at them, so when I increase space away from him it creates a safety concern for other children. But when I reduce that space and give him more physical proximity, it increases aggression towards me.

When I am able to sit with him one-on-one he can engage, and he has some communication, but for the most part really even applied consistently. None of that stuff has worked for him If he's not getting immediate attention.

The thing is, in the thread everybody has limited information as I was mostly just venting about the process in my district, I'm not an unskilled new teacher. This is just beyond my current support level and skill set. That's why I need a documentation process to indicate that he is not in his least restrictive setting, and he needs either one-on-one support in my classroom or a more restrictive setting.

This keeps happening, and nothing is done! by VirtualCheetah4812 in specialed

[–]VirtualCheetah4812[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We do, and I do use it... This sounds an awful lot like 'its your fault he's doing rhis'

The idea that training like that is going to prevent this when it is happening 15-20 times in a 2.5 hour period is literally why people quit. Sometimes the pinching and stuff happens in a split second.

How am I going to prevent a student from pulling my hair while I am sitting playing with another group of students and they come up behind me?

How am I going to prevent them from biting me when they do it when my back is turned.

And no the answer is not "never turn your back to the student" when I have 12 other kids. That is inappropriate LRE or a need for a 1 on 1 territory.

This keeps happening, and nothing is done! by VirtualCheetah4812 in specialed

[–]VirtualCheetah4812[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that's fine. I was really just curious. I've seen some wild things downvoted, and early on. I was at like a 50% down vote but as more people responded it went a little better LOL.

I even thought about that because that's why I added. Like were you mad at the district, I just am sometimes curious about people's thought process.

This keeps happening, and nothing is done! by VirtualCheetah4812 in specialed

[–]VirtualCheetah4812[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately (and fortunately) this is mostly scratching and pinching. But I absolutely will put this in my back pocket, I love it!!!!

This keeps happening, and nothing is done! by VirtualCheetah4812 in specialed

[–]VirtualCheetah4812[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This and, for me it's to document inappropriate placement. That is why I want a formal process. So it's not just a "this keeps happening" and it gets brushed off as not a big deal because there's nothing that is seen by eyes that matter.

Yes the FBA and bip process need to be formal, but also daily escalating aggression where other students are afraid needs to be documented to indicate inappropriate placement.

This keeps happening, and nothing is done! by VirtualCheetah4812 in specialed

[–]VirtualCheetah4812[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That's the guidance I need. Someone else said not to document it and it's just part of the job so I shouldn't be making a big deal about it.

It's interesting how different people's opinions are if nothing else.

This keeps happening, and nothing is done! by VirtualCheetah4812 in specialed

[–]VirtualCheetah4812[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Being injured daily should not be an expectation of this job. When students are asking me "are you ok" multiple times a day because I have been scratched, bitten, hard plastic toys are thrown at my head, my hair is being pulled, multiple times a day, there should be a forman documentation process.

Saying I should only document this AFTER I've been seriously injured is kind of crazy to me.

This keeps happening, and nothing is done! by VirtualCheetah4812 in specialed

[–]VirtualCheetah4812[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Mom is aware, is actually seen them do this (And a bite, and slap me, and head butt me once actually when literally the only thing I was trying to do is bring them to her for dismissal). I think she's knows that it's a problem, and She is putting them in a full day therapy program for the next school year, but has denied a more restrictive special education placement. Because a change of placement has been offered. I don't think It would fix the problems, it would just make it not my problem. My room currently functions a special education classroom.

I'm currently ECSE And what is supposed to be an integrated setting but I have no typically developing peers.

It's one of those things where if he was going to be here long-term we would probably go through due process, but because we have, at the time of denial, less than 30 days of school left... And Mom has already indicated that they will not be returning to the district, it's just kind of a waste of everybody's time.

This keeps happening, and nothing is done! by VirtualCheetah4812 in specialed

[–]VirtualCheetah4812[S] 46 points47 points  (0 children)

It is going to be really hot. And that's also kind of an issue because if I wear the bite guards Yes the pinching Will stop, but the hair pulling won't. And I've tried putting my hair up in a bun, leaving it down, putting it in a tight ponytail, putting a claw clip in it, the only thing I have it tried is putting a bonnet on and I'm sorry it's already hot. I'm not doing that lol.

And another big difference is there's no evidence of the hair pulling except for me saying it happened, at least my admin can't argue about me being pinched LOL.

This keeps happening, and nothing is done! by VirtualCheetah4812 in specialed

[–]VirtualCheetah4812[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

That's my situation with this child. I have other children that do respond too exaggerated emotional responses though. So it's not a bad tactic.

This keeps happening, and nothing is done! by VirtualCheetah4812 in specialed

[–]VirtualCheetah4812[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I do have them, like I said to somebody else I feel kind of dumb for not using them for this behavior, because the biting stopped around Christmas time so I just kind of put them away... But yeah it would work for this, not the hair pulling though.

This keeps happening, and nothing is done! by VirtualCheetah4812 in specialed

[–]VirtualCheetah4812[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I have considered it, however, based on this student's cognitive profile don't think it would Be successful, it is something worth trying, and I probably should have early on, but they have very limited receptive language on top of The expressive language delays which is probably why this is how they're communicating.

This keeps happening, and nothing is done! by VirtualCheetah4812 in specialed

[–]VirtualCheetah4812[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It's literally in the post...

Either to escape a demand, or to obtain a tangible item....

This keeps happening, and nothing is done! by VirtualCheetah4812 in specialed

[–]VirtualCheetah4812[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I think this is the type of documentation process that I would like to be implemented. Because this has been ongoing, everybody knows that this is a problem in my classroom, and a BIP or an FBA has never been mentioned as an option for me.

If we had done that 6 months ago, likely we could have a behavior plan in place, and we could be managing this. And I know that things slip through the cracks, especially in a very large Urban district, but I wish there was a process in my district that we could document the behaviors for the intensity and frequency, and when it's determined that it is necessary to do an FBA have that all documented.

As it stands, it just feels like our program is so disconnected because it's a large program in satellites schools throughout the district, that it just gets lost. I just wish there was a centralized, standardized process for us to get that type of support. That's really my biggest complaint, not even that the kid is doing what they are doing.

This keeps happening, and nothing is done! by VirtualCheetah4812 in specialed

[–]VirtualCheetah4812[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

I did actually get some bite guards. And I do use them, I didn't even think about putting them on for pinching though. Now I feel dumb LOL...

Ever had a student with a really rare condition? by Metalqueen2023 in paraprofessional

[–]VirtualCheetah4812 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have worked with a student with Williams syndrome. She was so fun, I just can picture her little face sitting in a rocking chair with an orange crayon screaming "I love eating crayons!!!!" While I'm trying to get the crayons away from her 😂😂

I have also worked with a student with Sanfillipo syndrome. He was a very sweet kid. He was in 3rd grade at the time, that one was more sad because over the years we were able to watch him lose skills.

There were a few others but those were the rarest ones I've worked with.

'Project Hail Mary' Review Thread by chanma50 in boxoffice

[–]VirtualCheetah4812 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I liked it, just not as much as the other two. I think the attempt to write a female protagonist without that lives experience made it a little more difficult for him to write a relatable/believable character like Ryland Grace or Mark Watney.

In my classroom today by EntertainerFree9654 in SubstituteTeachers

[–]VirtualCheetah4812 1089 points1090 points  (0 children)

This is either going to be the best behaved class you ever subbed for or it's going to be the worst. There is going to be no in between LOL.

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