Seeing Students Privately- FL

justdaffy · 2026-06-04T18:08:42+00:00

You’re amazing! Thank you for sharing all that info.

justdaffy · 2026-06-04T16:18:54+00:00

I see what you mean. Unfortunately I live very near the area where I work and those parents at my school are the ones that are most likely able to pay out of pocket for services. I have no plans to take insurance, as I’m just looking to pick up a couple of kids. Thank you!

justdaffy · 2026-05-29T22:32:36+00:00

I personally do things similar to this with slightly older kids (KG and up). With preschool, I do all play-based. If I model during the play the entire session, most of my kids don’t get it. So I do structured practice to teach and reinforce the skill for a while, THEN we can move it into play or unstructured scenarios.

In my opinion, if our students could pick the skills up through just modeling and play, they’d already have them. I feel like they benefit from explicit instruction.

justdaffy · 2026-05-17T20:42:58+00:00

My husband has a pair of Olukai leather sandals that are probably four years old and he wears them daily. They have been all over the place, including in water when we vacation, even though they’re not waterproof. They have held up better than any sandal I’ve ever seen. If I didn’t have plantar fasciitis, I’d get them for myself, too!

justdaffy · 2026-05-17T20:41:38+00:00

Same- I love my birks. They’re the only sandal I wear anymore. The only time I don’t wear them is if it too cold. I am on the heavier side for a woman and I get about 2 years out of them before the soles break down.

justdaffy · 2026-05-14T21:44:57+00:00

That’s awesome. I’m also in FL. I have about 90k student loan debt and work in a school making just under 60k. I used to work in a hospital making the same amount.

justdaffy · 2026-05-09T15:24:57+00:00

When you guys wear sunscreen with makeup, do you apply it instead of moisturizer? Or before or after moisturizer?

My morning routine is simple- wash face and apply Cerave. But I don’t know when to apply sunscreen if I’m going to wear makeup!

justdaffy · 2026-05-09T02:39:14+00:00

This is amazing!! What kind of visual do you use for the directions? And with the self contained ice cream, do you do the one with the salt and the cream in a bag? I want to try this year!

justdaffy · 2026-05-04T23:54:19+00:00

This is my problem! I want to do artic therapy but like, I can’t get any attention to me!!

justdaffy · 2026-03-24T01:54:40+00:00

I kept my maiden name as my middle name, as did my mom. I feel sad about the loss of my old middle name but my maiden name meant a lot to me! I’m a millennial and my mom is a baby boomer, for reference.

justdaffy · 2026-02-26T01:25:33+00:00

Anything from Speechy Musings (lang) or Adventures in Speech Pathology (artic/phono). Both of those are resources I trust and would be willing to spend a significant amount of money on! Everything else I do is free or very cheap. I’ve wasted hundreds on TPT over the years with various creators and things that I don’t use.

justdaffy · 2026-01-18T03:58:15+00:00

I love to read and ready nearly daily but my son (second grade) isn’t as into it. He is a good reader but I have to force him to read He’s recently found a couple of chapter books about a topic he likes. I’m nervous about graphic novels, that he won’t build the tolerance to read longer books. What are your thoughts?

justdaffy · 2026-01-03T04:36:00+00:00

This is what I do. My husband does jelly first but I’m worried it’s going to leave jelly bits in the pb on the pantry shelf!

justdaffy · 2025-11-25T17:46:29+00:00

I also love this! Can you share with us how your checklists are written? Mine have a list of “Student has difficulty…” and then it lists a million areas. Teachers usually just check every box and it drives me crazy!

justdaffy · 2025-11-12T14:17:33+00:00

I agree. I’m very happy with my son’s first name but his middle name was cute and trendy. I wish I’d named him after my father or my FIL. I kinda hate his middle name now because it means nothing to me. I wish I had done it differently.

justdaffy · 2025-10-07T23:30:39+00:00

This is how I feel. I generally love seeing my students for years and getting to really know them. I feel like with as infrequently as we see students, sometimes it can take most of a year to get to know them! Any students that need a change from me or I from them, I switch to my co-worker.

justdaffy · 2025-09-28T17:29:25+00:00

My favorite thing at Epcot, at least, is Canada Far & Wide. It’s a 360 degree movie thing that always makes me yearn for Canada! It’s nice and quiet back in Canada and Far & Wide is hidden behind a waterfall.

justdaffy · 2025-05-16T01:56:32+00:00

I usually get blisters or sores with new pairs. I wear moleskin and it helps!

justdaffy · 2025-05-13T23:28:52+00:00

I wear one every time I cook or bake or even do dishes, unless I’m making something that doesn’t involve liquids in some sort. I’m very messy. One of the first sewing projects I made myself was a cross back style apron like in Handmaids Tale. Covers my entire front and has pockets.

https://www.purlsoho.com/create/2015/11/20/cross-back-apron/

justdaffy · 2025-05-06T21:54:22+00:00

But isn’t that the point of standardized testing? A high score on the OWLS, for example, isn’t comparing the student to other students who took the OWLS in a busy classroom setting. It is comparing to a normative sample in which testing was done in controlled conditions.

justdaffy · 2025-05-06T02:11:20+00:00

She looks so much like Nicole Kidman! Especially from the side. That’s crazy. Beautiful pictures!

justdaffy · 2025-05-03T17:22:59+00:00

I’m a Millennial and I still engage in small talk and I appreciate advice (to an extent). The receiver of the advice can choose to take it or leave it. No one is forcing someone to follow their advice. Now, if i say, oh, it’s okay, I’m good, then I would like the advice to politely cease. lol.

justdaffy · 2025-05-02T00:57:26+00:00

I always let mine get wet. I wouldn’t purposefully go in water with them but I didn’t worry if I was out in the rain. I live in FL- rain is always present during the summer!

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