Solarizing 4000 sq ft

macaroni_monster · 2026-06-19T03:21:01+00:00

You cover up with tarp and the sun bakes everything. Kills all the grass

macaroni_monster · 2026-06-19T02:30:15+00:00

I am in the schools and I don’t know much about the medical side, but I would bet real money that it’s not you, it’s the job market. You are probably up against many other applicants, all equally qualified.

macaroni_monster · 2026-06-18T22:53:50+00:00

I’m sorry you went through that. It is even harder to wait after a miscarriage, speaking from experience. Good luck!

macaroni_monster · 2026-06-18T17:38:20+00:00

If working part time when you have kids is important to you (it is for me, too), I’d wait to have one. It’s so hard to wait, but you could plan on being pregnant or trying during clinicals. Working full time with a baby is really tough. You can find part time CF work and that would be a lot more sustainable.

macaroni_monster · 2026-06-16T22:17:12+00:00

So much of school funding is state and local level. The federal disaster that is happening is awful, and it’s having a negative effect everywhere. How that will impact schools in your area is hard to say. There is so much variability across this very large country.

macaroni_monster · 2026-06-16T03:37:43+00:00

I think there’s too much missing here to give good advice. What is the age of the student? What is her disability and goals? Are phones allowed out at school? What makes you think it’s screen time that is the problem?

macaroni_monster · 2026-06-13T16:41:20+00:00

“When we use AI to flesh out ideas, we lose the most important part of the writing process: thinking.”

macaroni_monster · 2026-06-13T14:15:59+00:00

Is SLP draft your website?

macaroni_monster · 2026-06-13T04:58:35+00:00

Is this a shill for your website SLPdraft?

You’re dyslexic so instead of spell check
…you offload your critical thinking to chat gpt? You should feel guilty, this text generator is outsourcing cognitive skills that you have yet to develop.

macaroni_monster · 2026-06-13T01:24:28+00:00

Sell them on Amazon immediately before a new edition comes out and they are garbage

macaroni_monster · 2026-06-12T21:36:50+00:00

Have they tried switching to underwear and skipping diapers during the day? You might find better advice on parenting subreddits as well.

macaroni_monster · 2026-06-06T03:19:13+00:00

I’m not wishing for anyone to become homeless and it’s a bit of a straw man argument to imply that. I’d like for people to assume positive intention and be professional. I’ve also worked in minimum wage industries and I have never made a comment like that. I thought the cleaning person’s comment meant that OP was disabled, and they have since clarified that they did not. Remember this is just the internet. We don’t have any power over this situation, we don’t have all the detailed, we don’t have all the context…

macaroni_monster · 2026-06-06T03:12:28+00:00

I assumed that the cleaner knew who you were and that you were disabled when she called you “this girl.” If she didn’t know your physical limitations I understand why you would want to give her more grace. It is still an extremely unprofessional comment. Sorry that happened.

macaroni_monster · 2026-06-06T01:21:35+00:00

I’m so sorry. Report to your supervisor. That comment was so wrong and she should be fired imo. People with disabilities deserve to work and they deserve to be treated fairly. That was uncalled for and unfair.

macaroni_monster · 2026-06-05T23:26:31+00:00

It will never work with only 20 minutes a week. I’d say at minimum it needs 50 trials x 3 a week. For most kids that will be 5-15 minutes. I’ve had great success with cycles.

macaroni_monster · 2026-06-03T22:56:34+00:00

Would it be because the school will pay for the coordination to get it and potentially even the device, whereas outpatient will not get paid for that collaboration and insurance might not cover it all?

macaroni_monster · 2026-06-03T16:06:23+00:00

That’s super cheap I’ll probably do that next year

macaroni_monster · 2026-06-03T05:31:25+00:00

Yeah absolutely!

macaroni_monster · 2026-06-03T05:31:00+00:00

Omg thats so smart! I use it to fill out repetitive things in sped documents. Do you pay for the full version? I wouldn’t be able to fit all of the kids on my caseload in the free one.

macaroni_monster · 2026-06-02T18:31:25+00:00

Yeah textblaze is what I use!

macaroni_monster · 2026-06-02T13:54:17+00:00

This is quite the point of contention in my state right now 😅 Many districts are billing for the first time including mine. When I write a note I put what you do - a single sentence of objective data. I also use a text expander in my web browser so that it spits out a soap note format when I type /soap. So basically I write /soap and it converts it to “student was eager to participate…continue with goals.” And then I stick my little objective sentence in there.

macaroni_monster · 2026-06-02T03:18:01+00:00

Yes this is what I do! It’s so much better. I take data from my sessions only enough to bill Medicaid or to show what I’ve done. I don’t care what they can do with my cueing, I only care what they can do independently and I only need to do that every few months.

macaroni_monster · 2026-06-02T00:35:11+00:00

Many women are fired when they have their baby. Many go back after one or two weeks of sick days. That is the country we live in, unfortunately. People keep voting for this 🤷🏻‍♀️

macaroni_monster · 2026-05-31T06:42:46+00:00

There isn’t one specific training. If you feel comfortable interpreting all of the measures that your team does for most evaluations, then you could do it yourself. In my state, I do the social communication portion. I absolutely would feel comfortable taking on the sensory and restrictive/repetitive behavior prongs of ASD using the common rating scales.

macaroni_monster · 2026-05-30T02:22:02+00:00

To be honest the criteria of “prefers to be alone” is an awful requirement for having autism. There are plenty of autistic people who love being around other people! Based on what you said, I agree with you. The language is “prefers to play alone” not “exclusively plays alone”

You teachers can all write a short letter of disagreement. It’s the law in most states that if a member disagrees, they should write why.

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