Post by StrawberryBlondie on Apr 1, 2020 15:40:41 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure this makes me a terrible person.
I'm done with work for the day, but I'm just sitting here in my office playing on my phone and intend to for 15-30 min. I really should go upstairs and do something with my kid, but I just can't do it right now.
What do you think is the best solution here? My kid will be okay, just may take her longer to reach goals. But are they throwing all kids receiving special education service to the wolves like this?
Basically yes. Because they can't meet the needs of all kids with IEPs equitably (is that a word?) they can't do anything other than offer support to the parent. I just got an email from our speech therapist that she will check in weekly by email, phone, or video, whichever I prefer. So she can answer questions and give ME ideas but she can't actually work with my kid.
My daughter is only 3 and has 2 more years before she starts K, so I'm not super worried, but our issues are mild compared to some. Here are the resources our district has compiled for speech, it is broken down by specific issues which I found helpful. Ours are articulation (K and G sounds) and consonant blends : docs.google.com/document/d/1ocRxyXjD0OvYuCDNZX8SSLWljMdmjGFrzJlhQuE1kGU/edit
But "support the parent" is even more inequitable!!!!!
Sorry not sorry but that's a cop out. Figure out how to get every kid with an IEP a device to video chat over. Help the family sign up for free internet for folks with low income, or cover the cost of the internet as a coat of providing services.
Our district is only 20-30% FRL but they have gotten every family a device and internet so they can do video chat for IEP'S.
DS is autistic and had his first social skills group today. The teacher's baby was also part of social skills group, lol. It was pure chaos but good for him. He is also doing 3 video chat speech therapies a week.
Post by bohemianmango on Apr 1, 2020 18:12:12 GMT -5
A man logged into my daughter’s science class (6th graders) today and started undressing. Her teacher was able to log him off before he got his pants off. It wasn’t password protected before but now I wonder if that will make a difference. Will these sickos just find ways to hack into the virtual classrooms?
A man logged into my daughter’s science class (6th graders) today and started undressing. Her teacher was able to log him off before he got his pants off. It wasn’t password protected before but now I wonder if that will make a difference. Will these sickos just find ways to hack into the virtual classrooms?
A man logged into my daughter’s science class (6th graders) today and started undressing. Her teacher was able to log him off before he got his pants off. It wasn’t password protected before but now I wonder if that will make a difference. Will these sickos just find ways to hack into the virtual classrooms?
A man logged into my daughter’s science class (6th graders) today and started undressing. Her teacher was able to log him off before he got his pants off. It wasn’t password protected before but now I wonder if that will make a difference. Will these sickos just find ways to hack into the virtual classrooms?
That is vile. What platform was this on?
These kinds of incidents are happening across a lot of platforms and affecting many different groups, but they are most associated with Zoom and are actually called zoom-bombing.
It's not a new phenomenon, but it is getting a lot more attention now because so many more people are using these online meeting tools. Plus, right now so many people are using them from home and/or for social purposes and aren't necessarily thinking about security risks. Platforms have been sending out a lot of information about best practices to try and reduce the number of these incidents, but it's hard when there are so many new users.
Basically yes. Because they can't meet the needs of all kids with IEPs equitably (is that a word?) they can't do anything other than offer support to the parent. I just got an email from our speech therapist that she will check in weekly by email, phone, or video, whichever I prefer. So she can answer questions and give ME ideas but she can't actually work with my kid.
My daughter is only 3 and has 2 more years before she starts K, so I'm not super worried, but our issues are mild compared to some. Here are the resources our district has compiled for speech, it is broken down by specific issues which I found helpful. Ours are articulation (K and G sounds) and consonant blends : docs.google.com/document/d/1ocRxyXjD0OvYuCDNZX8SSLWljMdmjGFrzJlhQuE1kGU/edit
Thanks for sharing. I'm really upset about this, not just for my own child's sake.
I think we're all having these moments where the situation just sucks so much and it catches up with us, no matter how fortunate we are. Having a hard time dealing today. I have a crucial work call coming up in 20 minutes, my kids are home with me, my sister thinks she has covid (seems mild and on the mend), and my husband's work situation is changing daily (secure, but working in a clinical setting). Just not coping well today.
Hugs bears. This is all so tough. What state are you in? Many states have laws that prevent school-based teletherapy, but are weighing rescinding them temporarily (NJ Dept of Ed just did so this week, for example). So perhaps the situation will change.
Thanks for sharing. I'm really upset about this, not just for my own child's sake.
I think we're all having these moments where the situation just sucks so much and it catches up with us, no matter how fortunate we are. Having a hard time dealing today. I have a crucial work call coming up in 20 minutes, my kids are home with me, my sister thinks she has covid (seems mild and on the mend), and my husband's work situation is changing daily (secure, but working in a clinical setting). Just not coping well today.
Hugs bears. This is all so tough. What state are you in? Many states have laws that prevent school-based teletherapy, but are weighing rescinding them temporarily (NJ Dept of Ed just did so this week, for example). So perhaps the situation will change.
North Carolina. I know the policy is at least district based. My district has a history of inequality, so they are hyper-averse to setting up unequal situations nowadays. They have a lot of tough decisions. I think this is part of the reason they took so long to close schools in the first place.
It's nearly impossible to implement special ed right now, which is what's making distance learning particularly challenging (we can't violate IDEA). Everything is so in-person-based.
"Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
A man logged into my daughter’s science class (6th graders) today and started undressing. Her teacher was able to log him off before he got his pants off. It wasn’t password protected before but now I wonder if that will make a difference. Will these sickos just find ways to hack into the virtual classrooms?
There's a decent collection of privacy settings on Zoom but you have to turn them on...it's not the default
"Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
A man logged into my daughter’s science class (6th graders) today and started undressing. Her teacher was able to log him off before he got his pants off. It wasn’t password protected before but now I wonder if that will make a difference. Will these sickos just find ways to hack into the virtual classrooms?
2 of our high school Zoom classes got invaded today. One had 20 men showing different porn on the screen share until the teacher got it off and yesterday the outsiders were in the chat calling the students vile names while the teacher was lecturing. Zoom is automatically going to waiting room tomorrow for any new meetings but not sure if you have recurring meetings set up. I made sure it was a feature for all 6 of my classes and double, triple checked it today
A man logged into my daughter’s science class (6th graders) today and started undressing. Her teacher was able to log him off before he got his pants off. It wasn’t password protected before but now I wonder if that will make a difference. Will these sickos just find ways to hack into the virtual classrooms?
There's a decent collection of privacy settings on Zoom but you have to turn them on...it's not the default
The teachers are changing some of the settings for future sessions.
I work in higher ed. After this happened, I changed the settings for my 1:1 sessions with my students.
2 of our high school Zoom classes got invaded today. One had 20 men showing different porn on the screen share until the teacher got it off and yesterday the outsiders were in the chat calling the students vile names while the teacher was lecturing. Zoom is automatically going to waiting room tomorrow for any new meetings but not sure if you have recurring meetings set up. I made sure it was a feature for all 6 of my classes and double, triple checked it today
That’s horrible! Those poor students and teachers! I hope the added settings prevent this from happening. I’ve changed my settings for meetings also.
Our school district sent out notice yesterday banning teachers from using Zoom for classroom conversations. (We’re not distance learning at least for now, because of equitable education...though the school in our district with by far the highest FRL IS doing Google Classroom and daily work. But I digress.) Anyway. The school district is working on ways to make sure they can do Zoom meetings safely and ensure this stuff doesn’t happen. There was mention of doing something through Clever, but I don’t really know anything about that other than the school thinks it might take a couple of weeks to get it sorted out.
There are some truly disgusting people in this world.
Our school district sent out notice yesterday banning teachers from using Zoom for classroom conversations. (We’re not distance learning at least for now, because of equitable education...though the school in our district with by far the highest FRL IS doing Google Classroom and daily work. But I digress.) Anyway. The school district is working on ways to make sure they can do Zoom meetings safely and ensure this stuff doesn’t happen. There was mention of doing something through Clever, but I don’t really know anything about that other than the school thinks it might take a couple of weeks to get it sorted out.
There are some truly disgusting people in this world.
Yeah our district has been told they can't use zoom because it violates federal guidelines in protecting student privacy, so I am actually surprised so many schools seem to be using it. We are supposedly going to start doing Microsoft teams after spring break, which I guess is better privacy wise, but I haven't used it (the fed government seems to use Microsoft teams).