sifl
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Post by sifl on Nov 13, 2022 17:29:25 GMT -6
I signed us up to sponsor family for the holidays. The mom asked for Coco perfume, makeup and jewelry. Should I just give her an Ulta gift card? Everyone loves a gift card imo
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Post by AmyG on Nov 13, 2022 17:54:16 GMT -6
I signed us up to sponsor family for the holidays. The mom asked for Coco perfume, makeup and jewelry. Should I just give her an Ulta gift card? I would give her one of those things wrapped and a gift card to buy the others. Like a small perfume and then let her pick her own makeup
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Post by clucky on Nov 13, 2022 17:57:47 GMT -6
I signed us up to sponsor family for the holidays. The mom asked for Coco perfume, makeup and jewelry. Should I just give her an Ulta gift card? I would give her one of those things wrapped and a gift card to buy the others. Like a small perfume and then let her pick her own makeup Agreed. It is always nice to have someone pick something for you to unwrap and the gift card to shop for yourself when you get a moment.
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Post by klw on Nov 13, 2022 21:37:03 GMT -6
fatpony Just make sure gift cards are allowed through whatever organization you are using.
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Post by fatpony on Nov 14, 2022 7:16:16 GMT -6
Thanks. Gift cards are allowed. I have to check with the social worker anyway because the dad asked for winter boots but didn't give a shoe size.
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Post by LaRo422 on Nov 14, 2022 14:57:34 GMT -6
Life has been a such a shit show lately, but things might be finally calming down. We have DS1's allergy issues figured out, we think, and it's not as bad as we thought. As soon as he started being able to breathe better, he had a reoccurence of an ingrown toenail and had to have it taken care of today.
But I am stoked because I got selected for Taylor Swift presale tickets!! The concert is almost 2 weeks after DD's 11th birthday and 2 weeks before my 40th. I AM SO FUCKING EXCITED!!
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Post by byjove on Nov 18, 2022 8:07:57 GMT -6
I just ordered our piggies a Christmas stocking (sorry gals, you have to share) and personalized piggy Christmas ornaments. They are so cute! I'm excited.
In other piggy news, our oldest one, Star, was munching on something and she started letting out these really upsetting cries unlike anything I've heard and her head was cocked at a weird angle and this went on for about a minute and then she made an almost coughing sound and then she was fine. I don't know if it got stuck or she was choking? But she was completely back to normal after. I'm just worried it's a sign of her aging- we were told she was 6.5 when we adopted her in September so we know she isn't a spring chicken- no other signs of her slowing down. Other piggy owners- ever see anything like that?
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Post by byjove on Nov 18, 2022 8:15:10 GMT -6
Also we finally had DD1's IEP eligibility meeting and it kind of left us scratching our heads. I will say I felt like this team, out of central office, was definitely concerned and was wanting to act in DD's best interest. They want her to have weekly counseling in school and math tutoring, totally revamp the way she gets all of her tests, amongst a lot of other classroom supports, but they said no to question 4- about requiring specialized education because they don't think she needs to come out of class to work directly with a special education teacher at this point- they said everything else can be on a 504. Which is where we got confused a bit, because some of that really sounds like an IEP, but I guess we are ok with the 504 as long as it includes everything? They said they were going to send the 504 committee all of their recommendations and if things don't improve, we'll reconvene the IEP team.
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Post by jkjacq on Nov 18, 2022 9:24:56 GMT -6
Also we finally had DD1's IEP eligibility meeting and it kind of left us scratching our heads. I will say I felt like this team, out of central office, was definitely concerned and was wanting to act in DD's best interest. They want her to have weekly counseling in school and math tutoring, totally revamp the way she gets all of her tests, amongst a lot of other classroom supports, but they said no to question 4- about requiring specialized education because they don't think she needs to come out of class to work directly with a special education teacher at this point- they said everything else can be on a 504. Which is where we got confused a bit, because some of that really sounds like an IEP, but I guess we are ok with the 504 as long as it includes everything? They said they were going to send the 504 committee all of their recommendations and if things don't improve, we'll reconvene the IEP team. thats.......odd.
I had to fight for my autistic kid to be on an IEP instead of a 504 but it was years ago. I learned they dont like IEPs here because of the actual measurable benchmarks they are supposed to meet and 504s were a lot looser. I dont know how much thats changed in the last 15 years. If they can do everything in a regular classroom then i wouldnt worry about pulling her out for sped. You want kids in the least restrictive learning environment and it sounds like thats their goal.
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Post by dc2london on Nov 18, 2022 9:25:45 GMT -6
I just ordered our piggies a Christmas stocking (sorry gals, you have to share) and personalized piggy Christmas ornaments. They are so cute! I'm excited. In other piggy news, our oldest one, Star, was munching on something and she started letting out these really upsetting cries unlike anything I've heard and her head was cocked at a weird angle and this went on for about a minute and then she made an almost coughing sound and then she was fine. I don't know if it got stuck or she was choking? But she was completely back to normal after. I'm just worried it's a sign of her aging- we were told she was 6.5 when we adopted her in September so we know she isn't a spring chicken- no other signs of her slowing down. Other piggy owners- ever see anything like that? Yikes that sounds scary!
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Post by elle on Nov 18, 2022 9:33:03 GMT -6
My youngest turned 3 on Sunday and my oldest is 6 today and I am not okay. Where does the time go? 😭
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Post by byjove on Nov 18, 2022 9:47:22 GMT -6
elle, happy birthday to them! And I feel you. I've been watching a video memory from 5 years ago (my girls were 4 and almost 2) on repeat this morning and it is so sweet I'm on the verge of tears.
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Post by byjove on Nov 18, 2022 9:48:29 GMT -6
I just ordered our piggies a Christmas stocking (sorry gals, you have to share) and personalized piggy Christmas ornaments. They are so cute! I'm excited. In other piggy news, our oldest one, Star, was munching on something and she started letting out these really upsetting cries unlike anything I've heard and her head was cocked at a weird angle and this went on for about a minute and then she made an almost coughing sound and then she was fine. I don't know if it got stuck or she was choking? But she was completely back to normal after. I'm just worried it's a sign of her aging- we were told she was 6.5 when we adopted her in September so we know she isn't a spring chicken- no other signs of her slowing down. Other piggy owners- ever see anything like that? Yikes that sounds scary! I was concerned, and not like Susan Collins lol
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Post by coffeandnaps on Nov 18, 2022 11:04:33 GMT -6
Also we finally had DD1's IEP eligibility meeting and it kind of left us scratching our heads. I will say I felt like this team, out of central office, was definitely concerned and was wanting to act in DD's best interest. They want her to have weekly counseling in school and math tutoring, totally revamp the way she gets all of her tests, amongst a lot of other classroom supports, but they said no to question 4- about requiring specialized education because they don't think she needs to come out of class to work directly with a special education teacher at this point- they said everything else can be on a 504. Which is where we got confused a bit, because some of that really sounds like an IEP, but I guess we are ok with the 504 as long as it includes everything? They said they were going to send the 504 committee all of their recommendations and if things don't improve, we'll reconvene the IEP team. my kid has a 504 and he gets pulled out for dyslexia intervention with it. The way it was explained to me, the IEP had more requirements/district testing and my high achieving student most likely wouldn’t qualify but with the 504, they could use my private evaluation results and start dyslexia intervention immediately. He also has other accommodations specified in the 504 as needed.
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Post by byjove on Nov 18, 2022 11:15:19 GMT -6
Also we finally had DD1's IEP eligibility meeting and it kind of left us scratching our heads. I will say I felt like this team, out of central office, was definitely concerned and was wanting to act in DD's best interest. They want her to have weekly counseling in school and math tutoring, totally revamp the way she gets all of her tests, amongst a lot of other classroom supports, but they said no to question 4- about requiring specialized education because they don't think she needs to come out of class to work directly with a special education teacher at this point- they said everything else can be on a 504. Which is where we got confused a bit, because some of that really sounds like an IEP, but I guess we are ok with the 504 as long as it includes everything? They said they were going to send the 504 committee all of their recommendations and if things don't improve, we'll reconvene the IEP team. my kid has a 504 and he gets pulled out for dyslexia intervention with it. The way it was explained to me, the IEP had more requirements/district testing and my high achieving student most likely wouldn’t qualify but with the 504, they could use my private evaluation results and start dyslexia intervention immediately. He also has other accommodations specified in the 504 as needed. Thanks, that's good to know.
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Post by byjove on Nov 18, 2022 11:18:50 GMT -6
Sorry, to PW today, but I was reading the FFFC and it reminded me that I think DD1 has figured out about Santa Claus, though doesn't want to admit it (which is fine), but we can tell she is going through some existential/growing up stuff right now and her Christmas spark isn't quite there. She had a tooth pulled a week or so ago, which I think is what started it, because she asked if we were the tooth fairy straight up in front of DD2, and we said what?! no, but then I pulled her aside later and told her I didn't want to lie to her if she wanted to know the truth, and she said no, she didn't. And then asked if Santa was real, to which I enthusiastically said YES OF COURSE HOW COULD HE NOT BE, but not sure she bought it. <broken heart emoji>
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Post by enchanted on Nov 18, 2022 12:36:40 GMT -6
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Post by fatpony on Nov 18, 2022 14:30:48 GMT -6
A jr/high school kid just requested historical fiction. Set in the late 1900s. 1970s or 80s they'd prefer.
Little asshole. LOL
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Post by enchanted on Nov 18, 2022 14:59:38 GMT -6
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Post by sifl on Nov 18, 2022 15:18:41 GMT -6
A jr/high school kid just requested historical fiction. Set in the late 1900s. 1970s or 80s they'd prefer. Little asshole. LOL Rude!
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Post by blurnette989 on Nov 18, 2022 16:36:52 GMT -6
A jr/high school kid just requested historical fiction. Set in the late 1900s. 1970s or 80s they'd prefer. Little asshole. LOL give him the baby-sitters club.
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Post by Minerva on Nov 18, 2022 17:19:22 GMT -6
Also we finally had DD1's IEP eligibility meeting and it kind of left us scratching our heads. I will say I felt like this team, out of central office, was definitely concerned and was wanting to act in DD's best interest. They want her to have weekly counseling in school and math tutoring, totally revamp the way she gets all of her tests, amongst a lot of other classroom supports, but they said no to question 4- about requiring specialized education because they don't think she needs to come out of class to work directly with a special education teacher at this point- they said everything else can be on a 504. Which is where we got confused a bit, because some of that really sounds like an IEP, but I guess we are ok with the 504 as long as it includes everything? They said they were going to send the 504 committee all of their recommendations and if things don't improve, we'll reconvene the IEP team. That doesn’t seem right. IEP services can be pushed into the classroom and don’t necessarily have to be provided by a SpEd teacher. A hasn’t had any pull-outs at all for the past three years. One of the big differences between a 504 and an IEP in the situation you are describing is that there are explicit goals that her teachers would be working toward with your DD and collecting data on for the IEP. A’s goals have included things like following multi-step directions with a single prompt 85% of the time, participating in group work with on-topic reciprocal communication 85% of the time, and using coping strategies to regulate his emotions 85% of the time when he is asked to move from a preferred activity to a non-preferred activity. We get progress reports quarterly that describe how he is progressing on his goals and how they are measuring that progress, then have meetings to develop new goals annually and as-needed. It provides a lot of accountability, but also requires more work from the teacher to collect the data and produce the progress reports, but honestly, they need to be collecting that data anyway in your DD’s situation. It’s not like this is a new concern - from what you’ve said, she has already suffered academically and has some compensatory learning to do to catch up with grade-level material and rebuild her academic self-esteem. It really doesn’t seem like an appropriate time to go wait-and-see on an IEP. 😔
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Post by byjove on Nov 18, 2022 17:36:31 GMT -6
Also we finally had DD1's IEP eligibility meeting and it kind of left us scratching our heads. I will say I felt like this team, out of central office, was definitely concerned and was wanting to act in DD's best interest. They want her to have weekly counseling in school and math tutoring, totally revamp the way she gets all of her tests, amongst a lot of other classroom supports, but they said no to question 4- about requiring specialized education because they don't think she needs to come out of class to work directly with a special education teacher at this point- they said everything else can be on a 504. Which is where we got confused a bit, because some of that really sounds like an IEP, but I guess we are ok with the 504 as long as it includes everything? They said they were going to send the 504 committee all of their recommendations and if things don't improve, we'll reconvene the IEP team. That doesn’t seem right. IEP services can be pushed into the classroom and don’t necessarily have to be provided by a SpEd teacher. A hasn’t had any pull-outs at all for the past three years. One of the big differences between a 504 and an IEP in the situation you are describing is that there are explicit goals that her teachers would be working toward with your DD and collecting data on for the IEP. A’s goals have included things like following multi-step directions with a single prompt 85% of the time, participating in group work with on-topic reciprocal communication 85% of the time, and using coping strategies to regulate his emotions 85% of the time when he is asked to move from a preferred activity to a non-preferred activity. We get progress reports quarterly that describe how he is progressing on his goals and how they are measuring that progress, then have meetings to develop new goals annually and as-needed. It provides a lot of accountability, but also requires more work from the teacher to collect the data and produce the progress reports, but honestly, they need to be collecting that data anyway in your DD’s situation. It’s not like this is a new concern - from what you’ve said, she has already suffered academically and has some compensatory learning to do to catch up with grade-level material and rebuild her academic self-esteem. It really doesn’t seem like an appropriate time to go wait-and-see on an IEP. 😔 That’s interesting. I’ll ask about that.
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Post by goldenbird on Nov 18, 2022 18:56:39 GMT -6
A jr/high school kid just requested historical fiction. Set in the late 1900s. 1970s or 80s they'd prefer. Little asshole. LOL I'm dying at this 😭😂 I loved historical fiction in middle and high school. Ann Rinaldi? Was my fave.
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Post by lion on Nov 19, 2022 12:00:57 GMT -6
First snow of the season here! My flock of chickens is in awe and keeps chasing and eating the snowflakes. Much needed ridiculousness to start the day.
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Post by sifl on Nov 19, 2022 13:18:23 GMT -6
First snow of the season here! My flock of chickens is in awe and keeps chasing and eating the snowflakes. Much needed ridiculousness to start the day. Oh my gosh. That sounds very cute.
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Post by klw on Nov 20, 2022 11:28:39 GMT -6
My H is on the phone with fraud at our bank. Apparently in October, someone had our credit card info and transferred all of the money from our points earned into their account. They called into customer service and had our number and my MILs maiden name. We’ve been building them for a few years so it was close to $6,000. 😒
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Post by addymac on Nov 20, 2022 16:58:26 GMT -6
OMG klw I hope you get it back and resolved bc holy shit not cool.
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Post by kbw on Nov 20, 2022 18:16:59 GMT -6
I have one with a 504 and one with an IEP. As others have said there are very specific bench marks that have to be met with an IEP. DS2s is for speech/OT and we get report cards every quarter. DS1s 504 has accommodations for his ADHD via 504. That doesn’t have specific benchmarks to be met. IME a 504 is harder to enforce and you really have to stay on top of it to make sure it’s followed (since there’s no measurement)
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Post by mrsweasley on Nov 20, 2022 21:48:39 GMT -6
klw I really hope you can recover the $/points. That's insane someone did that!
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