AuroraWarrior

ADHDer. Teacher. Mom. Wife. Ally. she/her #AutismDoesntEndAt5 #GirlsHaveAutismToo #ETFO

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@MaggieM00021130 Very rarely do I send kids to the office. Last year I sent a child who had thrown a chair and destroyed a bunch of stuff in our classroom. Child returned with a sticker in mouth after playing Lego.

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@RoyKlassen1 @JBradshaw01 Wait, now I’m not so supposed to teach grammar?

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@John16180339887 @MsGaudun @Teachers__Unite I do. All communication that is personal/my own kid related is a separate email. I am in regular contact with SERT, principal, I know the SO for my kids’ school, I contact heads of inclusivity and inclusion, psych, vision.

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@paugellodk @Teachers__Unite I use my phone for marking, tracking, attendance, student feed back, timing, communicating with other teachers, requesting support… at any time a student can ask to see what I am doing. It is an important teaching tool. How would you know what teachers are doing on their phone?

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@John16180339887 @MsGaudun @Teachers__Unite This is such a good question. Hubby is also a teacher in the same board so it puts us in a difficult position. I have sent in requests with citations from freedom of information to no avail. My life is busy and tbh I kind of gave up.

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@MsGaudun @John16180339887 @Teachers__Unite As a spec ed teacher and mother to two kids who need spec ed support, the MoE and boards are NOT fulfilling their requirements. I requested breakdowns of spec ed spending multiple times last year they refused to give me anything but a generic breakdown.

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@Teachers__Unite My kids’ school starts at 8am. Kids get on bus at 7:10. Gets me to work with lots of time as my school starts at 9. It worked for us but I realize it isn’t for everyone.

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@jennyleeshee This has been the norm in my school board for years. I used to hate it. Now I figure, seeing as I’m not getting paid to set it up I guess I won’t bother. Years of demonizing and vilification from MOE, parents and even board, sadly, makes me fine with this. I used to love set up.

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@TeamCanada So proud of our soccer team. Rising above the disgusting behaviour of coaches and admin! @CanadaSoccerEN years of issues. Time to restructure. Our players rise in spite on you!

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@lindahaslett @fordnation Perhaps if we find them a way to send alcohol down the Don…

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@AutismDoesntEnd @ColinDMello Been waiting since 2018.

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@Teachers__Unite Students hear the way teachers are often treated by parents. They see the demonization and vilification of teachers by the ministry of education. They see the lack of resources. Why would they want that job?

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@Teachers__Unite Students know how teachers are treated. They were in buildings where students could injure, destroy, insult, etc… and the watched while there were no consequences or worse, students returned to class with a prize. Why would they choose to take on that job?

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@jennyleeshee Oh girl! I hear you. My room today hit 34. Second floor. No air flow. Opening windows doesn’t do anything. Fans blow around the hot air. People will get mad and say we’re complaining and that lots of people work in 30+ heat. 🙄

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@Sflecce Your leader is paying literal billions of dollars to get beer at the convenience store. You cut money for seniors, you’ve capped ODSP at unliveable amounts, you neglect significant parts of education and health care, you sell or pieces of public services to Galen Weston!

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@Chris_AutismDad @CityCynthia Realized this reads as I am autistic. There are days I wonder, but. It diagnosed. My brother is and my parents did respite for other children with autism. Over the years I worked in ASD camps and respite homes to put myself through uni.

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@Chris_AutismDad @CityCynthia Please know how much I love it! Definitely not easy, but there are no easy parts of teaching. I’m ND as well, so sometimes my understanding is different from other teachers. I grew with autism being my norm and it is where I am most comfortable.

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@Chris_AutismDad @CityCynthia My heart cries for this family. As a mom to an autistic daughter and a teacher to autistic students, this is my worst nightmare.

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@Chris_AutismDad @CityCynthia Definitely not a sensory room. May have been a quiet room designed for his naps. If he seizes regularly the padding may have been to prevent injury. But his naps should have been supervised!

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@JJ_Kors @CityCynthia Do we have many MANY other students who need support and never receive it, sadly yes. But we just never leave our vulnerable students because many aspirate or have seizures. I cannot imagine a spec ed program where this is allowed but top down needs to be investigated!

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@JJ_Kors @CityCynthia This is scary to hear. I work in spec ed at my school. We have a board wide policy that no child can be left alone. We have extremely high needs children who sleep for parts of the day. They are never alone.