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at tip
Did you know…
Your building has an assistive technology cart loaded with technology for helping struggling students?
You can check out items from this AT cart and try them out in your classroom.
Contact your building special educator and/or Speech Pathologist for more information.
Assistive Technology Tip of the Week #2
Do you have readers who struggling with focusing on the written word?
Using different colored acetates overlays may help some students see text more clearly.
Your building has an assistive technology cart loaded with technology for helping struggling students?
You can check out items from this AT cart and try them out in your classroom.
Contact your building special educator and/or Speech Pathologist for more information.
Assistive Technology Tip of the Week #2
Do you have readers who struggling with focusing on the written word?
Using different colored acetates overlays may help some students see text more clearly.
Friday, December 14, 2007
My battle gear
One of my biggest job hazards is getting spit in the face unintentionally (or occasionally intentionally). Kind of ironic that I always told people I never wanted to be a dentist because I didn't want to work in people's mouths!
I mentioned this to a nurse at my annual blood-borne pathogens training last year. I was concerned because she said that every time an employee gets spit in their eye(s) they should flush out their eyes for 5 minutes. To me, that meant my entire day would be spent flushing out my eyes. Now thanks to me, everyone with a similar job description to myself has snazzy dazzy goggles to wear. If you think the picture to the left looks great, you should see them on!
I was not wearing my glasses on last spring when working with two of my students who are more likely to spit. I was right in their faces trying to get their to talk. Fast forward 10 minutes later when I am about to begin circle time and one of the girls starts projectile vomiting towards me. 5 minutes later another student in the class starts projectile vomiting. The teachers determined that 4/5 of that special ed bus had come down with a very sudden stomach bug. As far as I was concerned I was next in line.
I had a break an hour later and so I rushed home to take a shower and change my clothes. I really got some flack for that ;) I felt sickish all evening, but it was probably psycho-somatic. Today vomiter #2 came back to school only to have diarrhea in his pants not one, not two, but THREE times! Yahoo! The joys of the profession!
I mentioned this to a nurse at my annual blood-borne pathogens training last year. I was concerned because she said that every time an employee gets spit in their eye(s) they should flush out their eyes for 5 minutes. To me, that meant my entire day would be spent flushing out my eyes. Now thanks to me, everyone with a similar job description to myself has snazzy dazzy goggles to wear. If you think the picture to the left looks great, you should see them on!I was not wearing my glasses on last spring when working with two of my students who are more likely to spit. I was right in their faces trying to get their to talk. Fast forward 10 minutes later when I am about to begin circle time and one of the girls starts projectile vomiting towards me. 5 minutes later another student in the class starts projectile vomiting. The teachers determined that 4/5 of that special ed bus had come down with a very sudden stomach bug. As far as I was concerned I was next in line.
I had a break an hour later and so I rushed home to take a shower and change my clothes. I really got some flack for that ;) I felt sickish all evening, but it was probably psycho-somatic. Today vomiter #2 came back to school only to have diarrhea in his pants not one, not two, but THREE times! Yahoo! The joys of the profession!
No Christmas gifts for the specialists
I always get jealous of the teachers today. It is the last day before vacation (hurray!) and kids are passing out gifts. Because this is a low income school, there are not a lot of gifts to be had....but there are always a few. Even though I serve some of my students for 6 years, and some of them every single day of the week, I am always forgotten in the gift giving. Even from teachers. I gave gifts to 17 teachers and staff and only got a few back. Because I have such direct contact with so many people, I need to stay on everyone's good side!
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