Kathryn
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I've only skimmed the Episcopal thread, but find it interesting that different people seem to have very different ideas of what one should look for in a church or religion, and how religious decisions (such as joining a church) should be made. If people are up for it I would like to explore these ideas more.
I personally belong to a church (LDS) with a strong emphasis on seeking true doctrine and also true authority from God. The idea of looking for a church to fit my needs or desires is foreign to me--if I were to change churches or religions it would be for doctrinal reasons, because I had determined the new church's doctrine to be more correct and its authority more authentic. I've heard similar thoughts from members of Catholic and Orthodox churches.
I haven't read any replies, but I very much identify with what you're saying. When DH and I became Chrisian, we researched denominations and chose the Episcopal Church based on it being the closest in alignment with our beliefs. Three years later, we left for the Orthodox Church because I felt that if anything were "true" Christianity, that was it, whether I agree with certain stances or not. If I'm not Orthodox, I'm not Christian.
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Never. I was going to be able to go to a get-together of moms from our homeschool group in a couple of weeks on a Saturday (literally first time in six years I'd be without DH or kids besides a doctor's appt) but was just informed that DH's nephew, whom we've seen a handful of times in his life, is having a high school graduation party at his grandfather's house that day and we are expected to make the three hour trip there.
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https://blog.vellumatlanta.com/2016/05/04/apple-stole-my-music-no-seriously/
Wow, what is the possible justification for deleting a user's already-owned files?
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What's really interesting about that article is that it says the stats of 12% of new marriages are interracial DOES NOT include marriages between Hispanics and non-Hispanics as that is considered interethnic rather than interracial.
And the interethnic marriage article says:
About 15% of all new marriages in the United States in 2010 were between spouses of a different race or ethnicity from one another, more than double the share in 1980 (6.7%). Among all newlyweds in 2010, 9% of whites, 17% of blacks, 26% of Hispanics and 28% of Asians married out. Looking at all married couples in 2010, regardless of when they married, the share of intermarriages reached an all-time high of 8.4%. In 1980, that share was just 3.2%.
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I was like you! I've been using it for a year and haven't noticed any difference in the cleanliness of our clothes. DH does his work clothes (he works in a filthy, grungy environment) and he uses somewhere between 2 and 4 tablespoons, but his nasty work clothes get just as clean also.
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At least for now we've decided to go with (very intensive) OT and ST - through providers that our Early Interventionist (who knows Marco very well) recommends. As luck would have it, the first OT I contacted just hired a new OT for their office who specializes (and has 20 years experience with) autistic children :D
According to our insurance, as long as it's deemed medically necessary they will cover 80% of the OT and ST, so I think that will be our first line.
I'm sorry about your experiences with ABA - it seemed awfully controversial and I have seen local wanted ads for ABAs in the area starting pay at around 8 or 9 dollars an hour... and Marco's psychologist told us that we could essentially have anyone WE know and trusted trained to be Marc's ABA therapist, which leads me to wonder what requirements, if any, there really are for ABA therapists.
The book I got was called "Educate Toward Recovery: Turning the Tables on Autism." It looks like it is out of print, but if you look it up and it looks like something you'd be interested in, I'd be happy to send you my copy.
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At least for now we've decided to go with (very intensive) OT and ST - through providers that our Early Interventionist (who knows Marco very well) recommends. As luck would have it, the first OT I contacted just hired a new OT for their office who specializes (and has 20 years experience with) autistic children :D
According to our insurance, as long as it's deemed medically necessary they will cover 80% of the OT and ST, so I think that will be our first line.
I'm sorry about your experiences with ABA - it seemed awfully controversial and I have seen local wanted ads for ABAs in the area starting pay at around 8 or 9 dollars an hour... and Marco's psychologist told us that we could essentially have anyone WE know and trusted trained to be Marc's ABA therapist, which leads me to wonder what requirements, if any, there really are for ABA therapists.
Yes, that is an option (hiring your own therapist).
Do apply for TEFRA Medicaid ASAP to get the ball rolling. It goes based off of his income and assets, not yours. They will pay for the ST and OT (or be secondary and pick up the balance of what your insurance doesn't pay). It can take a few months because they'll have someone evaluate him and ask you questions about him and his needs.
I got a book about doing ABA on your own and it was much more helpful than the 20 year old girls who taught him things like believing in old wives tales and to be jealous of his brother.
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Unfortunately, I'd say your worries about ABA are warranted. I'm in SC also and we did ABA with the Medicaid waiver. It was a nightmare. The only reason I'm glad we did it is so I don't wonder "what if" we hadn't. As you stated, you take what providers they offer that fit into your schedule. You must do at least 20 hours because "it's not effective below 20 hours" so the state won't pay for less than that. But, that doesn't mean that you get the same person all that time. They cobble together different people's hours to make up all your time. The line therapists are the ones that do the daily work. They have to have a bachelors degree (in anything) and a day or so of training. These were people in it for a slightly higher than minimum wage paycheck. Most of the ones we had were ignorant jokes that knew less about ABA than I did and caused more problems for my son than he already had. Our lives revolved around the line therapists' shifts. Then, the "lead therapist" had to see him each week, so we had to arrange with her schedule also. Then, monthly we had to meet with her boss.
I had very high hopes for it, but the reality in our case was a string of people who had no clue what they were doing. They stayed long enough for my son to get attached and then moved on. I'm not saying they're all like this, but that was our experience in SC. I'd ask a lot of questions about training, background, employee retention, scheduling, etc.
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1997. Dark green, velvet top & the rest taffeta, off the shoulder, sweetheart neckline, kind of A-line/empire waist.
Dh was my date. We were engaged at the time.
Us too, same year.
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Spelling wasn't really a codified thing until relatively recently so if the name isn't a simple one, there's very likely to be variations.
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No. What kind of fabric gets ruined by getting wet? I didn't know such a thing existed.
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I have a picture!
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Thanks. DH is about to start a macroeconomics course (ECO210) at the community college, so I didn't think it would be all that involved, but the instructor keeps saying how rigorous it's going to be and there was a prerequisite of MAT102 or 155. Those are pretty basic courses, but DH has been out of school for a while so he was nervous about the mathh aspect.
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What math topics would be helpful to review before beginning the course for someone who hasn't taken a math course in ten years?
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Okay, thank you. That is helpful.
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We've both taken many online classes and never had this requirement. Some have you use the college's staffed testing site, some just trust you. I'm not familiar with this method at all. So, if someone is going to be actively watching, does it have to be done at certain times? He said:
"You will have several days to take the test and there will be no make up tests given. The tests will be given in two parts and only the allotted time will be given for teach section."
My husband works full time and does his school work at night. It's frequently late at night or on weekends when he does tests. Since the teacher said "I will answer email during the day (emails and messages on nights and weekends will be answered the next business day)." I'm assuming that if he is proctoring the tests himself it won't be available during evenings and weekends.
I'm frustrated that this information wasn't given on the course information page where instructors post this sort of thing. All he had posted was a mandatory orientation session but said there would be multiple opportunities to attend. Also in the email today, the "multiple opportunities" turned out to be one Monday at either 7am or 12:30pm, with no indication of how long it would be. If this is going to be something that he has to take off multiple days of work for, it won't work, and the whole point of the course information pages for each course is so people don't sign up for classes that won't work for them. At this point, he's stuck because there are no other classes available this late that he needs and he can't drop and get financial aid.
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How does the webcam testing work? Is the instructor really going to sit and watch each student? Or does it record him so instructor can watch it if he wants?
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DH is back in college, doing online classes right now. He signed up for his summer courses a month ago. For his macroeconomics course, he received an email this morning that stated, in part:
"All tests and exams will be taken at home from your computer with a webcam. You will need to download the lockdown browser and make sure your system is compatible."
I'm not liking these requirements at all. I don't like his instructor watching our home while DH is testing (and our computer is in the most public part of the house since we have children who use it) or being required to download something that I don't know about.
My questions are
1. Suggestions for a cheap webcam that will work with Windows 8?
2. Can anyone tell me about lockdown browsers? Is this something I'm going to have to buy? Is there any chance of it messing up my computer?
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I'd drop the charter.
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I always wonder about this. I rarely do it, for the reason stated. I feel like I'm making more work for them.
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It is not cheating.
But, maybe it would feel less like cheating and help her learn faster if she made her own chart every moring to use with the day's work, once you have learned how a few times, it is easier to fill out.
This is what I do with my son. Whenever he needs to use a multiplication chart, he fills out a blank matrix.
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I have two boys with fall birthdays. I started kindergarten work with them both when they were almost five. That's when I went to K, also with a fall birthday. However, neither would make the cutoff here now. But, for reporting purposes, I call them the younger grade. We made that decision after we'd already decided on the older grade route for the first child, so he had two first grade years. I decided that it would be better /easier on the ego to call them the younger grade and be able to bump them a grade up in middle school/graduate early than to realize once they were teens that they just weren't ready for the work and have them repeat at that age.
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My upcoming first grader will be seven in September, so he's on the older side:
Tapestry of Grace Year 1 – Grammar Stage
Sonlight Readers Grade 3
Writing With Ease Level 2
Winning With Writing Level 2
First Language Lessons Level 2
Growing With Grammar Level 2
Handwriting Without Tears 2
All About Spelling Levels 2 and 3
Singapore Standards: 2A, 2B
Life of Fred: Dogs, Edgewood, and Farming
Elemental Science Biology for the Grammar Stage
Song School Latin 1
Critical Thinking Company Building Thinking Skills Level 1
Critical Thinking Company Mind Benders Book 3
Pfeiffer House Music 1 and 2
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DS has been doing the elementary one for two years. There have been a few kinks, but overall I've liked it. I would agree about the weekly writing assignments. We sometimes have to sit down and talk those out before he writes. And I gave up having him do book reports. They're pretty senseless IMO.
Anyone with more than 1 child on "behavioral" meds
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DS10 has ASD and ADHD. He's been medicated for 3 years now. I've put off having DS6 formally diagnosed ADHD, though we've talked to the doctor, because I couldn't wrap my head around having two children medicated. I didn't even want one medicated. But it's come to the point where it's really affecting him and I feel like I'm doing him a disservice because of my own issues with being perceived as a failure. He wants to talk to the doctor and see if he can get some help. 😟
Does anyone else have more than one medicated? Tell me I'm not a failure!
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