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    Mail Order Document Printing

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted

    Just now, kirstenhill said:

    This is my experience so far too. Site said 4-5, we're now at 6, almost 7 and I've gotten the notices that mine is almost up/next batch sort of thing. Luckily it's the kind of thing where I could just at home print the first few pages and hope it comes soon...but in retrospect I wish I would have ordered sooner, despite the fact that the site was saying I still had time. 

    Same exact boat here. I have been printing the first few pages ..... and I was so proud of myself for planning ahead and ordering early!!! LOL

    Mail Order Document Printing

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted

    I have used them several times. Excellent quality, great prices, but long wait times. Often, their wait times are a bit longer than stated on their site. I have an order in with them now ..... the site said 4-5 weeks, tomorrow is 5 weeks, and I just sent an email asking where I was in the queue and they responded that it will get started printing by the end of this week.

    Processing so much...IEP/therapy/starting our homeschool journey with special needs

    in The Learning Challenges Board

    Posted

    I am in Virginia and do a lot of work with special education homeschoolers.  The state leaves it up to individual school districts as to what services they will provide to homeschooled students. Often, it's only speech. If they do provide that, then they will convert the IEP to an ISP.

    If you decide not to use services and don't plan to return to public school, there's really no reason to keep the ISP. At the end of the school year, you can choose to do an Evaluation with a licensed teacher or a person with a master's degree. That person will evaluate the child and write a letter saying the child has made "adequate academic progress". 

    Every Evaluator does things differently - when I do Evaluations, if a student has an ISP or a previous IEP, I'll take a look at it when I do my Evaluation, but it isn't required. I just talk with the parent about what they've been working on that school year. All the state needs to see is that the student is making progress. That looks different for every kid!

    Feel free to PM me if you have more questions.

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    WWE questions ........

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Is it a terrible idea to go back and start with WWE1 for an 11 year old who hasn't done much formal LA curriculum? She is my youngest, has severe ADHD and Auditory Processing Disorder, and Language Arts is not my thing. Her reading has improved so much this past year, but I know we need to get on the ball and do more for LA.

    So for this year, I was planning on using TGaTB Level 4, but we both just looked at it and don't care for it.

    I do already have MegaWords 1 for her. But what if we went back to WWE and started w/ Level 1? We could work through it at her pace, probably fairly quickly at first. We are not strict classical educators, but I'm lost, as usual, with LA for this girl.

    Rumor I cannot confirm. Avancemos discontinuing as of 2024

    in High School and Self-Education Board

    Posted

    2 hours ago, cintinative said:

    I own the student text, the teacher text (although with the online access you can get the teacher's online) and this year I found the workbook pages online (which I will print). The workbook pages were not included in the online access. 

    You didn't ask this, but this is not the kind of curriculum you can just hand off, IMO. I like the practice speaking that is part of the program, but that also means that the person listening needs to be able to correct pronunciation.  When my kids are speaking to each other, I have to listen and correct errors, and part of the tests is oral practice and written practice. So you need to be able to know enough to correct errors in freeform types of assignments.  That said, I have totally retaught myself Spanish over the last year. I took it in high school and post-college and went overseas for a bit, so I had some, but it was majorly rusty. Mom implementing it can be done. I have spent a lot of time working on my Spanish though. 

    Thank you! I actually realized that I have Avancemos 1A and 1B - I also have an 11 and a 13 year old. I took Spanish in high school and college and I'm pretty sure I remember enough to be able to do this.

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    Rumor I cannot confirm. Avancemos discontinuing as of 2024

    in High School and Self-Education Board

    Posted · Edited by scbusf

    Can someone tell me what I would need to buy for Avancemos 1? My DS will be in 10th grade this year. I know a little bit of Spanish and I'm happy to help him ..... Should I buy a physical copy of the textbook for him and the 1 year online access? I do think he would do best with a physical workbook. So I would need to buy one or I don't mind printing it.

    Thyroid Meds Side Effects

    in The Chat Board

    Posted

    I've taken Thyroid meds for many years for Hypothyroidism. I feel the best when I take Armour Thyroid. A little while ago, my insurance decided not to cover Armour any more. They switched me to NP Thyroid. I don't recall the exact day I switched. 

    Anyway. I recently started having some weird symptoms .... of course, Dr. Google has me convinced I have something very scary. Then I realized that I had switched that thyroid medication around the same time the symptoms started. The weird symptoms - a strange, jittery feeling and heat intolerance. Now, I've never been once to enjoy hot weather, but this has been extreme. Also, the jittery feeling - I do struggle with anxiety and I am crazy stressed right now, so I was assuming it was that.

    My question - if I switch back to Armour, how long would it be before I started seeing the side effects go away? Assuming the side effects are due to the NP Thyroid, that is? A couple of days? Weeks?

    Are people still masking?

    in The Chat Board

    Posted

    Our state's mask mandate says that if you're fully vaccinated, masks are optional. Our state is right at 50% for the vaccine rate.

    That being said, I'd guess that about a quarter of the people I see out and about still wear masks.

    DDP Yoga - Where Do I Start?

    in The Chat Board

    Posted

    I'm thinking about doing the 3 month subscription on the DDP Yoga app. 

    Tell me about your experience with it, please. I really need something to get excited about doing. It would be great to lose weight, but I really need to focus on being more active and getting in better shape.

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    PANS/PANDAS

    in The Chat Board

    Posted

    13 hours ago, retiredHSmom said:

    OCD also "develops"in many people during puberty. My daughter has OCD and her OCD obsession/compulsions are food related. It took us four relapses of anorexia to figure that out, diagnose OCD and find a great ERP therapist and med that worked.  She had OCD traits as young as 7, developed anorexia and developed full-blown OCD at 13/14.

    Yes. I didn't include all the details in my post. She has had anxiety and suspected OCD for many years. She was also adopted from China at 21 months old. She isn't restricting food due to wanting to lose weight or thinking she's overweight. She's doing it because her OCD thinks she needs to save food so that we don't run out. Or save food so that someone else can have more. She was doing really well and came off her anxiety meds in late 2019. Then Covid hit ...... That sent her back into a hard place.

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