Hi Everyone! Last week a parent called stating her daughter had a rash looking like chicken pox to face and trunk. Student had a fever several days prior. Has had one Varicella. Parent is not very...
I have 2 diabetics in 5th grade this year and several others in the school. One year is a fairly new diagnosis. It seems strange mom wouldn't want and need your support. I have an 8th grader...
I have 3- 1 inch binders divided up alphabetically. Each student has a sheet with 6 visit comment sections on each side of paper. I note the date and time, C/O, brief assessment,interventions, a check...
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Oh my!! After reading that post re cramps and all- I sure needed this laugh. My police officer heard me laugh in the next office. I can't wait to share that request and the responses. Hee Hee!!! I...
Ohhh, This happens so often! Sometimes the odor is so pungent that I know there isn't any hugging and kissing going on in that family let alone washing. The way some of these youngsters are raised is...
http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/doc/ferpa-hipaa-guidance.pdf-- This is the address- I'm not good at links and fancy computer functions, so you'll have to copy and paste the link. If it doesn't...
I am sure Martha would have plenty to say. We have had discussions on a listserv recently. Most issues in schools are FERPA and not HIPAA. These discussions prompted me to download the US Department...
I think the point is lost. We are not talking about that poor child who doesn't have food and misses breakfast from circumstances out of his control. I ask several questions when a student comes...
I had to take a personal/family ill day Friday. My grandfather had Mitral and CABG open heart. A student was throwing cheetos in the air and catching them in his mouth at lunch in the cafeteria. He...
I keep a running log on a clip board. This lets me know how many kids I see everyday and it's a quick reference if I get too busy to chart details immediately. I have a record for every student in a...
Past two weeks I sent home average 20 kids a day w/ fever over 101. Slowing down now. I don't know what to do with myself, only sent home 2 so fartoday. I got used to a line out my door at 800 am....
I'm sure that all of us reading your post have had similar situations. Even after six years in schools, I learn new things about myself and parents. Sometimes parents who haven't been doing all THEY...
I thought I should give an update- Some of you are making leaping assumptions- "power play", no, just doing what is right and prudent under my license. I did have communication with the MD, she was to...
Hello Everyone- I almost made it to the end of the year without more issues-- THEN... A teacher aide sent a student to me for ice. I have her Return to Work Restrictions on file for a non-work...
I am on the Student Assistant Team here in my very inner-city school. We never have a 504 without the psych or social worker. Most importantly- he may not qualify for a 504. You don't want to make one...