meggio

First of all, thanks for doing this AMA and working so hard to better others who are soon to be walking in your shoes. You're pretty much fantastic :D

Now, my question. Do you keep in touch with any of your previous foster families?

If you weren't working in special ed, would you want to be a classroom teacher? Primary or Intermediate? Did you have to do any special courses in university to obtain your position? Where I live you pretty much need a Masters or at least a post bacc in Special Ed in order to obtain a job in the field.

You mention you don't want to work in this area for the rest of your life, what else would you like to do? I'm curious because I work in Special Ed and am around your age, and feel the same way as well. Love the job, but looking down the rest of my life, not sure I have enough energy for it! Thanks for doing this AMA! It's always nice to hear other people's stories for a change :)

edit: spelling

Speech and Language is something that I'm interested as well. I've worked with several non verbal autistic students and absolutely relish the feeling I get every time we get a word out. It's truly amazing. Speech and language is something that definitely interests me, but unfortunately where I live in Canada there aren't a ton of jobs that I could use that schooling for.

If I were to change, I think I'd like to teach primary, particularly kindergarten. I'd never change fields, really love working in education, just hate all the bureaucracy and red tape. Best of luck to you with your schooling :)

edit: grammar. Seriously, I cannot write today.