Shows
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Unschooling. Definition and my thoughts.Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "I have had a lot of people ask me about my opinion about homeschooling and do I feel it's a good fit for children? Do I feel it's irresponsible? Oh my gosh, the questions have been literally insane. I recently had someone send me an article related to this. It's called unschooling. It is an option a lot of parents are taking and I did not know a whole heck of a lot about it other than I thought, all right. It's just another name for homeschooling."2025-05-3009 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Memorial Day:A Brief History AND with deepest gratitude ❤️🙏🇺🇸.Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "As Memorial Day was officially established as a federal holiday in the United States in 1971. It is observed annually in the United States on the last Monday in May. So that's the brief history part. Now, I do want to point out I never came From a military family. I don't know anyone in my immediate family who was ever in the military. We were more on the education side of things. So ashamedly, I never really understood what this holiday was about."2025-05-2607 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Myasthenia GravisClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Oh, I'm sorry. Tyrosine kinase. Sometimes referred to as musk. Musk. This protein helps form the nerve muscle junction. Antibodies against this protein can lead to myasthenia gravis. Antibodies against another protein called lipoprotein related protein 4, LRP4, say that 20 times fast can play a part in this condition. Research studies have found other antibodies and the number of antibodies involved will likely grow over time. Some people have myasthenia gravis that isn't caused by antibodies blocking acetylcholine, Musk, or LRP4."2025-05-2214 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | The importance of SilenceClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Oh my goodness me, they have such limited time as it is and for them just be able to sit back, relax, take a 10 minute walk, or do whatever they need to do for their mental health. It's not possible for a lot of them. It's really not. It is so freaking crazy. So I want to put this out there for all of us and I am including me in this. I need to practice what I preach sometimes. Okay?"2025-05-1910 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | The Secretary of Education, Memorandums to schools and one Superintendent’s response.Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Would you like us to stop offering translation services during parent teacher conferences? Should we cancel bilingual support staff to avoid the appearance of quote, special treatment, end quote? Or would you prefer we just teach all content in English and hope for the best, since acknowledging linguistic barriers now counts as discrimination? And while we're at it, what's your official stance on IEPs? Because last I checked, individualized education plans intentionally give students with disabilities extra support."2025-05-1511 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | The importance of Dreams ❤️.Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Byproduct of brain activity. Some scientists propose that dreams are simply a result of the brain's electrical activity during sleep and don't necessarily serve a specific purpose. So from what I have read here, obviously there are different ideas, different theories, but again, they're not proven. You know, it's like someone says this, someone says this, someone says this, oy gevalt. Which means, oh my goodness. Well, actually means oh my God. But okay."2025-05-1309 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Black Cats. Myths, legends, history and misconceptions.Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "And what I'm proud about my Hobbs is that even though he may not like it, obviously he doesn't bite people or scratch or hurt them or just make it a bad experience for human like. Hobbs will look at you and go, okay, not cool. But you can tell by the look. Anyway, it was just really cool because this was the cat, one of my four boys that is. Well, he was a feral kitten."2025-05-0814 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Our names, their meanings, and do they REALLY shape who we are?Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Do you think there's a psychological component that somehow we just know that this is what our name means and this is what we're going to be? This is who we're going to be, this is how we're going to be formed? Does the universe play a part in this? I don't know. So I'm going to turn this over to you my dear listeners. I would love to hear what you think about this."2025-05-0610 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Misconceptions about blindness/visual impairmentClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Things do not form properly in your eye. And no, he is not faking it, people. Okay? And I want you all to know that blindness is a spectrum. And I've talked about this before. How it affects one person is how it affects that one person. A lot of people. And again, I'm generalizing here, but this is not always the rule. But a lot of people, even if they're derm."2025-05-0214 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | National Superhero Day: how do you define the word hero?Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "But in terms of real life heroes, yes, the special needs family and the community, to me, are the real superheroes. And they are people we can learn from on so many levels, so many ways, and they make such a positive impact in the world. And I really hope that as people really think about this, how they define the word hero, that they think about this and think completely about people in the world and not just the fantasy world. That can be a fun escape."2025-04-2809 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Yom Hashoah:Holocaust Memorial Day. The importance of remembering and learning from this tragedy.Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "And when I have ever taught anyone about the Holocaust or any atrocity to that matter relating to these concepts, I have always modified this. And I always let parents know beforehand. And they can even be in the classroom if they want, as long as they don't step in while I'm teaching. And if they have any issues, they can talk to my student, my student, teachers, or teaching aids, whichever one, depending what school I'm at."2025-04-2413 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Charter, public, private schools, and the Department of Education . What are the differences and how does it relate to Special Education?Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "But I'm going to go ahead and talk to you about private schools, especially because I want you all to understand this. And this does tie in to a lot of the regulations that are going on lately with the Trump administration and them trying to get rid of the Department of Education. Okay? And the fact that they're saying, oh, it's people's choice, private schools, blah, blah, blah, blah. Okay?"2025-04-2214 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | RFK Jr. and his erroneous claims about Autism Spectrum DisordersClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "So in order to basically me debunk what this man has said, because I have been a special education teacher, a veteran one, for 19 years, I have worked with this population. Now, I'm not autistic myself. I do not claim to know everything because I don't have that kind of humorous. Y'all. I just don't. But again, this makes me sick because the misinformation out there, it is not okay. All right?"2025-04-1714 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | The importance of friendship ❤️Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Research suggests that strong social connections are linked to improve cardiovascular health, reduced blood pressure and a lower risk of premature death. Not too shabby, huh? Self awareness. Friends can offer different perspectives, helping individuals become more self aware and understand their own thoughts and feelings. Increased self esteem. Friends can make individuals feel important and worthwhile, boosting their self confidence, which I did repeat myself a little bit there, but it's so important, I had to, I guess. Enhanced communication skills."2025-04-1509 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | The lessons of PassoverClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "All right, so like I said, y'all, I'm not trying to push my religious beliefs on anybody. Not cool. Again. I just think it's a really cool, fun holiday. And like a lot of holidays, especially in Judaism, they do revolve around food. This one does as well."2025-04-1106 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Funding cut for the Institute of Museum and Library ServicesClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "To me, it has been such a place of quiet solitude, of just a place I go for self care on so many levels. And I was really bummed out when I learned that funding was cut for the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Wow, y'all, this just made me so sad. Libraries are so vital to everybody. Community on so, so many levels. I just. I was shocked when I heard this. I'm not gonna lie. Wow."2025-04-0808 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | From me to you: some inspiration and appreciation ❤️🙏.Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Put on a special medicine to help with the. In his glucose levels. And I'm not quite sure. Excuse me. It's been a day, y'all. I'm not quite sure about exactly how I'm going to monitor his glucose. If there's something I can buy or if something they recommend, I will check into that. But I'm not going to my cat through the ringer."2025-04-0309 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | My cat Hobbes is Diabetic: an overview of Feline DiabetesClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "In both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, the cells in the bodies are unable to absorb glucose from the blood and become starved of energy. To get the energy it needs, the body turns to other sources, breaking down fats and proteins to feed glucose starved cells. This breakdown results in weight loss despite and increased appetite. Excessive thirst and urination can also signal diabetes in a cat."2025-04-0112 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | The truth about MultitaskingClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "I don't know about y'all, but for me, it's never been a strong suit. It literally has stressed me out, induced so much stress, anxiety, not only for myself, but a lot of my special needs students, special needs parents. I just felt like I wasn't 100% me, and I didn't accomplish anything, like any one task really, really well if I tried to do too many things at once. And I was curious about this."2025-03-2508 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | ..And that is why I teach: with deepest gratitude to my fellow TeachersClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Hey, y'all, and welcome to another edition of at the Miss Leanne. How y'all doing? I gotta tell you, I am so elated right now. I don't know if I'm pretty sure I have mentioned this to y'all over the past few months, but last September, I started a new job. I went from being a special education teacher in the public school system to working at a non profit."2025-03-2107 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Seeing things through Adult eyes/ A different perspective.Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "And again, God bless my parents, you know that. Wow, talk about really providing for your child. So again, for me, I never knew any different, right? So growing up in Santa Barbara, I just took it at face value, like, this is how everybody lives, right? These beautiful surroundings, this beautiful neighborhood. And I never, ever appreciated it. The city, what I had, nothing at all, really. Didn't."2025-03-1707 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | My 2 year Swellversary. Thank you ❤️🙏.Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "You may have challenges, but don't we all? Let's think about that. We may have to do things Differently. But that doesn't make us any less than. And it doesn't mean that we cannot live wonderful, fulfilling lives. And especially for my special needs population, because it's what I do. I advocate for them all the time and I am not letting my voice being quenched by anybody. Now, there are ways to talk to people, yes."2025-03-1506 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Name that tune/T.V.theme editionClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "And they're supposed to advocate for students to make sure they have accessibility, have everything they need in order to get their education, such as, let's say, if you're visually impaired, to have a Brailler, knew none of that. And that's just like such a small piece of everything that's going on."2025-03-1308 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Daylight Savings Time- a brief history and its effects.Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "And again, what I'm reading is, according to the John Hopkins study, we also lose light in the morning, leaving many of us waking up in the dark. Exposure to light in the morning has an alerting effect and helps us maintain a strong circadian rhythm. We function best when our sleep wake cycle follows the sun. We get sleepy, due in part to melatonin release."2025-03-1010 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | My experience trying to get a Real ID.Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "But y'all make sure you take charge of all your personal information, your life, even if a trusted family member has it. No, this should be something you have in your possession, because he actually lost other members of my family who had it, and they had to go and get new ones, which is what I have to do now."2025-03-0305 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | The importance of customer service jobs.Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "A lot of what the presentation was yesterday that we all attended and the training emphasized these points. A lot of what I learned on the job at my first job, and it was very interesting going back to my job at Shoe Town. Again, half the store was footwear and the other half was also footwear. But it was dancewear for all the dance companies here in Santa Barbara. And we had a monopoly, small town. We sold them dance wear, customer service orders."2025-02-2705 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | The Rainbow Fish Book Controversy: My two centsClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Hey, y'all. Welcome to another edition of Ms. Leanne. Happy, happy Monday. So it's very interesting to me. There is a book that was published in 1992, a children's book called the Rainbow Fish. I personally love the book. I think it's a great book. It really relates to children on a great level and has a nice lesson to it. Now, what is interesting to me is there has been a huge, I mean, huge backlash to this book."2025-02-2405 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | The elderly: our national treasure ❤️.Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "And now in many cases, the people that gave their all, that gave up everything they had to ensure we had a better life, now it's our turn, y'all. We need to start taking care of them and respecting them and realize, you know, they may be slower, they may not have as good a vision or hearing. They may not do things in the same way that they once did. Did. But it doesn't mean they can't contribute to society."2025-02-2105 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Actress Julianne Moore’s book, Freckleface Strawberry banned by the DOD- WTF??Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "I am truly saddened and never thought I would see this in a country where freedom of speech and expression is a constitutional right. So what do you all think? What is the deal with book banning? And just this is the latest example of someone, another kind human being out in the world trying to make a difference, trying to help, putting a book out there so children would understand. Hey, it's okay that you're unique. Being unique is wonderful. We are all humans."2025-02-1804 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Weather accommodations for Special NeedsClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "So I'm actually going to talk today. And again, some of this is generalized a little bit, and then I am going to be a little specific as well with the blind and visually impaired population. Okay, so let me go over a few things with y'all that's a little bit more on the general side and for everyone that falls under the special needs umbrella. And for those of you that are my new listeners, just so you know, I'm not very big on labels."2025-02-1304 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Braille, American Sign Language, Vision and Hearing Loss. They are NOT the same.Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Okay, now, with American Sign Language, it's a complete language of its own grammar and syntax. It is a visual, Again, visual language. So the brain processes information through the eyes. The brain processes information through the eyes. Now, y'all seriously think about that. How the hell can someone who's visually impaired even do that?"2025-02-1004 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Trump’s ban on Black History month and Holocaust Remenberance Day. Why is he so against DEI? Thoughts?Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "In an email shared with NBC News, they were notified that all affinity groups, also known as Employee Resource groups were being disbanded and special observances are being cancelled. Does the hatred know no end, y'all? I, I, I just. Again, I don't understand this because. Let's think about this for a minute. People saying, make our country great again. How is being hateful towards everyone making this country great again? Number one."2025-02-0304 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Turning a negative into a positive. Spotlight on a Special young lady, Leta and her Mom Amanda.Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "I put a spotlight on an incredible young woman who has been through a lot in her life and her mom, how they turned a negative into a positive. And I had the absolute pleasure of being a guest on their podcast. And it was a lot of fun and it was a really great conversation between me, a special education veteran, a special education mom who has also started her own dance school for special needs because of what her daughter's been going through and has gone through."2025-01-3104 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Just for fun: What is your favorite T.V. Theme song?Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "You know, even, gosh, the other day, I was not doing very well, and my brother, God bless him, was so sweet, and he sent me a YouTube video of different TV theme songs from the 80s and 90s, and I could not stop smiling, y'all. It was the best part of my day. So I'm gonna include some pictures here of many upon many upon many shows that I love and just brought me so much joy."2025-01-2304 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | The duality of today. How y’all doing?Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "And some of their goals, honestly, and pardon my friend, my language, my French, whatever you want to call it here, scares the living shit out of me because I am scared half to death for a lot of my former special needs students and with the proposed deletion of the Department of Education. So where the hell these kids gonna get the things they need to access their education? Because parents are not gonna be able to pay for it."2025-01-2004 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | My new community Hineni. Here I amClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Really cool life hacks, fun, arts and crafts, ideas, anything and everything to build a community where it's a safe place, we're there for each other, we can bounce ideas off of each other. It's going to be absolutely phenomenal. And I really hope you will join me for this wonderful adventure that we're going to embark together. So I hope you will follow me. It is called Hineni. H I N E N I. Here I am."2025-01-2002 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | If you could learn a new skill, what would it be and why?Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "And I don't like not knowing if it's something I can do myself. I would prefer to do it. Also, I would love to learn how to knit. I don't know why I. Maybe it's with my learning disability. I'm not really sure. But my brain does not process that information. And last time I tried to learn, like I cried. I was so frustrated I couldn't get it. Would also love to learn the German language."2025-01-1704 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | L.A. fire updates, volunteering, and donation informationClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "I, I, I'm in total shock. Now, I don't normally go over topics more than perhaps two times, at least not concurrently, but this is something that is important, something we need to discuss again in terms of disaster preparedness. So we are all prepared when we have to face situations like this. Okay, so what I'm going to do, per the Los Angeles time, I'm going to Times."2025-01-1304 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Emergency Preparedness for allClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "I know I did one yesterday, but one again today about steps to prepare for an emergency because you don't know when they're going to happen. And the key is to be prepared. So I have a list here. I'm going to read off of it. Okay? So the first step they recommend is find your five trusted allies and share your plan. And make sure your trusted allies understand what you're asking of them to do."2025-01-1004 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Disaster preparedness resources for Special Needs AND the L.A. fires.Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "The stress, the horror, the feeling of, shoot, what the heck do I do? Right? The anxiety, it is God awful. So I wanted to talk to you a little bit about that today. And I'm asking you, please, please, always be prepared when it comes to this. Okay? I put some links on here. Three websites and just three. There are many, I forgot to, I might add the Humane Society as well."2025-01-0804 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Michael J.Fox was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom!Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Hey, y'all. And welcome to another edition about the Ms. Leanne. Oh, my goodness, y'all. I am so excited. I. Oh, man, I am just so, so happy. Michael J. Fox got awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. I cannot think of a more deserving person. Wow. Oh, wow. Now, there were some other cool people awarded it as Well. I mean, Dr. Jane Goodall, phenomenal woman."2025-01-0704 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | The negative effectsof New Year’s resolutions and why they don’t work.Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Good afternoon, y'all, and welcome to another edition of at the Ms. Leanne. Can y'all believe it? It is January 2nd, 2025. Oy vey. Wow. Time is flying, is it not? So it's very interesting this time of year. We come back from break, I see my clients and my students, and it's very interesting to me, you know, the whole idea of New Year, new you, making resolutions, things you want to do for the year."2025-01-0204 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Making money with AI and Chatgpt. The new snake oil scam?Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "And even if you do make these products, how do you know they're gonna sell? Let's get real. There are so many products out there, right? And if they're advertising to a lot of different people, how do you know there's not a guarantee? And I was also thinking about this too. A friend of mine has two different podcasts inside of you and Talkfield Podcast. And they are sponsored by Rocket Money, which on the surface it sounds great, right?"2024-12-3004 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | December Birthdays/ end of the year check inClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "So I wanted to personally take the time and wish all of y'all the happiest birthday ever and hope that you find a way to really celebrate and commemorate you. I also wanted to take this opportunity because, y'all, we are wrapping up 2024 and my God, what one Helvet has been right. Who in God's name? Well, all right. I've been talking to some people that are into conspiracy theories and they are not so shocked that Trump is back in office. I don't know."2024-12-2604 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Gifts from the heartClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Greetings, y'all, and welcome to another edition of @ V. Ms. Leanne. Hope everyone is doing well. It has definitely been an interesting few days, but we're getting there. Okay, so almost Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day, the day after Christmas. And it's definitely an interesting time of year."2024-12-2404 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan was added to the National Film Registry!!Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "The board, which was founded in 1988, is tasked with selecting 25 films that are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant to American history, according to the National Film Preservation Act. The films must be at least 10 years old and are picked by the Librarian of Congress after they confer with members of the National Film Preservation Board and other film specialists. This year's selections date back nearly 130 years, the library of Congress said in its news release."2024-12-1904 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Star Wars FatigueClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "May 25, 1977, that was the release date in the States. In Canada and other places it's not the same date. But for the States we're going to go with the release date. Okay, so the release dates of the original 5-25-77. Empire, 5-20. Excuse me. May 21, 1980. And then Empire 5-25-83. Those dates were amazing to me and I loved the fact that just everything about it, okay, this was a new film."2024-12-1604 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | The Depression and Vision Loss linkClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Gosh, I guess the level of depression is what I'm trying to say. If your vision loss is acquired where you had vision and then you lost it, or if it's congenital where you were born without any vision, or what the vision loss. Because there's different levels of vision loss, too. Real quick. Side note. You can still see some light."2024-12-1204 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | A must see/rewatch: The Wave. An ABC Afterschool specialClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "So an hour total after School special. And I really liked how they tackled such a serious subject. They did it really, really well. And what it also doesn't tell you, as I believe it actually wasn't PrimeTime, first in 1981 and then two years later in 83, ABC Re aired it as an after School Special. But okay, so let me talk to you a little bit about it."2024-12-0904 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Is it really the most wonderful time of the year?Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "And you can just enjoy that time and make it one of the best times of the year for you. So thank you again, my listeners. I hope you found this somewhat useful. And again, just take care of you. That's the important thing. Do what works for you. Happiest of early holidays. I love you all so very much. Thank you for taking the time to listen to my podcast. And as always, thank you for being you. Bye."2024-12-0604 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Blindisms vs. Autism Spectrum DisorderClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "These behaviors are demonstrated by those who are blind and or visually impaired, mostly blind, and they are a set of habitual and characteristic movements that appear most often in those who are congenitally blind. And what I mean by congenitally blind is those who are born with a visual impairment, not those that have an acquired one."2024-12-0204 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | With Deepest GratitudeClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Number one. And number two, what I love so much about this, not only is you, my fellow listeners, who are wonderful human beings, and I thank you all so much for the support and for your casts, your podcasts you put out."2024-11-2904 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Implied warranty of habitabilityClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "The landlord is obligated to make necessary repairs to maintain the property's habitability, complying with local housing codes. Two, tenant rights. If a rental unit becomes uninhabitable due to significant issues like lack of heat, plumbing problems, or pest infestations. And that can also mean bug, too. Tenants can legally withhold rent or take legal action against the landlord. Again, I want y'all to really, really embrace this because I. Oh, my God."2024-11-2505 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | John Stamos’s show of solidarity for Dave Coulier. Thoughts?Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Okay, y'all, I'm running out of time. Would love to hear your thoughts about this. Should Stamos have shaved his head? Do you agree with him? Showing solidarity towards his good friend Coulier. Let me know. Thanks for taking the time to listen to my podcast. And as always, thank you for being you. Bye."2024-11-2204 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Moving. Augh.Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "And so instead of buying one of those vests that they do make for cats, I actually got them a dog shirt, a T shirt that was a little snug him, but still gave him that compression and really helped him. And for the most part, for little Hunter, that works. And I have feline, not feline, pheromone sprays and a few other things to help him as well."2024-11-1804 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Non-Hodgkin’s LymphomaClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Lymph nodes, lymph vessels, which are thin tubes that carry lymph and white blood cells, bone marrow, the spleen, the thymus, your tonsils, if you still have them, adenoids, Adenoids and lymph tissue in the small intestine and other parts of the body. All right, so like I said, that word lymph is really important. But what is lymph exactly? So lymph L, Y, M P H is a watery fluid that carries nutrients and proteins to your cells and tissues."2024-11-1504 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Dave Coulier’s Cancer DiagnosisClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "And it's interesting to me, I think the older I get, a lot of the actors I grew up with and a lot of the shows I grew up with, because we're all getting older and a lot of our health, a lot of us are being affected by the world we live in. And I do believe because of a lot of toxins we're exposed to that a lot of us are getting sicknesses and illnesses that we may not have gotten."2024-11-1404 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | With gratitude to All VeteransClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Because a lot of these soldiers come back with ptsd, and the families are the ones that have to deal with us, and it's not easy. Oh, my goodness. All the stuff they have to go through. And this one story I saw in 60 Minutes, I was just, oh, my God. I was bawling. Oh. It moved me to my very core. I mean, God blessed his family."2024-11-1104 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | The importance of the Department of Education and Trump’s plans for it.Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "The Department of Education accomplishes this mission by administering programs and enforcing federal education laws that provide financial assistance to students and families, improve the quality of education, and promote equity and access to education. And I'm adding for all, but there you go. So that was the original goal."2024-11-0804 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Some fun trivia facts to make you smile 😊Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "This is straight just out of my head. Premiere date was September 26, 1982, on NBC. It was created by Glenn Larson, who also created a lot of my other favorite shows, like the OG Battlestar Galactica and some other ones there. Also, Kit had an enemy car called Car K A R R Night. Automated revolving Robot. And again, from my memory, and CAR was the prototype before Kit. So this just shows you the rabbit hole that my brain goes down."2024-11-0804 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Sending Love to all, especially on election day eve ❤️🙏. .Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Hello, y'all. How is everyone doing? It is the night before the elections, and my God, talk about crazy times. This is actually a follow up from my tribute to President Reagan. Again, I'm not a registered Republican. I tend to fall a little bit more on the independent side, but great, man."2024-11-0504 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Tribute to Ronald ReaganClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Okay, so, again, I don't agree with a lot of his politics and things that went on, but I really hope as people look back on this presidency, they can see what a shining example he was about how we can reach across the aisle, we can work together, and no matter what our difference, it's ours. We don't have to be so damn polarized and that we are the United, repeat, the United States of America."2024-11-0404 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Halloween: how do you celebrate?Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "How do you celebrate it? For me, I love Halloween. It was never a scary thing to me. It was always about the fun and, of course, the candy. My God, I have such a sweet tooth. It's gross. I mean, if there were no health issues involved, I'm not kidding you, y'all. I would, like, literally live at See's Candy and a money issue, okay? Like, man, I can't get enough."2024-10-3104 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Emotional support animalsClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Okay, so what exactly is the difference between emotional support animal and a service animal? An emotional support animal is exactly what it sounds like. It is there for you. Its presence supports your mental health. Whether in my instance, my cat sitting on my lap, just being there with me, it is an extension of me. Service animals are trained to do specific things. They are working animals. They are trained to do specific tasks by professionals. And that is a whole other way."2024-10-2904 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Student in Massachusetts gets a D on a Social Studies project. Parents sue. Thoughts?Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "If there was nothing in the student handbook and the teacher did not clearly state that AI could not be used, should some of the responsibility of this huge misunderstanding fall upon the teacher? All right, y'all, I'm about out of time. Thank you for taking the time to listen to my podcast. And as always, thank you for being you. Bye."2024-10-2405 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | 19 Ways to Step BackClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "You put your hand underneath them. You're gesturing that they have the power. You're just guiding them and helping them if they need it. Okay? Five, let your students make mistakes and get into trouble. It's part of the human experience. And take that with a caveat, with a grain of salt, because, yes, let them get into trouble, but, I mean, don't let them, like, do something where they might end up in jail. Okay?"2024-10-2104 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Feeling ContentClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "I wonder at some point when I'm going to run into somebody I know. And it happened today. It was really funny. This woman walks up to our booth, and I looked at her, and I said her name, and she looked at me. She's like, oh, my God, little Leann. How funny is that, y'all? And I'm telling you, I was on my feet. We set up at 830, and we left at noon."2024-10-1804 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Happy Birthday Smallville!Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Had a lot of people show up. We walked around with our white canes around the center, had our lunch, played games afterwards. It was just a really nice, cool, great day. So along those lines of being happy and things that mean a lot to us. I am one of those people that gets very, very emotionally attached to my tv shows. Along with a lot of my special ed students."2024-10-1604 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | The White CaneClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "So I know this is a brief overview, and it doesn't really give you all the information about white canes, but, again, it's just a really great low tech solution for people that are blind and visually impaired. It allows them, as I said, to travel, to just understand their world and their environment in ways that they wouldn't be able to due to their lack of vision."2024-10-1504 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Our Emotional attachment to objects/ goodbye KITTClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "And those are just a few examples. Gosh, I remember I had one student who. This breaks my heart, this story. So I had this one student years and years ago while I was still an instructional assistant. So this is basically the timeframe of 2007 to 2010 whose mom had passed. And it was very hard on the whole family, and even more so for this special needs child, who, again, felt things a bit deeper than some of their other family members."2024-10-1404 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | The White CaneClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Alright, so, for example, in the constant contact technique, the cane tip rolls from side to side while keeping constant contact with the ground. Just so you all know, the white cane is an international symbol that lets users know that the user has sighted loss. So do any of y'all know people that are visually. Excuse me, it's been a long day. I'm sorry. Visually impaired or use a white cane?"2024-10-1104 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | My friend Michelle: her ADD experiences in elementary schoolClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "So I think encouraging them, having a teacher that never gives up on you is such a great thing. So that's. I think that's pretty much my time. All right, well, thank you. My dear friend Michelle. Is anyone. I'm good friends with this girl. Absolutely amazing. And I wanted you to hear some firsthand info about how someone has become very successful. Adds a lot to this world. And, y'all, you are not alone."2024-10-0604 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Rosh Hashanah: meaning and some of my favorite traditions/practices.Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "That's the hebrew word for head. Rosh Hashanah, head of the year. Okay. It is a time of self reflection, prayer, and repentance. People that celebrate Rosh Hashanah review their actions during the past year and look for ways to improve themselves, their communities, and their world in the year to come. Rosh Hashanah is widely observed by Jews throughout the world, often with prayer and reflection in a synagogue. There are also several holiday rituals observed at home and in the synagogue."2024-10-0304 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Since when is watching others fall considered funny?Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "So my audience, I'm asking you, when is we as a society have found this funny? And yes, there's been comedy skits about it, people slipping on a banana peel, what have you. But I don't know. I just. I don't find it funny anymore. And I was wondering if any of you feel the same way. Is it just me? Would love to hear your thoughts. Thank you for taking the time to listen to my podcast."2024-09-3005 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | National Library Service for the Blind and Print DisabledClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "It is a free nationwide library system available not only for those who are blind, deafblind have significant visual impairment. It is also available for those who have a physical disability that makes it difficult to hold a book, or for anyone really who has difficulty reading regular printed materials, such as a learning disabled person like myself."2024-09-2604 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | First Day at a New Job. What a Difference!Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Unlike last year, where I didn't even have a desk for the first couple weeks, I had to beg to get a desk. I come in they're like, make it your home. What can we do for you? How can we make your life better? Wow. Oh, wow. Talk about the mental health aspect of it, because many teachers, right, are not treated that way. They are treated like cows almost sometimes. Come in, get out."2024-09-2304 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Getting out of my own wayClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "I've known this day has been coming for a while, obviously, and funds have been lacking. So there's certain things I have not been able to do, but I have really just put everything off. I am stubbornly holding on. I have lived in the Sacramento area here since 2006. And, you know, it's really interesting because I'm very much a cancer. I love being in safe, familiar, and controlled environments."2024-09-1904 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Why the behavior modification techniques of Restraint and Seclusion do NOT workClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "But, y'all, I included an article here, and basically, it's an article about a seven year old child, okay, who's learning disabled, colored on the wrong side of the paper. Teacher argued with a child for an hour and 20 minutes. Hour and 20 minutes. Okay. Child got so escalated that, yes, they use this technique, this horrible technique."2024-09-1705 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | #MemoryLane | A close friend whom I no longer am in touch with…Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "I was visiting my parents and I ran into her at a local supermarket and we went out for dinner. It was really fun and it was really interesting to see how our lives had changed. We both had a difficult time in school. We both had different types of learning disabilities. And it was really interesting to see that we both made it. We were both professionals, even though we didn't have the greatest beliefs in ourselves. Me being a special ed teacher and her becoming a lawyer."2024-09-1603 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | The extraordinary life and impact of Legend James Earl Jones. May his memory be a blessing ❤️🙏.Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Greetings, y'all, and welcome to another edition of at the Miss Leann. It has been a hard couple days. Not gonna lie to y'all, the death of James Earl Jones, it me hit me extremely hard. It has taken me three days to post this due to 911 yesterday. Did not want to take away from yesterday and just how hard it hit me. James Earl Jones was a phenomenal man, someone I've admired for a long time."2024-09-1305 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | You can make a difference: The power of active listening and having a 1 to 1 conversation.Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "This also helped Mister Jones with his career and get into his lovely and wonderful career that we have all enjoyed over the years. So I am going to devote a full episode to him. I just wanted to take a moment to pay. To pay, excuse me, homage. All right, let's get into today's episode. Now."2024-09-1004 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Perspective | A change that should be made to our education system...Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "We need to restructure it, rethink our whole process, and realize that we need to help them survive. Anyway, that's my two cent as a veteran special education teacher. Thanks. Bye."2024-09-0903 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Gun Violence and School Shootings-what is the answer?Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "I would like the media to stop giving the shooters so much press. Don't get me wrong. It is important to stay informed. But the way the media goes on and empowers many others. God. Excuse me. Whoo. I got a frog in my throat, y'all. Excuse me. God forbid. Are wanting to do the same thing."2024-09-0604 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Thousands of New York Special Education Students denied services days before school startsClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Alright, so in an email that some parents received from the state education department, it stated, quote, since a request was not received, New York Department of Education will not provide equitable special education services to your childhood during the 2024 to 2025 school year. Oi vae. Alright, so just like my friend lady fi did a post about the CDC finding parents being stressed out. Gee, y'all wonder why? Could it be because of things like this happening? Just saying. My goodness. All right."2024-09-0304 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Overwhelmed enrollment keeping hundreds of students home in SacramentoClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "And if I swear, y'all, I'm pissed. Okay? Why should wonderful people and children not be able to go to school because of the district? All right? I'm not quite sure what the solution to this is. If I personally were the parents, I would contact the governor. I would contact people really high up, not only the news. Let this be known."2024-08-3004 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | So what is Non Verbal Learning Disorder?Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "All right, y'all, I realize this is just a really quick overview of some of the challenges those that have nonverbal learning disability have, but I wouldn't be Miss Leanne if I didn't go into it and try to give you all a little bit of knowledge. So thank you for taking the time to listen to my podcast, and as always, thank you for being you. Bye."2024-08-2704 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | What Tim Walz’s son Gus can teach us.Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "You don't make fun of others just because they're different. And it really makes me sick. And that is exactly why I started this podcast, to be honest with you, to really point out the challenges that a lot of my families face. And I have gone on to other subjects as well, related. But y'all, let's think about this."2024-08-2504 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | What is Fifth Disease?Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Yes, a lot of us are back in school. Being back in school, there's a lot of transmission of a lot of different viral infections, diseases, sickness, especially in the elementary schools. So that's where my focus is going to be today. I'm going to talk to you all about something that is called fifth disease. F I f t h disease. This is something I didn't really know much about either. It's a little bit new to me, but wow."2024-08-2305 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | What does an Orientation and Mobility Specialist do?Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Hello and greetings, everyone. Welcome to another edition of the Miss Leann. As you all know, I am a veteran special education teacher. I have worked with children from ages three to 22 years old who have been diagnosed with many different types of disabilities, comorbid disabilities, etcetera. What some of you may not know is that I hold two teaching credentials, both having to deal with visual impairment."2024-08-2004 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Multiple Sclerosis. Some Background InformationClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Alright, now, again, this is where I'm going to start talking about your systems of the body and the what you can expect or what may happen in terms of the symptoms with these parts of the body. Okay, so, your sensory system. For the sensory system, you may experience a prickly feeling, almost like pins and needles are poking at you all the time. Abnormality of taste, reduced sensation of touch, uncomfortable, tingling or burning. And it's constant, by the way."2024-08-1504 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Passive Aggressive RemarksClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Good afternoon and welcome to another edition of at the Miss Leann. Hoping that the first few days back to school were or will be a smooth transition for you, depending on where you live. One of the areas I work with, with all of my students is understanding social cues and how to appropriately interact with their peers. It is an extremely difficult area for many to understand, especially in the use of pragmatics or social language or how basically, what I just said, how you socially interact with others."2024-08-1304 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Being a pack rat.Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "So if there is a paper or a form or something I think might help me somewhere, sometime down along the line, I'll keep it. But I was wondering, do any of you all have this problem as well? Will you find it hard to get rid of things to declutter, to only keep what you need? Again, this is a newer process for me as Leanne versus Miss Leanne. I am really great at it for my students, but not so much for me."2024-08-0904 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Challenges and Tips for Middle Schoolers heading back to schoolClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "How the educational system labels them as opposed to the moderate to severe, which is more of the medically fragile children, the children in wheelchair, the students that come to school, sometimes on beds or on stretchers and get diaper change, need tube changes, etcetera. Okay. And they also deal with a lot of issues as well. But I will address those in a different swell. Alrighty y'all. So middle school, let's be honest. How many of us cringe at the mere mention of it?"2024-08-0604 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | My back to school tips for parents and caregivers.Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Seven, prep your child's new what did I write? New clothes, shoes and other items, especially, oh my goodness. Especially if they have sensory issues. And also so your child knows where to get them in the morning, so it just goes a lot smoother. Eight. Create a new school year calendar and schedule for your childhood. Post it where they will see it and they will know what's going on so they can preview things ahead of time. Nine."2024-08-0104 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Some of the challenges that "Gifted" children face.Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Now we have to reshift our focus back into school, getting ready for school, school prep, prepping the people that work with my child, etcetera. And if you guys need more detail about these areas, I have done previous swells about this. Again, I may revisit them. I'm not sure yet, but I have gone into many of these areas regarding general ed, special ed in detail. Today's topic deals with children that are labeled as, quote, gifted."2024-07-2904 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Mid year check in: Caregivers, are you making yourself a priority?Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "We have five months until 2025. Lordy, lord, where is time going? So, my wonderful, fabulous listeners, I wanted to check in with you. How are you doing? This time of year can be so, so stressful, especially for my special needs students and their parents, because it's almost time to go back to school. So now there's shift and their focus needs to change. And there's a lot of prep work involved."2024-07-2604 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Project 2025Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "They want to get rid of teacher unions as well. The plan is to push for privatization, reduced federal oversight, and weakened labor protections. And this could exasperate educational inequalities and undermine the foundations of our public education system. Would love to hear your thoughts. Am I the only one that's worried right now, y'all? What do you think? Let me know. Thanks for taking the time to listen to this podcast, and as always, thank you for being you. Bye."2024-07-2304 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | What exactly is Diabetes Mellitus?Click here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Diabetes is a group of diseases that result in too much sugar or glucose in the blood. So it affects many parts of the body, not just one, in many different aspects. Again, I'm just going to define what it is a little bit and hopefully educate you all along the way. Okay, so here we go. So there are. There are a few different types of diabetes. Okay."2024-07-1905 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Cancer: one of the ugliest words in the English LanguageClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "Tumors can be cancerous, malignant, or not cancerous. Benign. Cancerous tumors spread into or invade nearby tissues and can travel to distant places in the body to form new tumors, a process called metastasis or metastasis. Many cancers form solid tumors, but cancers of the blood, such as leukemia, generally do not. The types of cancer are usually named for the organs or tissues where the cancers form. For example, lung cancer starts in the lung. Brain cancer starts in the brain."2024-07-1604 min
Leanne Pritchett@TheMs.Leanne | Rip Shannen Doherty: May her memory be a blessingClick here to reply to @TheMs.Leanne "So his original name was Eugene Orwitz, and he changed it to Michael Landon in just one of those side notes. But Shanna Doherty, wow, she stuck to her gun. She did not put up with crap from anybody. And unfortunately, especially in the nineties with the media and lady fi, I'm thinking about you because you were talking about privacy in the media back then. They were crazy. Like TMZ and all that. Because this is before the Internet, right?"2024-07-1404 min