Few details freshen up a space quite like new hardware, and it’s no surprise! The glint and polish of their finishes, their metallic sheens and their buffet of styles and shapes harmonize the feel of any space.
Plus, hardware exists in nearly every room of our homes. We rely on the ease and functionality of knobs, handles, hinges and pulls far more than we notice — and usually only start to once they wear down.
The kitchen is the heart of every home. It is a place of nourishment for the mind, body and soul. A space for friends and families to gather together to break bread, share stories and fill their hearts with memories. From the first rays of daylight to the quiet hours of midnight, the kitchen is the stage upon which many of life’s treasured moments happen.
Surely, a room of such significance deserves elegant décor that highlights its importance in the home.
Children who experience emotional abuse are prone to developing mental and emotional issues later in life. Emotional abuse leaves deep wounds, as physical abuse does, breaking a child’s spirit. Varying forms of emotional abuse can have different effects on a child short term and long term.
Rejecting: When parents or guardians dismiss their child purposefully or without realizing it. This makes the child feel unwanted, worthless and belittling their needs. This involves telling your child to leave the house, to leave you alone, calling them names, refusing to hold your child, and not acknowledging their existence or showing them you love them.
Ignoring: When you do not show attachment to your child or nurture them. When you show you have no interest in the child, showing no affection, and not acknowledging their child is there. You may be physically there but not emotionally there for your child. You do not respond or interact with your child. It is like when your child always wants to talk to you but you keep shooing the child away to talk on the phone.
Terrorizing: When you threaten, yell, or curse at your child. It involves punishing, criticizing, and ridiculing your child when they are behaving normally. It also involves threatening your child with harsh words, abandoning them, physical harm, or even death which causes your child to be scared by you. It can also mean seeing, hearing, or knowing there is violence occurring in the house.
Isolation: When you do not allow your child to be a part of activities that other kids are doing. It can mean preventing your child from leaving their room, restricting them from eating, and keeping your child away from their family and friends.
Corrupting: When you allow your child to do drugs or alcohol, making them watch cruel animal behavior you inflict, making them look at porn, or making them witness or participate in crime like stealing, prostitution, assault, or gambling. It can also mean encouraging underage children to do things that are illegal and harmful without thinking of the outcome or their safety.
Exploiting: When you manipulate or you force your child to do something without thinking of their safety. It can be doing intense manual labor that their child is too young to do and giving them too big responsibilities like making your child grocery shop or cooking dinner even though they can burn themselves if they are not careful or do not know what they are doing. It can also mean using your child for profit like knowing your child is pretty and forcing them to be a model knowing you can make a lot of money off of them.
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eBay is one of the largest e-commerce websites available, especially to people in countries without Amazon. It does not sell its products directly, but instead relies on its users, therefore making an important distinction between sellers and buyers.
Technically speaking there is not any restriction, which means a buyer can sell an item, and, of course, a seller can buy something, however usually you find accounts that only do one thing. Each user has a score on their profile as a seller and as a buyer, which means the reviews of every transaction are not merged.
Today I am going to post a story about something that happened to me, and how the attacker pulled it off. This method seems to work and is able to extract the Personal Information of unsuspecting eBay users.
I have then contacted eBay support over Twitter, e-mail, and via their website, and they mentioned there's nothing they can do and nothing they are willing to do. That means that if you fall for this scam, which is really difficult to avoid, given the circumstances, all your information is handed out to a hacker and you get no protection. Like it wasn't eBay's fault.
So let's begin with the story. I was at my iPhone one day and I was browsing for network equipment on eBay, and more specifically the "New" category. I thought of searching for Access Points, since I may be in need of some. After the iOS Application returned the results, I sorted them by "Price + Shipping, lower first" since I did not want to buy anything, just look at the prices.
A pack of 3 UniFi APs by Ubiquiti, the same series with the ones I currently have at home. They were the base model, which is 2.4 GHz only, but still is of very good quality with very good features. This pack is currently retailing for € 162.57 but the listing I found had it for only CAD 30.00, or about € 20.00 at that time.
Usually when I find this kind of price in such an item I am really skeptical, so I immediately opened the item on my laptop. I checked the seller, and there were 1-2 sold items and many purchased. The item was also cover by eBay's Money Back Guarantee, which means that if I don't receive the item or it does not match the description, I have the right to get back the full amount I paid for. So the only thing that's left is to check the description.
After 5-10 minutes, I found out this listing is for a new item, in its retail packaging. The box also includes the Access Point (so it's not just the packaging), as well as the PoE Adaptor to power it. The description seemed perfect, if I did not receive what I was looking for, I was 99.9999% sure I would get my money back.
I went to the Buy button and set the items to two since there were 10 available. eBay presented me with an error saying that the seller is only willing to sell one per person per week, which for some reason seemed plausible at this price. Keep in mind this is not the latest model, therefore this could have been someone who wanted to get rid of their stock quickly.
I then changed the amount to one, added my shipping address, paid via PayPal, and wished me luck. No errors, no nothing.
This is the first time I get such e-mail from eBay therefore I carefully verified it was sent from the original service and is not somehow sent from the seller.
I followed the instructions and opened a case in the Resolution Center. The way this system works is that my e-mail is sent to the seller first, and if they don't resolve the problem in 3-4 days, I can escalate this to eBay Support. So basically they're asking me to tell the hacker that he hacked the account and I want my money back. Makes perfect sense.
After I submit the case, I contact eBay on Twitter and ask them whether I can skip the 4 days and reach directly to their support. They reply and ask me to DM them. I then told them why I needed to contact their support:
They replied that I should open a case and there should be a button to escalate immediately. No such button was found, therefore I e-mailed them.. I sent them all the required details and told them that I was referred here by Twitter Support. I got a reply two days later with two sentences:
Sorry Antonios I can’t see the DM from earlier. What’s going on with this case that we can help you with? Keep us posted! ~Jasmen
The rest of the story involves me trying to explain to them that now somebody who hacked an eBay account has my full name, address, phone, and anything else I have on my account (since it's sent to the seller).
In a normal transaction this is perfectly fine, because I consider the seller legitimate and I am confident they will not abuse the information. But now, a malicious person has that information, and possibly other details from the PayPal transaction.
The response to that by eBay is that they have a Privacy Policy (which I'm sure the hacker will follow) and that I can get my money back, which I did. I received a full refund.
So here it is.. Are you interested in doing identify theft? Well, you shouldn't. It's illegal. I am not telling you to do it. However, theoretically speaking, you can't get much info with this method, but you only have to open an eBay listing for a nice product:
After that, you'll start getting names, e-mails, PayPal transactions, addresses, access codes, anything. If eBay ever reaches to you, just claim your account was hacked. It helps if you use a VPN / Tor to list the items. You can even open a case with eBay a week after the listing to say that someone listed items and you get orders without knowing what to do.
Of course I am not saying this is the case with the current item, nor am I saying you should do this. The above is entirely hypothetical, theoretical, for academic purposes only, and should not be performed or considered advice or tutorial. I am not responsible for your actions before, during, or after reading this blog.
Let me know in the comments if you had a similar case with eBay, or even Amazon, and how the site handled it. From what I know Amazon gives out your Personal Info via their Support Chat if you can Socially Engineer them, but this method allows for mass collection since the victims come to you.
Simplifying the Science: Parent-Conducted Toilet Training for Kids with Autism - Different Roads to Learning BlogDifferent Roads to Learning Blog
For many of the families I work with, toilet training their child with autism becomes a long, painful process. I typically recommend the Rapid Toilet Training (RTT) protocol developed by Azrin & Foxx (1971) but many parents struggle to maintain implementation without the presence of a behavior therapist or toilet training specialist. And while Azrin & Foxx’s results have been replicated in other studies, RTT has primarily been used in educational and outpatient settings, and the amount of time it has taken to complete toilet training has been longer than in the initial study.
This is why I was especially excited to come across the study by Kroeger & Sorensen (2010) about “A parent training model for toilet training children with autism,” which is based on Azrin & Foxx’s initial study with some key modifications. This study focuses on parent-conducted toilet training in the home and was completed with two children with autism.
As mentioned in previous blog posts, the best interventions usually are multi-pronged approaches. This is no different. While there are multiple steps involved, it’s important to recognize that one of these children was fully toilet trained in 4 days, and the other in 11 days. Both children maintained toilet training skills when researchers checked in at 2 weeks, 6 months, and 3 years. Setting aside a few days or a couple of weeks to complete this intensive protocol may be intimidating at first, but achieving similar results as the two children in the study has a huge impact on the life of your child and the entire family.
Prior to starting the intervention, they received medical consent and clearance from the children’s attending developmental pediatricians. They then performed a preference assessment (the RAISD) to determine reinforcers. The study then states that “The families were asked to restrict the children’s access to these reinforcers for a minimum of 3 days prior to implementing the intensive training treatment protocol.”
Increased fluids: In consultation with a pediatrician, the study states that “parents were instructed to increase the children’s access to fluids for 3 days prior to implementing the training.” This increase in fluid intake continued until 6:00 PM on the first day of training.
Toilet scheduled sitting: Since the protocol was completed in the privacy of the children’s homes, the children were able to remain undressed from the waist down while being toilet trained. The children were continuously seated on the toilet, then able to leave the toilet for voiding in the toilet, or for brief “stretching” breaks. As they achieved higher frequency of appropriate voiding in the toilet, the amount of time spent on the toilet decreased and the amount of time escaping the toilet increased. (The schedule for fading out time seated on the toilet is detailed in Table 1 of the study.) Also, while seated on the toilet, the child was able to play with preferred items, but not the most preferred items.
Reinforcement for continent voids: According to the study, “If the child successfully voided while on a scheduled sit, they were provided immediate reinforcement (primary edible reinforcement and planned escape to a preferred activity). If the child self-initiated a void while on a break, he was provided immediate reinforcement and a new break time was begun after the self-initiated break.”
Redirection for accidents: When accidents occur, a neutral verbal redirection was provided, such as “We go pee on the toilet” and then the child was physically redirected back to the toilet. Once they were on the toilet, a scheduled sit was begun.
Chair scheduled sitting: Once the child began to experience success with voiding on the toilet, a chair was placed next to the toilet. During scheduled sits, the child would sit on the chair. If he began to void on the chair, the study states that he “was provided with the least intrusive, minimal, physical prompt. When he independently moved from the chair to the toilet to void three consecutive times, the chair was systematically moved away from the toilet in 2-feet increments.”
The study goes into further detail on each of these five components, as well as how to generalize the skill and how parents were trained in the protocol. The study made modifications to the Azrin & Foxx study to make it easier to apply in the home setting for parents, and it removed any form of punishment.
While this is a comprehensive toilet training program that requires a high level of time and attention from the parents, it is set up to help parents achieve results in a relatively short period of time.
The study states, “Parents of incontinent children with developmental disabilities report higher personal stress and distress likely related to the toileting problems presented by their children than parents of toilet trained children with developmental disabilities. It could be deduced then that continence training not only increases associated hygiene factors and access to activities and placements, but also increases the quality of life for the parents by reducing stress and subsequently for other family members such as siblings as corollary recipients of the distress” (Macias et al., 2006).
The potential to improve the quality of life for both your child with autism and your entire family is worth the challenge of implementing this protocol.
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Digital citizenship is a topic that educators have to continue to be mindful of within their classrooms. Because so many tasks done today involve the use of technology, it is our responsibility to cover the elements of digital citizenship so that students are prepared and knowledgeable about the expectations. Digital citizenship skills have to be part of what we teach students, especially because we ask our students to do research, to collaborate using online tools and perhaps even be involved in social media. Each of these activities lead students to develop their online presence, and create their digital footprints. We have to address the rules of digital citizenship, continue to remind and model good practices and responsibilities. We want students to know how to use technology appropriately, be responsible and safe in the online learning environment.
As educators, we not only have the responsibility to model good digital citizenship ourselves, but we have to help students understand what it means. We must provide opportunities for students to learn responsibly through technology and be sure that what we are asking them to use is appropriate. We need to take the time to thoroughly research any tool we are using for its appropriateness for students and make sure it is something that will serve a purpose and provide beneficial learning opportunities for students.
With all of the resources available on the internet, it is easy for issues to arise. Students can find inappropriate content as the result of a search or may have questions about how to properly cite or how to determine the validity of a resource. By modeling good practices and using tools which help us to learn about digital citizenship we guide our students, and can make sure that we are doing our best to promote digital citizenship within and outside of our classrooms.
In courses I teach, students use a diverse group of digital tools and reinforcing proper use was the focus at the start of this year. We discussed digital citizenship and to do so, I relied on the many great resources available for teachers and students, to help understand our responsibilities. The first resources I turned to was Common Sense Education. As a Common Sense Educator, I am familiar with the variety of tools available for digital citizenship including lesson plans, videos, teaching strategies and more. One of my students’ favorite has been the “Digital Compass.” The Digital Compass is a great resource that provides a lot of interactive lessons, tutorials and fun activities for students to engage in to learn about digital citizenship. One of the most beneficial parts of this is that students have a choice in what they are doing through the interactive lessons, and can see how their choices can have positive or negative effects on themselves and on others. It is a tremendous opportunity to learn, that is personalized and helps students to continually build their digital citizenship skills. Common Sense provides many great resources for teachers to provide thorough and engaging lessons on digital citizenship.
There are some other great resources available through CyberWise, The Digital Citizenship Summit, The Digital Citizenship Institute and Digital Citizenship Kids. A young student created this site for students called DigCitKids, which also provides many learning opportunities for students to explore and learn on their own. Marialice Curran, leader of the ISTE DIgital Citizenship Network shared some of these resources and has many other available through the ISTE PLN.
Teachers can also use some resources like Common Sense Education or EdShelf, to see teacher reviews of digital tools and check for appropriateness for students.
It is also beneficial to be part of learning communities whether it be through Edmodo or Amazon or Google communities with a focus on digital citizenship. It is important to make sure you have time for students to ask questions and to reinforce the nine elements of digital citizenship. One of these great books, which is also a recent read of mine is by Mike Ribble, “Digital Citizenship in Schools”, an ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) publication. ISTE offers many resources,
There are always risks involved when learning with technology. We can do our best to protect students, to make sure they have all of the knowledge that they need but things will come up, and we should take these as learning opportunities, as teachable moments, to guide our next steps and to reinforce what it means to be a digital citizen today.
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This issue of digital citizenship is the “new thing to teach.” We can’t ignore it as kids can get themselves into trouble in a hurry. i wonder what the legal ramifications are if they do in MY classroom. This is one of those topics kids don’t really want to be lectured on. I was interested to find your link to “Digital Compass.” It looks like a more engaging way for kids to explore the potential consequences of their activity online. Thanks!
One of the most important things that I have discovered when it comes to digital citizenship is to start with a contract. On most sites or for a great deal of stuff nowadays we are asked to sign an agreement or a contract even for something as simple as joining a blog or trying a new app. Unfortunately we often gloss over that. Having a digital contract that you students must read and sign before they can engage online in your class is a great way to get them to slow down in the online world and to teach them some life skills about caution and reading before clicking “I agree”.