Just Forget It!

Ok, so today I did something I haven't done before with teletherapy.... I gave up!  I got to my computer and logged in. The student I was going to see wasn't there (again), so I called the school.  Then after another 10 minutes of waiting they called me and said the program wasn't running on their end.  In the meantime, I had looked at my schedule again and discovered that now that I have all of the bugs worked out of it, I could come there live at the same time.  So, I said, "Let's forget it for today and starting next week, I'll come in person."  What a relief, because this session has been a pain everytime we've tried it.
On a more positive note, I had a session this morning with a different student that we made ti through without a glitch.  So, it is possible to have teletherapy without the nightmare:)

Into the Deep Freeze

Here in Minnesota, we know a lot about freezing, especially around this time of year.  For example, today is a balmy 25 degrees.  And we actually think it is balmy- last week we had sub-zero highs (yes highs, not to mention the lows) and windchills of 40 below.  But, my student and I experienced a different kind of freezing today.  Mid-teletherapy session, my student was sharing a video with me- which he had already successfully done earlier in the same session- when his computer froze.  Blue screen.  Nothing on my end but a frozen face staring back at me.  And naturally, when this happens if it isn't the beginning of the session there isn't enough time to reboot the computer and try again so you end up with a shortened session.  We'll try again, and maybe then it will be balmy!