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Thread #65245   Message #1073056
Posted By: GUEST
15-Dec-03 - 01:58 PM
Thread Name: Parents/Teachers: RITALIN?
Subject: RE: Parents/Teachers:RITILIN??
I know that schools in some jurisdictions are required to provide therapy, assistance, inclusion and all that. However, you cannot legislate the impossible. I teach 104 middle schoolers 12 of whom have been "diagnosed as Add. adhd or odd. I have no help to deal with these students. As much I recognize the need for individual programmes , I have not the time or resources to provide them.
   In at least half the cases the parents provide no support other than making impossible demmands on schools. I think we need to revisit a number of issues in order to help truly needy children..
Distiingquish between very bad behaviour and a genuine disorder, provide assistance to schools so that All children may learn in a suitable environment, be very sure we are doing the right thing when we "drug" children and, above all, be sure we know the difference between a disorder and and an unwillingness to to face the fact that some children, for whatever reason, simple behave very badly.