Aquageek, ADD IS considered a disability under Federal Law and students whose ADD is severe enough may be served through the Other Health Impaired program. Please, know what you are talking about before you open your mouth.
Today's public school rush to judgement about perceived disorders, not just poor habits, is disgusting. Studying harder and working harder is the answer and only if that isn't paying dividends should other matters be investigated and certainly not an option of first choice. This, again shows your ignorance of what the real process is. Prior to receiving any services a student must go through a lengthy process where teachers and parents come together and try to solve the problem with interventions and modifications. For example, recommending an afterschool tutoring program, where the student may receive tutoring in a specific subject and instruction in study skills, or something as simple as moving the student to the front of the class.
You obviously missed my point. All posibilities need to be considered and had I not said it no one else would have. I did not say that JC shouldn't buckle down and try harder, nor did I say he shouldn't try that first. All I said was, there are other possibilities.
Incorrect statements of the kind you have made only serve to perpetuate misconceptions of what is really going on in our schools. Further discussion of this is beyond the scope of this forum/board/site. If you wish to debate it with me, lets do so by email.
Laineybug
Aquageek, ADD IS considered a disability under Federal Law and students whose ADD is severe enough may be served through the Other Health Impaired program. Please, know what you are talking about before you open your mouth.
Today's public school rush to judgement about perceived disorders, not just poor habits, is disgusting. Studying harder and working harder is the answer and only if that isn't paying dividends should other matters be investigated and certainly not an option of first choice. This, again shows your ignorance of what the real process is. Prior to receiving any services a student must go through a lengthy process where teachers and parents come together and try to solve the problem with interventions and modifications. For example, recommending an afterschool tutoring program, where the student may receive tutoring in a specific subject and instruction in study skills, or something as simple as moving the student to the front of the class.
You obviously missed my point. All posibilities need to be considered and had I not said it no one else would have. I did not say that JC shouldn't buckle down and try harder, nor did I say he shouldn't try that first. All I said was, there are other possibilities.
Incorrect statements of the kind you have made only serve to perpetuate misconceptions of what is really going on in our schools. Further discussion of this is beyond the scope of this forum/board/site. If you wish to debate it with me, lets do so by email.
Laineybug
