schools wanting kids medicated | ADHD Information

If they want it they should pay it all. This can be done under Wrightslaw. Anythoughts here. I believe that if they insist that they child needs meds, you can make them pay but first you have to prove they insisted. That will be hard because it is illegal for them to diagnose and prescribe meds, therefore it will rarely be put in writing.pay for the meds or pay for the after effects of the meds - the down side at home.. when the moods sink in, or when the headaches start piling up..

or even better, if a longitute study shows that long term use of meds can cause a multitude of problems in later life, then the school can pay out millions in compensation..
ps.. schools need to be able to cope with kids who are not medicated.. if these kids are out of control, then there should be alternative settings..  education departments, and especially governments need to start looking outside the square and start creating wonderful, stimulating, learning environments for kids with adhd and other similar disorders..
schools should stay out of the medication debate..
Well said Sherry! We parents deal with the other side so much that it is so easy for us to forget or not realize what it is like from the teacher's perspective.

[QUOTE=Brookelea]ps.. schools need to be able to cope with kids who are not medicated.. if these kids are out of control, then there should be alternative settings..  education departments, and especially governments need to start looking outside the square and start creating wonderful, stimulating, learning environments for kids with adhd and other similar disorders..
schools should stay out of the medication debate..
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I agree with you to a point.  I am a school teacher. I have students with a plethora of mental and physical disabilities.  I come home tired, but enjoy my day...  Some of the children are a bit out of control... and I do try to make my classroom environment fun, ADD friendly, as well as other disablity friendly.

It is very difficult to balance that with teaching required curriculum to students with a wide range of abilites and disabilities however, I would never hint around or suggest meds for any child...  BUT, I will tell you that there is a certain sense of relief when I see that I child has begun some form of medical treatment.  I know I am so much better on meds.  How i feel, I don't feel stupid, I can focus... its great!  

 My attitude with the children is not "yeah  - discipline is easier!"

It is more "yeah! I am so glad that you got help -- and I am here for you to help you learn.. if that means we give you more time to do it, or you need more one on one... I'm here.."  Most of us teacher dearly love our kids, we want them to succeed and we will work our tails off to help them to the best of our abilites!

Sherry

 

i am a teacher too and i work soley with teenagers with severe behavioural difficulties.. we are the step before juvenile detention..

schools forcing medication is just not ethical.. i don't mind it when my students are medicated, i just don't believe that we should be imposing such cohersive measures on them..

the issue is not 'whether to medicate' but whether schools should force kids to be medicated..

personally i think forcing kids to take medication or if not, banning them from school, is a violation of human rights..
Is there any documented evidence of a school forcing a child to be
medicated? Or is this a straw man?no idea wordwoman... i'm just responding to brent's initial posting..
but i have read somewhere on this forum that kids are being forced..