With all the data and hard facts avaiable on ADHD and ADD we are still talking about this? This issue of teachers acting like they are some kind know-it-all’s on every subject that concerns children and that parents are just some stupid breeders that produced some offspring has got to be taken care of. The problem is that teachers just do not know their place.
“But it’s not the teacher’s place to make diagnoses, or to recommend medication, Gold said.
Suggest to have the kid screened, sure. Put forth a diagnosis as a professional that will take precedence over medical doctors in court (look it up in California) is criminal and should be an offense that can have the teacher locked up for practicing medicine.
For a teacher to suggest that a child has ADHD is “inappropriate and dangerous,” says Dr. Elizabeth Roberts, child psychiatrist in Murrieta, California
Roberts wants to say to all educators: “There are many, many diagnoses that cause these problems, including abuse and depression and anxiety. So please, withhold your judgment.
That seems like a very professional and polite way to say shut your mouth and do your job.