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- From: Sunni <bjreilman@UCCS.EDU>
- Subject: RE: Sunni and "what to do"
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- I am not disagreeing with you, but I have been a part of the real world of
- trying to get an adequate education for a handicapped child (deaf), and
- believe me, the school officials in many places (I moved around alot as an
- Air Force wife) want to do only what is minimally required, and many
- places ADHD is not even a condition considered in need of special education.
- Behavioral help is the best way. Maybe we can do something to change the way
- the munchkins are helped with their education. Meds should be a last resort,
- but tell the teachers that who refuse to work in any extra way with a child
- who is ADHD. Title 7 and Head Start are great programs, but lots of school
- systems provide only the minimum, and tell the parents that there aren't
- funds for more . With most school systems hiring itinerant special ed peeps
- the "needs" kids are last. I was only saying that in some situations meds
- are the only way to get the kids past the system. It's rotten, but it
- really happens that way. In all of the time I was moving around I only found
- one school systems that had good educational opportunities for the kids
- who were in some way disabled.
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