-=> Quoting Sheila King to Charles Beams <=-
 -> Although your advice is probably sound, I'm still not aware of any
 -> laws that make a teacher criminally negligent or liable in a civil
 -> suit if they should use "that" word.
 SK> Oh, neither am I. I was surprised that the nurse or counselor or
 SK> whoever it was, at Leona's school, told her that the school might have
 SK> to pay for treatment if they even suggested that the student might have
 SK> a disability. This seems like nonsense to me.
From my own experience I can tell you that the person had this a
little messed up. What is actually the case is that if a teacher
feels that a child might need treatment for a disability (be it ADD
or LD or whatever) then the school is responsible for the TESTING for
diagnosis, not the treatment itself.
My son's kindergarden teacher kept telling me to take my son to the
pediatrician. She would not come right out and say it but she inplied
that he needed to be on Ritalin. I asked her if the school did any of
the testing for such things. She sain no. So I contacted our family
doctor, talked with him, made an appointment with a psychomotrist
(sp?), had my son tested, showed the results and reccomendations to
our doctor and he diagnosed ADD and prescribed Ritalin. I then found
out, doing my own research, that the school should have done the
testing and then sent the results to our doctor. I asked the school
for reimbursment. It took months but I did finally get it.The school
isn't responsible for the treatment, just the testing.
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