MARIE WEIDEMANN was thinking about Re: Educational Laws and keyed into 
cyberspace:
MW> Mark Probert - The wind whispered your name to me...
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MW> MW> RF> I thought it was time to repost this message.  I posted it
MW> MW> RF> just before school started.  New people have joined with the
MW> MW> RF> same problems that plague as all. I hope this helps you all
MW> MW> RF> out. Also please note that this is in the U.S. If you live
MW> MW> RF> outside the U.S.  You may contact C.H.A.D.D as they have
MW> MW> RF> some chapters in other areas such as Canada. 
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MW> MW> Thank you Regina...I have copied this to my h/d and will give it
MW> MW>to my  daughter..she has been having a problem getting the school
MW> MW>to recoginize  her daughter as being ADD...
MW> MP> If your daughter presents a medical diagnosis of ADHD, and,
MW> MP> documents  that there impact on learning, then the school HAS TO
MW> MP> ACCEPT IT. Have  her contact her state ed dept and ask for
MW> MP> anything they have on the the  rights of the child.
MW> It is not the school that she is having a problem with...it is the
MW>fact  that she doesn't have any insurance for her daughter so the
MW>doctors have  decided that she will not be put on any
MW>medication...but until they found  out that she was not insured, they
MW>had suggested medication..Amanda (my  granddaughter) is very
MW>hyper..and she talks 25 hours of every day...:) 
The generics are relatively cheap and should not be that expensive. I 
think that that is a rather poor piece of medicine.
MW> The school has her in a special class and gives her the extra
MW>attention  that she requires, at least so far..she is only in
MW> kindergarden..but by the fact that the doctors have decided she does
MW>not need medication, the  school is not sure how severe her ADD
MW>is...but I will tell her to contact  the State Ed. Department...thank
MW>you... 
Medication is IRRELEVANT to the issue of severity in an educational 
setting. If the ADD is affecting her educationally, then it counts for 
special services. Severity is NOT an educational issue, but a medical 
one.
                   ===>Mark Probert<===
                   mark.probert@juno.com
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