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...:) 
 MP> The generics are relatively cheap and should not be that expensive. I 
 MP> think that that is a rather poor piece of medicine.
 
 I will have to get her to my computer and have her explain to you just
 exactly what happened..I am getting it second hand and may be getting
 things mixed up..
 
 
 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... 
 MP> Medication is IRRELEVANT to the issue of severity in an educational 
 MP> setting. If the ADD is affecting her educationally, then it counts for
 MP> special services. Severity is NOT an educational issue, but a medical 
 MP> one.
 Again, I will have her explain what she was told by the school and the
 doctors..I do know that Amanada has been diagnosed as being ADD..and
 that the school recognizes this but I am not sure exactly what the 
 problem is...I am sorry I am not being clear about this..
 Marie
... And on some days, in various ways, I feel totally *clueless*!
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