BM>Leona Payne On (01 Aug 96) was overheard to say to Bob Moylan
 
BM> LP> I don't agree with your logic. I do not profess to be a medical
BM> LP> doctor, therefore any opinion I offer as to a child's possible
BM> LP> condition can be only that:  opinion.
 
BM> You seem to be overlooking that the opinion you would be expressing
BM> is that the child has a medical condition.  There are several
BM> disorders with symptoms very similar to ADD/ADHD; are you familiar
BM> enough with all of those to be able to rule them out?
 
        When one is suspect due to simptons, then they give an opinion.
Doctors give a medical opinion, teachers give a behavioral opinion -
respectfully of this subject.  If ADD/ADHD is a medical condition, then
this opinion is medical and belongs to that profession.  A teacher
stating that a student does not focus on subjects and before
administering special education program desires to have all medical
possiblities exhausted is acting properly.  For the teacher to suspect a
medical possiblity is not out of line, if the teacher is simply suspect
and proposing an actual medical opinion.
 
Keep your stick on the Ice,
Paul
 
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