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OOOOOOOOH. lucky us, another diagnosis!
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<blockquote data-quote="daralex" data-source="post: 160630" data-attributes="member: 4467"><p>Thank you everyone for all your input - I guess part of what Linda said really hit the nail for me. I think it's the fact that even if difficult child is adhd, those letters are not helping her get through school. With all the letters they attach as a diagnosis what happens to the actual child. If she acts up in class is that because of the odd, adhd, ptsd, etc? In my mind what matters is that she is acting up in class. I was relieved to get the Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) diagnosis many years ago because it helps me know how to deal with her better - so I get the whole "you need to know what's wrong with her thing". But the school knows no matter what that all of these other things are going on with her and she needs to be helped. I guess at the end of the meeting it felt as though they were trying to treat/help a diagnosis and not a child. It was a confirmation in my head that they really don't "get it". And if I can't get my point across as a non-difficult child to the school, how is difficult child supposed to be a self advocate? It was just very disheartening and made me see a little more what difficult child deals with in school on a daily basis - it's so sad - she has to try twice as hard as other kids and they treat her like she's not trying at all. I'm just frustrated.</p><p>-Dara</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="daralex, post: 160630, member: 4467"] Thank you everyone for all your input - I guess part of what Linda said really hit the nail for me. I think it's the fact that even if difficult child is adhd, those letters are not helping her get through school. With all the letters they attach as a diagnosis what happens to the actual child. If she acts up in class is that because of the odd, adhd, ptsd, etc? In my mind what matters is that she is acting up in class. I was relieved to get the Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) diagnosis many years ago because it helps me know how to deal with her better - so I get the whole "you need to know what's wrong with her thing". But the school knows no matter what that all of these other things are going on with her and she needs to be helped. I guess at the end of the meeting it felt as though they were trying to treat/help a diagnosis and not a child. It was a confirmation in my head that they really don't "get it". And if I can't get my point across as a non-difficult child to the school, how is difficult child supposed to be a self advocate? It was just very disheartening and made me see a little more what difficult child deals with in school on a daily basis - it's so sad - she has to try twice as hard as other kids and they treat her like she's not trying at all. I'm just frustrated. -Dara [/QUOTE]
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