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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 17282" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>A teacher's job is to educate but that can't happen if the child is bouncing off the walls. The other students in the class are also affected.</p><p></p><p>My take may be different in that I deal with older students who are supposed to remember to take their medicine at school and often forget. So I see nothing wrong with asking them confidentially (in the hall) if they have forgotten to take their medicine when I notice a marked change in behavior. I have never had a student or parent complain that I asked.</p><p></p><p>I agree with Marg that I didn't read the original post as the school pushing medicine on the child. In this case, the child already is on medications and it is a question whether they have taken them or not. </p><p></p><p>However, if the parent feels strongly about this issue I certainly would not push it and would not ask anymore. I would then just deal with any bad behavior as non-medication related and apply the same consequences for that behavior as any non special-needs child. </p><p></p><p>by the way, kris, I was a little amused at the idea of a classroom telephone. In the 27 years that I have spent in the classroom, I have never had a telephone in the classroom. It's usually on the other side of the building at best. I'm always envious when I hear that teachers actually can pick up a phone in their classroom to contact parents or anyone else. :smile:</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 17282, member: 1967"] A teacher's job is to educate but that can't happen if the child is bouncing off the walls. The other students in the class are also affected. My take may be different in that I deal with older students who are supposed to remember to take their medicine at school and often forget. So I see nothing wrong with asking them confidentially (in the hall) if they have forgotten to take their medicine when I notice a marked change in behavior. I have never had a student or parent complain that I asked. I agree with Marg that I didn't read the original post as the school pushing medicine on the child. In this case, the child already is on medications and it is a question whether they have taken them or not. However, if the parent feels strongly about this issue I certainly would not push it and would not ask anymore. I would then just deal with any bad behavior as non-medication related and apply the same consequences for that behavior as any non special-needs child. by the way, kris, I was a little amused at the idea of a classroom telephone. In the 27 years that I have spent in the classroom, I have never had a telephone in the classroom. It's usually on the other side of the building at best. I'm always envious when I hear that teachers actually can pick up a phone in their classroom to contact parents or anyone else. [img]:smile:[/img] ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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