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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 17579" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>My concern here is that the pediatrician has said that the school shouldn't be asking AT ALL if difficult child has had her medications. Not asking the child, not asking the parents. I still can't see what is wrong with the school asking this, it would be a help, not a hindrance. </p><p></p><p>If the school were saying they would medicate the child if she said she had missed her medications, I would be concerned. Nothing should be administered without parental approval and a paper trail. But knowing the child is on medications, seeing a possible deterioration in behaviour and asking discreetly - I think the pediatrician's attitude is causing a problem here.</p><p></p><p>Kathy, I had to chuckle. You said, "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."</p><p></p><p>Our local school (quite small and getting smaller) HAS got phones in every classroom. They're connected to the school switchboard (which is fairly primitive) and a lot of calls are directed through the office rather than from the class teacher, but that's more for confidentiality and not taking up too much of the teacher's time.</p><p>So maybe Aussie schools aren't as behind-the-times as I have been thinking?</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 17579, member: 1991"] My concern here is that the pediatrician has said that the school shouldn't be asking AT ALL if difficult child has had her medications. Not asking the child, not asking the parents. I still can't see what is wrong with the school asking this, it would be a help, not a hindrance. If the school were saying they would medicate the child if she said she had missed her medications, I would be concerned. Nothing should be administered without parental approval and a paper trail. But knowing the child is on medications, seeing a possible deterioration in behaviour and asking discreetly - I think the pediatrician's attitude is causing a problem here. Kathy, I had to chuckle. You said, "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." Our local school (quite small and getting smaller) HAS got phones in every classroom. They're connected to the school switchboard (which is fairly primitive) and a lot of calls are directed through the office rather than from the class teacher, but that's more for confidentiality and not taking up too much of the teacher's time. So maybe Aussie schools aren't as behind-the-times as I have been thinking? Marg [/QUOTE]
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