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School not providing for my ADHD/ODD son
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 231021" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>What arguments did the principal give for not allowing any consideration? It sounds to me like you would have made your case for difficult child needing to be given more stability. So what were the school's arguments?</p><p></p><p>A common argument is, "We can't make exceptions for one student."</p><p></p><p>A good response to this is, "This is a student with identified disabilities which are directly impacted by the school's new strategy. It is my undertanding that legally, you MUST make adjustments or you would be guilty of discrimination and failure to give this child equal access to the same education."</p><p></p><p>An example I often use when faced with failure to make any allowances for a child like this, is to compare it to a child who is bline, but being punished for failing to accurately copy from the blackboard. Ofcourse a school will recognise the need to make adjustments for a blind student. So why do they persist in ignoring the needs of those with ADHD or other neurological problems? And why do they persist in NOT seeing these disabilities as neurological? Our local school insisted on seeing these problems as "mental disturbance". This of course made them more fearful and anxious about him, which meant tey increasingly got it wrong.</p><p></p><p>Not only annoying, but damaging.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 231021, member: 1991"] What arguments did the principal give for not allowing any consideration? It sounds to me like you would have made your case for difficult child needing to be given more stability. So what were the school's arguments? A common argument is, "We can't make exceptions for one student." A good response to this is, "This is a student with identified disabilities which are directly impacted by the school's new strategy. It is my undertanding that legally, you MUST make adjustments or you would be guilty of discrimination and failure to give this child equal access to the same education." An example I often use when faced with failure to make any allowances for a child like this, is to compare it to a child who is bline, but being punished for failing to accurately copy from the blackboard. Ofcourse a school will recognise the need to make adjustments for a blind student. So why do they persist in ignoring the needs of those with ADHD or other neurological problems? And why do they persist in NOT seeing these disabilities as neurological? Our local school insisted on seeing these problems as "mental disturbance". This of course made them more fearful and anxious about him, which meant tey increasingly got it wrong. Not only annoying, but damaging. Marg [/QUOTE]
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