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Does anyone ever wonder if the professionals REALLY know what is wrong with our kids?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 530311" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Lucas started out as "Other Health Impaired" because they knew he was not like the other kids, but he just had an ADHD/ODD diagnosis. and that doesn't automatically get you help. It was his extreme problems with learning in a typical learning environment and classroom that started up in fourth grade that got the educators concerned, plus Dad and Mom never letting up.</p><p></p><p>Once he got the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) diagnosis that we knew he had, things really accelerated. It's ridiculous how much is placed on a label, even if the child's label applies. I know parents who never get the right supports for their children because they simply don't know how to do it...and the poor child suffers.</p><p></p><p>I think it is clear that many children are not "typical" kids. The problem is, with ten professionals telling you something else and the schools doubting the ten diagnoses, often nothing gets done at all and the child becomes a problem both in school (if he doesn't drop out) or in the community. I believe strongly that many of these "passed over" k ids turn to drugs, cutting, gangs, and even suicide in their angst and in many causes in my opinion that could be avoided.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 530311, member: 1550"] Lucas started out as "Other Health Impaired" because they knew he was not like the other kids, but he just had an ADHD/ODD diagnosis. and that doesn't automatically get you help. It was his extreme problems with learning in a typical learning environment and classroom that started up in fourth grade that got the educators concerned, plus Dad and Mom never letting up. Once he got the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) diagnosis that we knew he had, things really accelerated. It's ridiculous how much is placed on a label, even if the child's label applies. I know parents who never get the right supports for their children because they simply don't know how to do it...and the poor child suffers. I think it is clear that many children are not "typical" kids. The problem is, with ten professionals telling you something else and the schools doubting the ten diagnoses, often nothing gets done at all and the child becomes a problem both in school (if he doesn't drop out) or in the community. I believe strongly that many of these "passed over" k ids turn to drugs, cutting, gangs, and even suicide in their angst and in many causes in my opinion that could be avoided. [/QUOTE]
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