Teacher suggests I get my son on meds!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teachers know what ADHD looks like. Get an eval

That does not mean Op should medicate her son, nor does the teacher get to make that decision. She is a teacher, not a DOCTOR. Wow, and you wonder why we have a problem with opioid addiction in this country. And yes, I know ADHD drugs are not opioid but we should look to medication to regulate everything. That is the problem with this country.

[Anonymous]

OP, you need to document this interaction and forward in the form of a complaint to the principal. This is absolutely outrageous, out of line and utterly unprofessional of this teacher.

I’d have been fired had I made such a suggestion to a parent. Deservedly so. With cause.

Leave the diagnostic work to the medical professionals.

Sincerely,

Your (retired) School Nurse

[Anonymous]

My son has ADHD and was medicated for 3 years in middle school. His elementary school teachers all spoke of his attention issues and ways to accommodate it, but no one mentioned the word ADHD, and since ADHD can be addressed without meds in many situations, no one mentioned meds.

This teacher is incredibly out of line and needs training on how to speak with parents. You need to formally file a complaint with the Principal. Even if your child has ADHD and needs meds!

[Anonymous]

TROLL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely didn't happen. Even the support staff at my school know that you just cannot do that, meaning EVER suggest to a parent that they medicate their kid. If it's not actually illegal it is at the very least against state policy.

I guess it's slightly possible that some teacher at Podunk Elementary or WTF Private Academy might have missed the memo somehow, but even that thought just boggles my mind.

You’re ridiculous! Of course it’s not supposed to happen but obviously things like this and worse do happen. How is this more astounding to you than sexual abuse which surely you must admit does happen in schools sometimes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Either a Troll or a parent who has had a number of teachers suggest evaluations far more gently and the OP has ignored those suggestions.

DS teacher suggested a speech evaluation when he was in K. She was very gentle and kind but it only took a week or so for her to notice that something was off.

If this is a real post, and I don't think that it is, the OP should contact the school and ask for a meeting with the Teacher and the Principal. The Teachers actions was not appropriate. I would also suspect that the Teacher phrased things differently but the message was that the child was out of control, distracting other kids, and not listening to the Teacher who was telling him to stop. The OP is phrasing things in a manner that makes it sound as if the Teacher was 100% blunt and rude.

If it is real, I wonder how many other Teachers and Coaches and Adults have commented on the boys behavior and the OP has brushed it off.

But this feels really, really off.

+1 that or the kid was medicated last year, but went off his meds for the summer. It was probably in the file. Parent was hoping she wouldn’t have to start the meds so soon, and the teacher caller her out on the first day of school to report he needs to go back on meds. The kid has been medicated before, no doubt. No teacher would suggest meds to a kid who hadn’t already been on them.

+1,000

Ok, this brings up quite a rat's nest of potential issues. How and why would the teacher know if the kid was on medication last year? Unless a child's use of medications (whether for ADHD, diabetes, or anything else) requires accommodations there is ABSOLUTELY no need for there to be any school record, much less for this year's teacher to know if the kid was on meds last year. An IEP, for example SHOULD NOT state whether or not a kid is on medication to manage the ADHD (and schools cannot require parents to have their kid on medication).

So, no, it was not "probably in the file".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If this is a real post, the teacher's behavior is completely inappropriate. For the sake of your child, and the sake of children with real special needs, please copy and paste your post and send it to your principal (with your name and your child's name). This shouldn't be happening at your school.

+1 Teachers know they are not medical professionals. The fact that the OP is suggesting that the teacher said this without doing the normal procedure of a school professional conducted diagnostic/504 plan etc. seems trollish to me too.

I agree. It has been drilled in to me that as a teacher you never suggest meds or a probable diagnosis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Either a Troll or a parent who has had a number of teachers suggest evaluations far more gently and the OP has ignored those suggestions.

DS teacher suggested a speech evaluation when he was in K. She was very gentle and kind but it only took a week or so for her to notice that something was off.

If this is a real post, and I don't think that it is, the OP should contact the school and ask for a meeting with the Teacher and the Principal. The Teachers actions was not appropriate. I would also suspect that the Teacher phrased things differently but the message was that the child was out of control, distracting other kids, and not listening to the Teacher who was telling him to stop. The OP is phrasing things in a manner that makes it sound as if the Teacher was 100% blunt and rude.

If it is real, I wonder how many other Teachers and Coaches and Adults have commented on the boys behavior and the OP has brushed it off.

But this feels really, really off.

+1 that or the kid was medicated last year, but went off his meds for the summer. It was probably in the file. Parent was hoping she wouldn’t have to start the meds so soon, and the teacher caller her out on the first day of school to report he needs to go back on meds. The kid has been medicated before, no doubt. No teacher would suggest meds to a kid who hadn’t already been on them.

+1,000

Ok, this brings up quite a rat's nest of potential issues. How and why would the teacher know if the kid was on medication last year? Unless a child's use of medications (whether for ADHD, diabetes, or anything else) requires accommodations there is ABSOLUTELY no need for there to be any school record, much less for this year's teacher to know if the kid was on meds last year. An IEP, for example SHOULD NOT state whether or not a kid is on medication to manage the ADHD (and schools cannot require parents to have their kid on medication).

So, no, it was not "probably in the file".

Um, you do rewlize the health forms are on file in the clinic? Teachers can check.

[Anonymous]

you do rewlize the health forms are on file in the clinic? Teachers can check


PP retired school nurse and this isn't and should not be easily accessible information; it's confidential, protected health information and not accessible for teachers. I had no access to individual student records. Make sense?

[Anonymous]

Private schools don't even have to hire credentialed teachers. Charter schools are really uneven in staff too.
I believe it happened, but I bet it wasn't a regular school district school.

[Anonymous]

:27 l bet this is FCPS. Sounds just like some of the Special Ed teachers, too. They think they are the experts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:you do rewlize the health forms are on file in the clinic? Teachers can check


PP retired school nurse and this isn't and should not be easily accessible information; it's confidential, protected health information and not accessible for teachers. I had no access to individual student records. Make sense?

Don’t be so thick. You weren’t a teacher so you obviously don’t know. Teachers collect the health forms, alphabetize them, and are the ones who turn them in! Of course they read them and are aware of any medications a child is on (in case kids need to go to clinic to get doses). They have to know who has diabetes, who has allergies, etc. In many cases, they have to be epi pen trained. So yes, teachers are always aware of health issues and medications students are on, especially if it impacts the classroom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:you do rewlize the health forms are on file in the clinic? Teachers can check


PP retired school nurse and this isn't and should not be easily accessible information; it's confidential, protected health information and not accessible for teachers. I had no access to individual student records. Make sense?

Don’t be so thick. You weren’t a teacher so you obviously don’t know. Teachers collect the health forms, alphabetize them, and are the ones who turn them in! Of course they read them and are aware of any medications a child is on (in case kids need to go to clinic to get doses). They have to know who has diabetes, who has allergies, etc. In many cases, they have to be epi pen trained. So yes, teachers are always aware of health issues and medications students are on, especially if it impacts the classroom.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:you do rewlize the health forms are on file in the clinic? Teachers can check


PP retired school nurse and this isn't and should not be easily accessible information; it's confidential, protected health information and not accessible for teachers. I had no access to individual student records. Make sense?

Don’t be so thick. You weren’t a teacher so you obviously don’t know. Teachers collect the health forms, alphabetize them, and are the ones who turn them in! Of course they read them and are aware of any medications a child is on (in case kids need to go to clinic to get doses). They have to know who has diabetes, who has allergies, etc. In many cases, they have to be epi pen trained. So yes, teachers are always aware of health issues and medications students are on, especially if it impacts the classroom.

Huh? No. We submit health forms directly to the main office, and they are filed with the nurse. Yes, a teacher should know if there is a medication plan that she has a role in, but teachers absolutely should not be able to go through all past health forms in the files for any kid!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:you do rewlize the health forms are on file in the clinic? Teachers can check


PP retired school nurse and this isn't and should not be easily accessible information; it's confidential, protected health information and not accessible for teachers. I had no access to individual student records. Make sense?

Don’t be so thick. You weren’t a teacher so you obviously don’t know. Teachers collect the health forms, alphabetize them, and are the ones who turn them in! Of course they read them and are aware of any medications a child is on (in case kids need to go to clinic to get doses). They have to know who has diabetes, who has allergies, etc. In many cases, they have to be epi pen trained. So yes, teachers are always aware of health issues and medications students are on, especially if it impacts the classroom.

Huh? No. We submit health forms directly to the main office, and they are filed with the nurse. Yes, a teacher should know if there is a medication plan that she has a role in, but teachers absolutely should not be able to go through all past health forms in the files for any kid!

We sent ours home in DS's packet yesterday. His teacher collected them.