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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The nurse is the one who needs to do this and she needs to be emphatic.  There was a child in my DC's class in the exact same situation and the nurse specifically told the parents that she suspected absence seizures.  This was not only correct but the child had a brain tumor.  The parents think the nurse saved their child's life.

I believe school nurses can actually make it a requirement that parents take a child to the doctor in certain circumstances?  I'm not saying that the nurse should be confrontational, only that she should ensure this child is seen ASAP.  And she absolutely should mention the possibility of a seizure.  This is not something like autism where a diagnosis shouldn't be mentioned.  if a child might have strep, the nurse would call the parents and say take your child for a strep test.  These parents may not know what an absence seizure is and they need to be told.[/quote]

But absence seizures are not like looking at a child's red throat via a flashlight and then saying please get a strep test because about half of all red throats are strep.  A school nurse simply cannot diagnose absence seizures.  And unless the school is prepared to pay for this mandated neurological examination, you are way, way, out of bounds.

And all we have so far is a teacher saying she saw a video on youtube which she thinks reminds her of this student.  Wow.[/quote]

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