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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Be prepared to be judged and asked at the IEP meeting why your child isn't already taking medication, like it is up to the team to decide to medicate your child.  :shock: [/quote]

When a school is faced with a kid who absolutely cannot learn because they absolutely cannot focus and the parents refuse to medicate - what magic wand would you like the school to wave to make it al better??[/quote]

Unless you have a Medical Degree (which no one in my IEP meetings have), it is not your place to judge whether or not I should medicate my child.  The meds come with serious side effects some of which the IEP team is not privy to because frankly it bears no weight on the IEP decision at hand.  BTW - My child's doctor prefers that the school tries behavioral interventions before going the medication route.  He is flabbergasted when school personnel send parents to his office for medications BEFORE implementing an IEP and giving accommodations.[/quote]

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