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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For each child that gets labeled as "special needs", there comes along with it extra money for the district.  It's a sick incentive to overdiagnose and overlabel children who are perfectly fine.

And, more insidiously, its a sick incentive to give children a pass on learning the basics "just because they didn't want to" by justifying it through some contrived diagnosis or label.  It further propagates the dumbing down of our children.[/quote]

I agree with your first point and disagree with your second.  There are surely children who have legitimate special needs, and accomodating them is not an excuse to give them a pass on learning.  It is quite the opposite.  [b]However, I do firmly believe that there is "overdiagnosis and overlabeling" of preschool-aged children, at least at our school, and likely at others too. [/b] [/quote]

For every person like you who claims there is "overdiagnosis and overlabeling", there are many other parents who actually have SN children who cannot get the services/support/help they need for their kids.  So which is it?  You don't know what the he!! you are talking about...[/quote]

Why do you think that both can't be happening at the same time?  How do you know that the misdiagnosis of some children isn't drawing resources away from children who truly need them?  [/quote]

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