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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Totally didn’t happen.  Teacher’s don’t suggest medication. They might gently suggest evaluations and discussions with your pediatrician.  But certainly not on the first day of school. [/quote]

While my story didn't happen on the first day of school, I have sat through an IEP meeting in room full of therapists, teachers, a social worker, a case manager, and principal and had the principal tell me during the meeting that he didn't think that my child would be an academic success without medication. Everyone heard it. I caught at least one teacher nodding her head in agreement. I told that them we will take some time to address some issues and see where we stand during the end of the year meeting. He had to apologize to me at the end of the year meeting. He was wrong and everyone in that room knew he was wrong for saying what he said and because my child had made more progress than they thought he ever would.[/quote]

There is a real difference between your experience and what the OP claims happened. The Principal mentioned a course of action during an IEP meeting where there was a diagnosed issue. You disagreed with the Principal about that particular course of action, took a different path, and things worked out well for your child.

The OP is claiming that a Teacher called on the first day of class and told her, over the phone, that her kid needed to be medicated.

I don't know if you were offended that the Principal mentioned medication as part of the solution or if you disagreed with that course of action. I would think that an IEP meeting to discuss ADHD might very well include a conversation about the use of medication. It would be appropriate in that context because it is one common path taken by families.

I have been in the room during an IEP meeting when a teacher told my parents that I could never graduate from high school so I know that teachers sometimes say stupid stuff. That was 39 years ago so I would hope things have improved, and the people I know who are teaching would never make such a statement. I am aware that there is room for idiots in all fields and so that it is possible that a teacher would make an inappropriate comment or suggestion.

I still don't buy that a teacher called home on the first day of school and told a parent to medicate their child. [/quote]

Totally disagree on medication being an appropriate topic for discussion at an IEP meeting, except for to establish if the child is on medication.  The decision to medicate or not is completely none of the school's business, and certainly it's wayyyy out of the principal's area of competence.  The principal shouldn't have said that, yet he did.  In every organization, there are people who are clueless of the rules or don't believe the rules apply to them, or believe they know best.  [/quote]

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