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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's an innocent question. A lot of parents want the school to know if their child is on medication. A teacher can observe how well a dosing schedule is working for a child and may have suggestions for a different dosing schedule that works better. They also should know about medications in case of a medical emergency.  [/quote]

A teacher is not qualified to be offering opinions as to dosing schedule of any kind of medicine.   Medication is to be prescribed by a doctor and monitored by the doctor or pharmacist.  I would be highly annoyed if a teacher had comments as to my child's medication schedule.   It is none of her business.

Now, if the teacher wants to provide me with objective feedback --  "You child is falling asleep every day just before linch -- thought you should know" that's just fine.   Then it is up to me to determine if my child's allergy medicines need to be tweaked, for example.   But I would NOT want a teacher suggesting changes to medications.

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Well sorry but the teacher is going to be seeing your medicated child for longer periods of time then you AND in an environment the meds are supposed to be for (school and concentration)[/quote]

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