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Autism...Epidemic?
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[ It's illegal for a school employee to diagnose a health condition - they are NOT doctors. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 7570540 Teachers walk in a gray area by suggesting diagnosis, and sometimes routing concerned parents to doctors who will rubber stamp disability forms [ link to www.cnn.com] "Teachers and related school personnel have an important role in identifying learning and social challenges faced by students, including those with ADHD, says Clarke Ross, CEO of CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder). But teachers should never give a diagnosis for the purpose of medication use, or advise the use of medications, he said.
Alana Morales, of Thornton, Colorado, is one of those teachers who has brought up the subject of ADHD testing with many parents. She doesn't tell parents to medicate their kids, but brings up the subject of getting children tested because she thinks it's important for parents to know. "You have to be so careful because, again, we are not doctors," she said. "But does that mean we don't recognize it? No."
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