@bigben2: I apologize for rambling on. I’ll try to clarify. The OP mentioned that the education of the “good/smart” kids who don’t have issues (which I took to mean children who do not receive therapy or extra help) are being affected negatively due to all the attention given to students with issues.
My original post was agreeing with the OP by stating that there are a lot of children who receive services of some sort, that they outnumber the amount of children who don’t receive services. The teachers have no choice but to give more attention to those students whether its spending time talking with their therapist, parents, and principals.
My second post was to try to support my statement by telling you that so many students do receive services whether they really need them or not.