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I wish I was unfamiliar with the process.
Who is supposed to decide what a person should/not be able to do? The board of Ed? The principals? The teachers? People were not created to sit and study the entire day. Until recently most people did not.
That being said, I agree with you that people need to cope and they should use medication if they find it necessary. To deny the meds if needed and helpful, would be terrible. But, like the doctor said, if there would be better resources and less students per teacher (more flexibility in classroom management), this child would not need medication. (Obviously not a blanket statement).
If we manage to isolate the weak skills we should then work to strengthen them. That would be beneficial. There doesn’t necessarily need to be a leap to medication.
Momma
I understood the test to be very boring. While it may be accurate in measuring attention span, it can’t determine if adhd (or very short attention spans) is a disorder.