It can sometimes be unfortunate when a teacher thinks your child is AHDD. This happened to us. The teacher thought our child was AHDD and wanted us to hold them back a year. We did visit the pediatrican, and also paid out of our own pocket to have our child tested for AHDD. Our child tested at their grade level, did not have AHDD, and we promptly moved to a different school district. I don't think many private schools in NKY are equipped to handle special needs children.

AHDD, ADD, etc., are becoming some of the most over diagnosed conditions, especially in males. I feel bad for those that actually have it, and just as bad for those that are misdiagnosed.

Serious questions:

 

Just how much training has the person/company who administered the screening/testing had? How many Doctors has this person/company overruled/questioned?

 

Has this Doctor had a history of giving his patience Crate Blanche on AHDD medicine and if not, what makes you think he doesn't understand what is best for this child?

 

I can only speak from my experience but the person in our district has 25-30 years of experience working in this field with her supervisor having the same amount of experience. They go to NUMEROUS hours of training in this field every year.

 

The screening tools are ones that should be used throughout the state/national and is accepted throughout the state/national.

 

On the doctor, he deals with physcial issues and not an expert in educational matters.

Its my experience that most Catholic schools do not have strong programs for special needs students.

In my support for voucher systems, I wonder why if it is not good for one student, even if they are a resource student, why it is not good for all students.

 

I say give the money to the parents and let them have choice on where they send their child on whatever reason they want.

 

Put the emphasis on raising this child back in the parent's lap and out of the public school's laps.

AHDD, ADD, etc., are becoming some of the most over diagnosed conditions, especially in males. I feel bad for those that actually have it, and just as bad for those that are misdiagnosed.

 

:thumb: No doubt about that.

In the grand scheme, public schools are still benefiting from students going to private schools. Private school families still have to pay their tax money into the state's public school coffers, but they're not utilizing any of that money by sending their kids to the public schools that the tax money is funding. That means the money is still there, but there aren't as many students there to spend it on.

 

Personally, my parents paid for their four children to go to private schools from the 1st through the 12th grade. They've been paying taxes for decades, and since they chose to send their kids to private schools, they effectively never made use of all that money they've shelled out over the years. In a rudimentary sense, that's 48 years worth of public education that they funded...for somebody else to use - and that was fine by them.

 

Please...don't complain if there are private school parents asking for a little financial assistance from the state when they've been paying for it all along. :irked:

AHDD, ADD, etc., are becoming some of the most over diagnosed conditions, especially in males. I feel bad for those that actually have it, and just as bad for those that are misdiagnosed.

 

I am not trying to be a smart butt, but what is AHDD? I always heard it as ADHD( Attention Deficite Hyperactivity Disorder) is this the same thing you all are talking about?

I am not trying to be a smart butt, but what is AHDD? I always heard it as ADHD( Attention Deficite Hyperactivity Disorder) is this the same thing you all are talking about?

I've seen it listed as both. Attention Hyperactivity Deficit Disorder, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. I believe it's the same thing.

 

They called it AHDD when they diagnosed my nephew with it.

As Captain W F Call suggested, sometimes it is the schools who chooses that route and the parents/guardians have to accept it.

 

What happens to that family if they had wanted their child to attend the local public school but were told it was cheaper to send him/her elsewhere then to hire someone just for their child?

 

If the schools can pick and choose, then why not the parents/guardians of the students? Whats good for one, is indeed good for the other!

 

You do realize that this money is coming from the school system and not the state right? In many financially bare systems this would mean the cutting of a couple of teachers on staff to pay for this. It's the students that pay the ultimate price not the system. Before we say that the failing school system deserves it, take note that under this ruling they don't have the chance to succeed here.

This is great news...

In the grand scheme, public schools are still benefiting from students going to private schools. Private school families still have to pay their tax money into the state's public school coffers, but they're not utilizing any of that money by sending their kids to the public schools that the tax money is funding. That means the money is still there, but there aren't as many students there to spend it on.

 

Personally, my parents paid for their four children to go to private schools from the 1st through the 12th grade. They've been paying taxes for decades, and since they chose to send their kids to private schools, they effectively never made use of all that money they've shelled out over the years. In a rudimentary sense, that's 48 years worth of public education that they funded...for somebody else to use - and that was fine by them.

 

Please...don't complain if there are private school parents asking for a little financial assistance from the state when they've been paying for it all along. :irked:

 

The bolded is incorrect. Local schools receive their money through ADA funds that is based on AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE. If they kid is not attending the local school, the local district is NOT receiving the funds for them. No clue where the funds are going but it is not to the local schools.

Local schools receive their money through ADA funds that is based on AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE. If they kid is not attending the local school, the local district is NOT receiving the funds for them. No clue where the funds are going but it is not to the local schools.

 

Even if that is the case, the fact remains that parents who ask for state financial assistance for special needs students in private schools are already paying into the states education funding. Why is it so appalling to you that they ask for assistance from the education coffers when they've been contributing to them all along?

 

Here's a scenario for you:

 

You're a relatively wealthy individual - let's say, 45 years old. You're a healthy person, and you have a good job with a decent health insurance policy, although when it comes down to it, you can probably take care of most of your doctors' bills on your own...you don't go that often anyway.

 

That being said, you have a health insurance deduction from your paycheck every pay period to cover your insurance premium. It'd sure be nice to be able to pocket that money instead, but it's nice to know that the health coverage is there in case you need it.

 

You're getting a little older and you're body's getting a little more worn down than it used to be. After years of your knee bugging you (old football injury), you decide to go to the doctor to see what's going on. The doctor tells you the cartilage in your knee has virtually disintegrated over the years. He suggests surgery.

 

You call your insurance to inquire about setting up the procedure, but they told you you're not covered. Why? Well because you've made it thus far without having the procedure done, and besides, you can afford to pay for the procedure anyway.

 

Where's the love? Private school parents are still paying...and the majority of them aren't drawing from the funds. Why shouldn't the few who area asking for assistance get it?

No rebuttal???

Even if that is the case, the fact remains that parents who ask for state financial assistance for special needs students in private schools are already paying into the states education funding. Why is it so appalling to you that they ask for assistance from the education coffers when they've been contributing to them all along?

 

Here's a scenario for you:

 

You're a relatively wealthy individual - let's say, 45 years old. You're a healthy person, and you have a good job with a decent health insurance policy, although when it comes down to it, you can probably take care of most of your doctors' bills on your own...you don't go that often anyway.

 

That being said, you have a health insurance deduction from your paycheck every pay period to cover your insurance premium. It'd sure be nice to be able to pocket that money instead, but it's nice to know that the health coverage is there in case you need it.

 

You're getting a little older and you're body's getting a little more worn down than it used to be. After years of your knee bugging you (old football injury), you decide to go to the doctor to see what's going on. The doctor tells you the cartilage in your knee has virtually disintegrated over the years. He suggests surgery.

 

You call your insurance to inquire about setting up the procedure, but they told you you're not covered. Why? Well because you've made it thus far without having the procedure done, and besides, you can afford to pay for the procedure anyway.

 

Where's the love? Private school parents are still paying...and the majority of them aren't drawing from the funds. Why shouldn't the few who area asking for assistance get it?

 

Not a clue on what the scenario has to do with the price of tea in China.

 

The services are there for them to use. If they choose to opt out of that unless we go to a voucher system, there should not be any funds to follow them.

 

There should be no difference between a special ed child or a regular child or a gifted child.

 

If the funds follow one they should follow all.

 

That is why I am for a voucher system but presently we don't have that.

Not a clue on what the scenario has to do with the price of tea in China.

 

The services are there for them to use. If they choose to opt out of that unless we go to a voucher system, there should not be any funds to follow them.

 

There should be no difference between a special ed child or a regular child or a gifted child.

 

If the funds follow one they should follow all.

 

That is why I am for a voucher system but presently we don't have that.

 

The scenario has nothing to do with the price of tea in China...what it does have to do with is the idea that someone is paying for (might I also add, they're being required to pay for) a service. Whether or not they are always making use of that service is neither here nor there, but when they request the assistance of that service, be it insurance or education funding, they should be entitled to the benefits of that service, as they've been paying for it all along.

 

And...let me try to speak to a couple of points that I would anticipate you may try to make:

 

1) "Well, since they're required to pay into public education funding, then they should make use of the public schools instead of complaining."

 

Most people who choose to send their children to private schools do it for one, or both of two general reasons. Either they believe that their children's education should be built around and should teach the precepts of their religion, or they believe that private school education, in general, will provide their children with a higher quality of education. For some people, these ideas are of more value than the money saved by using public schools.

 

2) The voucher system is not going to make much, if any change in the "recruiting" problems that so many people see existing. It will allow people to spend their voucher at virtually whichever school they see fit, and thus, they will go where "the grass is greener".

 

If someone wants to go be a good wrestler in high school, then they're most likely to go to a school with a successful wrestling program. Thus, the schools with the most successful wresting programs will appeal to those students, and will likely build up a large faction of students who excel in wrestling. Then, the school down the road with the struggling wrestling program is going to complain that the other school is "recruiting".

 

Vouchers may make people happy that they get to are spend their alotted funding at whichever schools they please, but, the "recruiting" complaints are not going to be curbed.