[Dialogue] Fwd: Brasscheck TV: How many people do you know...

[KarenBueno at aol.com]

You may forward my comments.  How old is the child?  The few  children I saw 
who responded so well were eight to ten or eleven years  old.
 
Karen Bueno
 
 
In a message dated 1/12/2009 3:53:37 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
ptuecke at charter.net writes:

 
We  have a grandchild who has recently been tested by the her school district 
(at  their request and parents approval). Test results: extremely high IQ and 
ADD.  Parents are in a quandary about what to do – how to help. Their first 
response  was to not give drugs, because of all the stories of medication 
problems and  not wanting to dull her enthusiastic spirit. They have learned that 
the  medication and dosage and length of time meds stay in the body are much  
different than 20 years ago. After conversations with her pediatrician they  
have initially gone with a low dosage and observing any difference in focus  and 
behavior.   
I’d  like to forward to them some of the comments  from those of you in this  
conversation. 
Pat  Tuecke 
 
 
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In a  message dated 1/10/2009 3:42:50 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, 
khess at apk.net  writes:

So genes for hyperactivity would possibly have been of survival value.  
Clearly they are not of value in a contemporary school.   
 



 
So  why are the children considered the problem, not contemporary schools.   
Surely there's a better way to train our young people than the deadly  
regimentation required there.  I say this as a  retired elementary teacher, with 
credentials in bilingual/bicultural and  learning handicapped education.  In 30 
years of teaching, I only had one  student for whom ritalin was obviously 
beneficial.  I could  tell the moment I saw him whether or not he had taken his 
medication.  He  could make a valiant attempt to attend to class business, but 
just  couldn't seem to do so without the medicine.  (His father was an  
imprisoned gang member, and his family situation was extremely chaotic.   I've lost 
touch with him, but would be surprised if he didn't follow his  father to prison. 
 I don't think the ritalin had any long-term benefit,  but I was happy he had 
it in the classroom, for his sake, my sake, and the  sake of the other 
students.)
 

 
Jann  McGuire  



  
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