WWYD?

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-07-2004
WWYD?
8
Mon, 12-11-2006 - 7:19pm

I am so sorry for hoggin the board today but I seem to be having a rough day.

What would you do if your child's teacher asked your child if he took his medicine on any day that your child is rowdy?

My son's teacher does this and it really annoys me to think she thinks I am not giving him his medicine. I am have tempted to take him off it so she can remember what it is like when he DOESN'T take it.

iVillage Member
Registered: 06-03-2006
In reply to: jeepmama2004
Mon, 12-11-2006 - 7:53pm
Is it legal for a teacher to ask that question?
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-03-2004
In reply to: jeepmama2004
Mon, 12-11-2006 - 7:55pm

What would I do? I'd tell her the truth. I think I would say pretty clearly that she may not be aware of what she is doing, but let her know that she is asking regularly about the medicine on days when he is rowdy and that yet you are not ever forgetting his medicine. I would try to be gentle, but direct, and let her know that this predictable line of questioning is bothering you.

There just seems to be a tendency out there among teachers to think that drug therapy "fixes" a child, and that is just not so! Wouldn't it be nice if that were actually the case?

Hope tomorrow is better for you. ((((HUGS)))))

yours,

Sara
ilovemalcolm

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-20-2001
In reply to: jeepmama2004
Mon, 12-11-2006 - 7:59pm

One of Bobby's preschool teachers use to do that to me ALL the time!! It owuld upset me soo much!!


 


Powered by CGISpy.com

 

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-07-2003
In reply to: jeepmama2004
Mon, 12-11-2006 - 8:49pm
ITA, and I'd also point out to her that she's essentially telling him that he's being bad every time she asks that question. That's what I have the hardest time with -- instead of being supportive, she's being negative, which surely isn't going to help the problem!
iVillage Member
Registered: 06-25-2003
In reply to: jeepmama2004
Mon, 12-11-2006 - 9:23pm

I would point out gently that I think it is an inappropriate question to ask a child in class, in front of his peers.


If she has any questions regarding his confidential medical record, she should bring it up

-Paula

visit my blog at www.onesickmother.com
iVillage Member
Registered: 11-07-2004
In reply to: jeepmama2004
Mon, 12-11-2006 - 9:51pm
I really hadn't thought of it like that, but that is so true. I was thinking about how she is making him feel he can't be sucessful without his medicine. Prior to this school year, he had no idea what he took medicine for. Now he does.
iVillage Member
Registered: 11-07-2004
In reply to: jeepmama2004
Mon, 12-11-2006 - 9:53pm

<>

i don't understand this? Can you further explain?

iVillage Member
Registered: 06-25-2003
In reply to: jeepmama2004
Tue, 12-12-2006 - 12:57pm

IDEA '97 was revised in 2004 and is now Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 or IDEIA 04

-Paula

visit my blog at www.onesickmother.com