[MOSAIC] ADHD

[write at att.net]

Sorry.

That is probably what really happens in my district, but as far as I know there is not any medical way to diagnose ADHD.  There's not a blood test or a brain scan that will show someone has ADHD.  It's a matter of other people's observations of an individual's behavior.  Do any of you know otherwise?

Often classroom teachers get a survey form from the doctor to see if the student has ADHD.  Last year I had a student on a 504 because of ADHD, but none of his teachers thought his behavior indicated that he had ADHD.
Jan


-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Julie Santello <jsantel1 at verizon.net>
>
> In our district there must be a doctors evaluation to be allowed to  
> have a 504 for ADHD.  It can not just be because the parents and  
> teacher say so, it must be diagnosed.
> Julie
> 
> 
> 
> On Sep 14, 2007, at 8:55 PM, write at att.net wrote:
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> > As far as I can tell for a student with a 504 plan for ADHD the  
> > only thing necessary is for the parent to say the student has ADHD  
> > and for the teachers to agree that's probably true.  (Although the  
> > second part seems not to be always necessary.)
> >
> >
> > -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > From: Beverlee Paul <beverleepaul at hotmail.com>
> >>
> >> nothing in law that I know of - I just personally have never known  
> >> a student on
> >> a 504 who wasn't tested - what route would your kids have taken to  
> >> have been
> >> placed on a 504 plan?  What is typical, I mean?
> >>
> >>
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