>My biggest issue with that is I can see it going the same was as ADHD diagnoses went. Your kid doesn't match the 'norms' for the school? DRUG 'em til they do!!

Aww - what's to worry? They'll use gub-mint certified psychiatrists.


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>>What Mike said. We keep asking schools to do more and more with less and less.
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>>Also, fwiw, I think you'll find that a lot of people would object to routine psych evals of kids in school. I haven't given this much thought, but my initial take is that, just like vision or hearing, it's appropriate for schools to do a high-level screening and then suggest to parents that they follow up with an expert.
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