School Harrassment?

[redleg17]

Wow, now school officials are doing home visits?

And I thought that the high-handed CPS workers were bad enough.

 

[Ohiogal]

I am going to disagree a little here. A parent is not required to medicate their child for ADHD. It is not legally medical neglect if a parent chooses not to medicate their child for ADHD. Yes, it will thoroughly tick off school officials if they do not, but they cannot lose custody over that decision.

Now, this is not a parent who has chosen not to medicate the child, it is a parent who currently does not have the financial ability to pay for the meds. However, I don't think that changes the legal status.

Also, a doctor would not insist on a child being on meds for ADHD. A doctor would go with the parent's wishes if the doctor agreed that the child had ADHD. Therefore a parent would not be going against doctor's orders if the parent chose not to medicate their child.

You are wrong. I have seen cases in juvenile court where the child was removed from the home with a finding of NEGLECT due to the fact that the school reported the child was NOT on their prescription for ADHD and the child's behavior was disruptive. The child had a prescription and it was nto being filled. So quite frankly YOU are WRONG. But hey, let OP listen to you.

 

[Ohiogal]

Wow, now school officials are doing home visits?

And I thought that the high-handed CPS workers were bad enough.

And they don't have to allow the school officials into their home. Plain and simple.

 

[redleg17]

And they don't have to allow the school officials into their home. Plain and simple.

I'm just bewildered that there would be anyone that wasn't aware of that. I thought it was bad enough with CPS officials that show up at your door and tell you that you have to let them in to have access "to the children" even though it's plainly evident that at 10:30am on a schoolday that the children aren't there.

 

[Ohiogal]

I'm just bewildered that there would be anyone that wasn't aware of that. I thought it was bad enough with CPS officials that show up at your door and tell you that you have to let them in to have access "to the children" even though it's plainly evident that at 10:30am on a schoolday that the children aren't there.

You don't have to let CPS in at any time. They may get a court order after that but you don't have to let them in. And you may think it is plainly evident that at 1030 am on a school day the children aren't there but quite frankly, not so much the truth for many children.