The Medicalizing Of Education

I do not think that there is today no one in society that have not been taking medication for something - depression issue high blood pressure, diabetes, prostate, thyroid dysfunction, or ulcers, to name just a few . Indeed, medicine is what is needed in a lot of people just to stay alive.

The children are in need of disease and childhood, the medicine of childhood disease several times. It is only within 20 years of the last have seen the children of school age that medicinal and psychotropic drugs sometimes we as early as kindergarten. About 15 years ago, when I was the vice principal of the school for the children of behavior disorder, was on the phone with the doctor treated one of the students of my. I referred to the doctor that students were very active. She was not very active, but he, that had ADHD, that is, she told me that you were using the term I wrong. During our discussion, further, the ADHD of the students in need of drugs to assist in controlling her doctor explained that was why she had poor impulse control such she , and. In my opinion, have played a major role in the current trend of very popular in society, where school psychologists, parenting or poor, lack of discipline of the good old fashion, social worker in education in particular, Look for a quick fix to deal with is not a mental disorder in days gone by an obstacle, including guidance counselors, administrators, teachers, everyone take it easy, to students who would have been considered irresponsible rude.

Today, for departure, the association has raised the allowable range. Same attitude and this has found its way into education, it has resulted in low expectations for behavior and student achievement. If one person burned the American flag a few years ago, it is an illegal act, person or group of guilt imposed, we held the appropriate responsibility and social impact. But it is not large enough, what happens if prison is to hold it 5,000 and burn the flag? You make to burn the flag of the legal or construction, a large prison either.

There was a student of well-behaved in an irresponsible manner and rude when you were a student of the school I am. These students small, and is between far we have dealt with accordingly. , Rude irresponsibility, violence, bullying is, What will happen if the number of students who are involved in illegal activity starts to rise? In such a state of ADHD, it is an excuse for deviant behavior.

The "ADHD, new definition and was determined to be a mental illness by a vote of the members of the American Psychiatric Association at the annual meeting of them in 1987, was added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders then. tend to lose trouble, things careless, distracted, in the direction of the next like this, (increase adult) and children indicating the action, such as difficulty waiting their turn in order to participate in activities or talk . "(political deviations, 2002) is seen as a victim of ADHD now

These actions, was seen as behavior that does not get out of hand or simply disagreement, of achievement and ability in the past. Well, the problem that exists in the behavior of such disrespect like this, today, rather than the current irresponsible at home and at school, is not the responsibility of the individual, both educators and parents, a kind of mental illness that requires treatment plan Self-control and appears to be relieved can be seen as.

In the medical industry, I have developed a drug that have improved the quality of life of millions of people. If some of these drugs did not exist, some people would not be alive today to reality. I am a perfect example. I would be very high that you would have had the stroke what is otherwise, I take high blood pressure medicine to normalize blood pressure. When you take this medicine, do not I responsible for their own health, and any less. Yet, you may want to look at the diet of my walk, I do not smoke I. Because the drug is used in education is very large, as the reason the child's behavior is out of control often, not be treated with the drug the children, people cited the decision of some parents. It is said that in my own experience, I have been called to discuss the behavior unacceptable the child's parents frequently, children and did not take the medicine of his. For action, thinking that it is possible to use failure as an excuse of departure in order to take the drug removes any form of responsibility to the individual. I know that I am in charge of their own health, regardless of the presence or absence of the drug. When faced with a result of lack of self-control and be responsible for their own actions, students will not be able to use the lack of it drugs or to get off the hook.

Educators and parents, please refer to the mental illness and outside for them today. Many parents will request a diagnosis of mental illness for her children actually in practice. In the words of others, rather than to say that the parent, it is not, and to me as a parent, there is something my child is wrong biologically. There is no stigma attached to mental illness label. As with many parents, and children who have been diagnosed with some sort of mental illness, it brighten smarter In fact, done with care creative, in the class than children who do act, who is an educator, they I'm sure that you are responsible for the behavior. Most, it will be encouraging for educators and parents to believe that it is not a behavior management technique and parenting of their own that may have caused the problem of children it. They are deviant behavior or inappropriate, he is, faulty wiring in the head of a child to curse the teachers and parents of his throwing tantrums, led to bullying other kids that they observe, and the received Convinced that is the result, you have engaged in acts of violence.

You can parents to Medicalizing education, that the lack of self-control and poor academic performance of teachers and students to diagnose clinically, it sends a wrong message to the administrator,

Eliminates the use of psychotropic drugs.

, Maturity and emotional models that focus on respect, and responsibility, and behavior of excuse is only compatible with drug models that avoid the corresponding result to provide a temporary relief that does not help forever.