Talk with teachers about having your child tutored.
Go over these points with the school personnel who are attempting to have your child diagnosed or drugged; first, try to resolve the situation with communication. There are free booklets and information letters that you can get from CCHR that can be given to these personnel to also help bring them to an understanding. Teachers have also been fed a lot of misinformation by the mental health industry.
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Let the school know that the first action would be to have your child tutored to see what he/she hasn't understood in the classroom.
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At the same time, your child should be tested for allergies and other medical conditions that might be affecting his/her behavior.
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If there is any problem reaching an amicable resolution with school personnel, immediately seek the assistance of an attorney and have the attorney read this website.
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File a complaint with CCHR. We may be able to help you.
WARNING: No one should stop taking any psychiatric drug without advice and assistance by a competent non-psychiatric medical doctor.
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Few if any parents, who are being coerced or ordered to put their child on psychiatric drugs, are told that there are numerous factors that could be causing the child's inattention, behavior problems or learning difficulties.
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This includes but is not limited to: poor reading and math skills requiring tutoring, environmental toxins, allergies, nutritional deficiencies, and abnormalities in the endocrine system or thyroid function.
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Whether by a teacher, a Special Education Counselor, or a member of a team that provides educational assistance, to recommend only psychiatric/psychological diagnoses and drugs violates the principle of nformed consent to treatment.
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The Canadian standard for Informed Consent (what the doctor should be telling you) should include the following:
1. The nature of the treatment.
2. The expected benefits of the treatment.
3. The material risks of the treatment.
4. The material side effects of the treatment.
5. Alternative courses of action.
6. The likely consequences of not having the treatment. 1996, c. 2, Sched. A, s. 11 (3).
The Health Care Consent Act, 1996 can be read in full at: http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_96h02_e.htm -
In relation to parental permission and assent in pediatric practice, CANADIAN my of Pediatrics, also notes "…the patient has the freedom to choose among the medical alternatives without coercion or manipulation."
If you are not being informed of all of the alternatives available to you, then you are not being given Informed Consent.
