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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06
Ex: A friend of mine's daughter who had a teacher who labeled her as having autism and needing to be placed in the classroom with children with intensive special needs. It raised an eyebrow with her as the only delays the child had were speech related. She consulted some other specialists who tested her and determined that it was a hearing issue causing her not to speak. Not autism as the teacher strongly suggested.
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The obvious thing here is that teachers are trained educators. They're not child psychiatrists. There is no way in Hades a teacher is qualified to make such a diagnosis. As a parent, it's good to trust a teacher who is making statements they are professionally qualified to make. Diagnosing autism or ADHD is not something taught in ed school.
ETA: Looks like y'all covered this. That'll teach me to reply to page 1 without reading the rest of the thread.
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