I teach and I find increasing numbers of children in my classes who have been labelled with one learning difficulty or another. When I first started in education, it was rare to have a child in your class who had ADHD, Aspergers, ASD or any one of a ream of problems.
I wonder if anyone else feels that this appears to be a way of justifying a lazy child or one who needs to work hard to get results (which back in the day would have been considered normal) so that there is no guilt in not being at the top of the class? I see a lot of these children as normal people, with different attitudes to life, some of them more active than others, but not with any particular problem. Don't get me wrong, we do see some children with real difficulties and with the current trend, we have a lot more resources to help them, but so many who IMO opinion are just fine. Many of these may seem a bit different, but aren't we all?
Sorry if this comes across as a rant, I just had one child diagnosed with late development of the left brain and I feel frustrated. The boy started the school year doing zilch and getting bad marks, with a lot of help and support, as well as a strict approach to homework and study, he has come a long way. I can see him now slipping back as he is justified. Poor boy, that explains his laziness, cocky attitude and the downright lying about homework.
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