tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184539467031647989.post6410674629313916261..comments2023-10-07T02:42:10.642-07:00Comments on Coalition for Kid-Friendly Schools: Guest post: Elephant in the room, continuedFedUpMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00951858601020687242noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184539467031647989.post-73999556607576033592010-09-17T11:44:54.799-07:002010-09-17T11:44:54.799-07:00PsychMom says:
The lack of a basic link to normal...PsychMom says:<br /><br />The lack of a basic link to normal growth and development and what is expected at developmental milestone, is what stuns me about some school psychologists. I quietly replace books on the bookstore shelves that are written by Ph.D's who write books about how to help young children to "get organized", and who deal with "time management" issues. They are only trying to make all those star shaped children fit into round tidy school holes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184539467031647989.post-76058849352240827172010-09-16T13:57:33.556-07:002010-09-16T13:57:33.556-07:00Thanks for the cross-post, Chris!
This discussion...Thanks for the cross-post, Chris!<br /><br />This discussion reminds me of a post on kitchen table math, <a href="http://kitchentablemath.blogspot.com/2008/12/diagnosis-diagnosed-by-galen-alessi.html" rel="nofollow">Diagnosis Diagnosed</a>. A psychologist named Galen Alessi did a survey of 50 school psychologists. In theory, they all agreed that a child's problem might fall in any of these 5 categories:<br /><br />1.) bad curriculum, or wrong placement<br />2.) teacher mismatch, or bad classroom management<br />3.) problems caused by the school administration<br />4.) problems with the family<br />5.) problems with the child <br /><br />In practice, out of about 5000 cases, the school was NEVER identified as the cause of the problem. The problem was always located within the child and/or family.<br /><br />School psychologists have a million reasons to blame the child. Their training is all about diagnosing problems in children. Then, even if they perceived a problem in the school (for instance, developmentally inappropriate expectations), they might not be able to do anything about it. Plus, they don't want to cause unpleasantness at their workplace. <br /><br />The situation for pediatricians is very similar. Blaming the child is the path of least resistance.FedUpMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00951858601020687242noreply@blogger.com