Posted on 08/11/2008 3:55:09 PM PDT by cornelis
I vehemently disagree with the testing, with or without consent, but what seems to me even worse is discussing the “diagnosis” with the minor without having her parents present or notified. Kids are insecure enough as it is without having some authority figure imply they are mentally ill also.
FYI
Ping!
Mental health screening for teens in 43 states!!!
Same here.
To serve and protect!
“social anxiety disorder” ~ Hmmmm?
The worst part about these tests, in my opinion, is that they’re guaranteed to find a problem with every child. Don’t like to party, you have a social anxiety issue. Like to party, you have tendancies toward addiction and narcissism. Like to clean, you have ocd. Don’t like to clean, it must be because you’re depressed.
TeenScreen is used in 43 states in public schools, private schools, and in a huge amount of colleges.
All that being said, I'd be madder than a wet hen if this had happened (or does happen) to my children. This test is apparently VERY popular at major universities where parental consent is not an issue
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Absolutely true. And absolutely devastating if that so-called diagnosis gets into the official academic file for that student. I know a lot of people think that a diagnoses of some kind of handicap helps them make special demands for accommodating such as longer testing times but I have real concerns that it will come back to haunt the kids in later life, as in the Thomas Eagleton affair.
Now I have a kid who loves to clean and loves to party. She’s the most outgoing, inclusive, fun kid (okay she’s 21 now) around but her diagnosis probably is OCD and “anti-social anxiety disorder” or something. We all have neuroses, it’s what makes us unique. What would they make of my compulsion to count things, or my tendency to stop using something before I run out—so I won’t run out? Obviously I would be labeled dangerous and certifiably mentally ill although I am a mid-50-ish attorney, church leader, and newspaper columnist, not to mention happily married for 23 years and mom to two gorgeous, independent daughters with a son waiting for me in heaven.
Yeah..she didn’t like partying.
p.s. In most quizes I rate as a 10 in conservatism. I rated as a 6 in this one. ;)
Mental health issues, another reason to worry about your rkba, too. You said the wrong thing in a high school psychological dragnet, no guns for you!
15 years ago the grammar school speech therapist thought my son pronounced “milk” incorrectly and needed speech lessons. I was advised that the State of New York required that any child identified in need of speech therapy, had to undergo a series of psychological tests.
I told her to pound sand.
sounds like you exhibit symptoms of explosive pessimism, that will be $50.
Any chance that there’s a copy of this “exam” floating around? It would be nice for parents and others to see just what tests and such people are being subject to.
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