Yepps to all. Also think about- how do you justify a new mental health bureacracy? By making sure there are a lot of people needing your service that's how. So obviously it would be to the school's or whomever's advantage to have the children test as having mental health problems. Especially since I am sure the equation will look like this : More mental health problems = more federal money. And once a new agency is remorad into our system- that sucka ain't gonna leave go. And can you imagine, shudder, shudder, the leeway such a program would give the experts?
Doing homework would no longer mean the child was too lazy or too stupid or too bored, it would mean the need for INTERVENTION. A call to explore the underlying dynamics of the socionomic structure of the child and his/her primary support group. It would mean utilizing the public health resources within the community to arrive at a mutually benefecial solution to the child's inability to perform within the acceptable boundries of the learning environment. TA DA. I did that without a net!!!!
I was runnin around down here with arms outstretched, just in case! ;o)