Apparently your tremendous compassion hits its limit when it encounters situations such as the one I described
here which have become very common. I think an 800% increase in Rx's of psychotropic drugs to school age children in a ten year period is a tragedy. There is no possible way that that many children are so severely mentally ill. We don't need to drug more of them.
I think an 800% increase in Rx's of psychotropic drugs to school age children in a ten year period is a tragedy. There is no possible way that that many children are so severely mentally ill. A "special ed" kid (i.e., any kid they can classify as out of the norm, and so much better if they can ritalinize him) is worth a lot more money.
The schools receive a dollar value per day for each student in attendance. They receive a much higher dollar amount for "special needs" students.
There is an irresistable temptation to classify as many kids as possible.