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Old 16-03-2005, 20:16   #155
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Re: The Youth of Today...

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Originally Posted by ScaredWebWarrior
These are a bit more than just 'labels' - they're properly diagnosed conditions. I'll have to admit to never having heard of 'school phobia', but I suspect it's some sort of psychosis, which is not the same as a lifelong disability like Aspergers.

That's not to excuse verbal or physical abuse from any pupil, but a distinction has to be made between - you can't just lump the kids with special needs in with the trouble makers.
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Unfortunately they get all get lumped into Special Needs and are 'statemented' in just the same way.
I personally would love to take the badly behaved out of the equation and just leave those with a genuine learning difficulty getting statemented.There might be more money spent on them in that case...
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