Guest guest Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Wondering if anyone else who has an IEP for their child's OCD has a problem with the district classifying OCD under " emotional disturbance " rather than " other health impaired " . Even though my son gets the accomodations he needs, I'd rather have the OCD under " other health impairment " because I all the research evidence points to it being a neurobiological condition, not a psychological condition (though it has psychological repurcussions). I think of " psychological " or " emotional " as arising more from eternal circumstances like trauma or abuse or maltreatment whereas OCD arises from an internal brain and/or biochemical and/or neurological dysfunction. I also wonder why ADHD goes under " other health imnpaired " (OHI) but not OCD? Also, the district labels my son's condition as an " emotional disturbance " , but not as OCD. OCD is not used in his IEP document. They say this is because they " do not diagnose OCD " they only look at behaviors and how they affect learning, but then why do students with ADHD have that label on their IEP's and additionally ADHD gets classified under " other health impaired " . I feel like OCD does not get treated with the same attention or knowledge as as does ADHD. nancy grace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 I agree with difficulty with labeling and have been working in spec. ed. for 30 years. The EBD label does have neg. connotations and doesn't help a child's positive self image. My son was referred under EBD but didn't qualify for an IEP but did for the 504. Even though he didn't qualify for spec. ed. service, he still has been able to receive support through the resource room and with the REI teachers (help with LD students). The kids in our district with just ADHD tend to get 504s.Here,usually the kids with OHI have a medical condition like CP(cerebral palsy) or OI(brittle bones), and may have ADHD too. > > Wondering if anyone else who has an IEP for their child's OCD has a problem with the district classifying OCD under " emotional disturbance " rather than " other health impaired " . Even though my son gets the accomodations he needs, I'd rather have the OCD under " other health impairment " because I all the research evidence points to it being a neurobiological condition, not a psychological condition (though it has psychological repurcussions). I think of " psychological " or " emotional " as arising more from eternal circumstances like trauma or abuse or maltreatment whereas OCD arises from an internal brain and/or biochemical and/or neurological dysfunction. > > I also wonder why ADHD goes under " other health imnpaired " (OHI) but not OCD? Also, the district labels my son's condition as an " emotional disturbance " , but not as OCD. OCD is not used in his IEP document. They say this is because they " do not diagnose OCD " they only look at behaviors and how they affect learning, but then why do students with ADHD have that label on their IEP's and additionally ADHD gets classified under " other health impaired " . I feel like OCD does not get treated with the same attention or knowledge as as does ADHD. > nancy grace > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 I have read on an advocacy website that some school districts are dropping the " emotionally disturbed " classification for purposes of IEP's, and using instead " behavioral disorder " because it is less negative. I may print that out if I can find it again, and I also will be asking to change to " other health impaired " or at least to include it along with " emotionally disturbed " (or suggesting my district follow suit and use " behavioral disorder " if other districts are doing that). I think the " emotionally disturbed " part reflects his selective mutism, not just the OCD, but I still think calling it that seems very negative. Maybe it seems petty because my son gets the accommodations he needs (in a non-public school learning center) but I guess it is part of educating about OCD. nancy grace > > > > Wondering if anyone else who has an IEP for their child's OCD has a problem with the district classifying OCD under " emotional disturbance " rather than " other health impaired " . Even though my son gets the accomodations he needs, I'd rather have the OCD under " other health impairment " because I all the research evidence points to it being a neurobiological condition, not a psychological condition (though it has psychological repurcussions). I think of " psychological " or " emotional " as arising more from eternal circumstances like trauma or abuse or maltreatment whereas OCD arises from an internal brain and/or biochemical and/or neurological dysfunction. > > > > I also wonder why ADHD goes under " other health imnpaired " (OHI) but not OCD? Also, the district labels my son's condition as an " emotional disturbance " , but not as OCD. OCD is not used in his IEP document. They say this is because they " do not diagnose OCD " they only look at behaviors and how they affect learning, but then why do students with ADHD have that label on their IEP's and additionally ADHD gets classified under " other health impaired " . I feel like OCD does not get treated with the same attention or knowledge as as does ADHD. > > nancy grace > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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