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NEPHEW: Wait.. Back up. Are we talking about the same thing here? The guidelines I saw were for use by primary care pediatricians to use in diagnosing ADHD in children between the ages of 6 and 12! What does that have to do with us? SCROOGE: But, James, don't you see? They have provided standardization to the process of diagnosis that will FINALLY give us a structure to adopt in determining what kind of documentation must be provided by all these so-called ADHD students who are suddenly showing up at our door. And speaking of those Johnny-Come-Lately's… CRATCHET: (knocking tentatively at the door) Er… excuse me, Mr. Scrooge. I just wanted to check and see if there was anything else I needed to do before my finals next week to make sure the accommodations I need are in place. SCROOGE: (grudgingly) No, Cratchet. Nothing else. You'll get your quiet, proctored setting and your extended time. But enjoy it while you can, Cratchet. I am sitting here looking at a new set of standards that I can't wait to get in place. Standards for what constitutes a REAL diagnosis of an Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The students who come after you -- the ones who conveniently "discover" they have ADHD after they get to college -- are going to have a heckuva time trying to substantiate that claim if they can't show a history dating back to childhood.
Approximate Word count = 841
Approximate Pages = 3.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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