Look up a book called "hard sell: confessions of a viagra salesman" by Jamie Reidy. very eye opening on this topic...
I don't know about the seminars, but the salesman are basically friendly with the staff, bringing in snacks, etc. and giving out free pens and such to the doctors.
One of the few areas where the current system kind of makes sense is if the doctors need advice for an off-label prescription use (ex: little timmy is allergic to the standard medication for a rare ailment, but this anti-histamine product happens to have a positive effect on people with Timmy's condition as a side bonus), the sales rep happens to be in the know on the non-fda approved uses that doctors can use in those cases, so doctors will ask for advice in those cases.
Not to be critical, but who diagnosed your son as having acute anxiety? The ADD and other disorders "diagnosed" by medical doctors have been shown to largely be artificial. Unfortunately, when parents go along with it, it reinforces in the minds of the children that something is wrong with them. Often a combination of change of diet and avoidance of media (phones, computers, TV, video games) is enough to bring such children back to reality.
When I met my stepson, he was 1. His parents had already started ADHD meds. By the time he was 3, I had him off of them and gave him a conscience, that there were consequences of doing something wrong.
You don't have to spank a child all the time to do that either. Consistency of the parents is 100% required though.
It's not that ADHD isn't real, It's that it's overdiagnosed, and usually blown out of proportion to reality.
Sure, you'll get the rare kid who legitimately cannot focus to save his life, but that's the exception, not the rule.
The problem is you've got a lot of teachers who are being taught to look for disorders rather than actually just learning how to handle a group of rowdy 5-year-olds...
I honestly feel like teaching should be more of a classical apprenticeship than a formal college thing. Seems like a lot of problems could be solved by having an older, more experienced teacher in the classroom, helping the newby get their legs under them. The knock-on effect is it would be easier to weed out people who, for one reason or another, have no business being teachers (not just what you're thinking, either. some people just don't have the temperament to teach. Myself for instance, lmao). There's some flaws, sure, but I feel like it would work better in the long haul...
My sister is a teacher and the school would usually put children who have a hard time sitting still or “misbehaving” into her class, because she knew how to handle them and it wasn’t a strain on her as it was on other teachers that couldn’t handle them.
She had seats at their desks that can move side to side and she said it never bothers her if they need to stand up as long as they didn’t disrupt the other kids or her teaching. She just has a way with all different types of kids, it’s really remarkable. She does fun things with the class and they can be silly and laugh, but she also doesn’t take any crap from them but teaches them about right & wrong choices. The kids love her, she can be a little strict at times when it’s needed but she does it in a way that isn’t mean or makes them scared of her (does that make sense?).
She has summer camps (multiple classes) all summer long, she rarely has any time off from school. Everyone of her camps gets filled to the max every single year and she’s been doing this for probably like 10 years.
Glad to hear that! (not that I'm glad that he needed it, but glad it's not a case of being prescribed medication for something that can be fixed without medication.
It seem like 90% of all medical intervention today involves unnecessary, and downright dangerous, medication.
There is no longer any differentiation between Big Pharma and Big Medical. The health care system has melded into one big borg entity that owns most of the hospitals and has nearly wiped out independent doctors.
Now your gonna have to explain payola to the younger crowd.
Do no harm to my revenue stream.... 🤔
Look up a book called "hard sell: confessions of a viagra salesman" by Jamie Reidy. very eye opening on this topic...
I don't know about the seminars, but the salesman are basically friendly with the staff, bringing in snacks, etc. and giving out free pens and such to the doctors.
One of the few areas where the current system kind of makes sense is if the doctors need advice for an off-label prescription use (ex: little timmy is allergic to the standard medication for a rare ailment, but this anti-histamine product happens to have a positive effect on people with Timmy's condition as a side bonus), the sales rep happens to be in the know on the non-fda approved uses that doctors can use in those cases, so doctors will ask for advice in those cases.
hey no arguments there.
Even the bribing of staff with sweets is a step too far in my opinion. (seriously, read the book if you haven't. real eye opener...)
In America if you get caught being compensated you get your peepee slapped hard.
Not to be critical, but who diagnosed your son as having acute anxiety? The ADD and other disorders "diagnosed" by medical doctors have been shown to largely be artificial. Unfortunately, when parents go along with it, it reinforces in the minds of the children that something is wrong with them. Often a combination of change of diet and avoidance of media (phones, computers, TV, video games) is enough to bring such children back to reality.
When I met my stepson, he was 1. His parents had already started ADHD meds. By the time he was 3, I had him off of them and gave him a conscience, that there were consequences of doing something wrong.
You don't have to spank a child all the time to do that either. Consistency of the parents is 100% required though.
It's not that ADHD isn't real, It's that it's overdiagnosed, and usually blown out of proportion to reality.
Sure, you'll get the rare kid who legitimately cannot focus to save his life, but that's the exception, not the rule.
The problem is you've got a lot of teachers who are being taught to look for disorders rather than actually just learning how to handle a group of rowdy 5-year-olds...
I honestly feel like teaching should be more of a classical apprenticeship than a formal college thing. Seems like a lot of problems could be solved by having an older, more experienced teacher in the classroom, helping the newby get their legs under them. The knock-on effect is it would be easier to weed out people who, for one reason or another, have no business being teachers (not just what you're thinking, either. some people just don't have the temperament to teach. Myself for instance, lmao). There's some flaws, sure, but I feel like it would work better in the long haul...
My sister is a teacher and the school would usually put children who have a hard time sitting still or “misbehaving” into her class, because she knew how to handle them and it wasn’t a strain on her as it was on other teachers that couldn’t handle them.
She had seats at their desks that can move side to side and she said it never bothers her if they need to stand up as long as they didn’t disrupt the other kids or her teaching. She just has a way with all different types of kids, it’s really remarkable. She does fun things with the class and they can be silly and laugh, but she also doesn’t take any crap from them but teaches them about right & wrong choices. The kids love her, she can be a little strict at times when it’s needed but she does it in a way that isn’t mean or makes them scared of her (does that make sense?).
She has summer camps (multiple classes) all summer long, she rarely has any time off from school. Everyone of her camps gets filled to the max every single year and she’s been doing this for probably like 10 years.
The cure for a lot more than just teaching!
Glad to hear that! (not that I'm glad that he needed it, but glad it's not a case of being prescribed medication for something that can be fixed without medication. It seem like 90% of all medical intervention today involves unnecessary, and downright dangerous, medication.
There is no longer any differentiation between Big Pharma and Big Medical. The health care system has melded into one big borg entity that owns most of the hospitals and has nearly wiped out independent doctors.
Here is a website where you can check if your doctor has received pharma money:
https://projects.propublica.org/docdollars/