Sunday, April 12, 2015

TEXAS: TEACHERS TO BE CHARGED WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSES OF YOUR CHILDREN!!!!?????


NEW TEXAS BILL WOULD HAVE TEACHERS DIAGNOSE PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES IN CHILDREN AND REPORT THEM TO POLICE!!!!!!
 
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Jay Syrmopoulos The Free Thought Project April 8th, 2015 

Texas State Representative Jason Villalba (R-Dallas) is once again in the spotlight after submitting yet another Orwellian proposal, H.B. 985. (Villalba is everything Texas does NOT stand for - how the hell did he get in office?  He should be forcefully removed immediately.)


Villalba first raised the ire of civil libertarians by proposing a bill, H.B. 2006, which would have eliminated the religious exemption for vaccination, essentially creating a forced government vaccination program without exception.


More recently, Villalba was thrust into the national spotlight when he proposed H.B. 2918, which would usurp citizens of the ability to hold law enforcement accountable for their actions. The bill would negate the people’s ability to create an accurate and impartial record of police interactions by restricting citizens from filming within 25 feet of an officer.


Now with H.B. 985, Villalba intends to give school officials the authority to force psychological screenings of students that teachers and staff diagnose as having mental health issues.


Once the process is set in motion by school officials, parents would be forced to take their child to a mental health professional within 30 days, under threat of suspension of the child from school.
“ …the requirement that the parent or guardian, before the expiration of the 30-day period, to avoid suspension of the student under this section, take the student to the nearest local mental health authority or a physician specializing in psychiatry to receive a mental health screening and a certificate of medical examination for mental illness, as described by Section 533.03522(c), Health and Safety Code, that contains the examining physician’s opinion that the student is not a danger to self or others.”
While under suspension the child would still receive an education, but they would be sent to an “alternative school.”


School administrators would be required under the law to provide the student’s name, address, and information regarding the complaint to the local mental health authorities and the police department upon verification of the 'complaint.' (??!!)
(i) A school counselor or a principal who receives notice under. Subsection (b) about a student who subsequently is subject to a notice of intent to suspend under Subsection (g) shall: (1) provide the student’s name and address and information concerning the conduct or statement that led to the notice of intent to suspend to: (A) the school district police department, if the school counselor or principal is employed by a school district and the district has a police department; (B) the police department of the municipality in which the school is located or, if the school is not in a municipality, the sheriff of the county in which the school is located; and (C) the local mental health authority nearest the school;
Teachers have enough on their academic plates without them being forced to become armchair psychologists in the classroom.


Also, it is highly inappropriate and dangerous for unqualified teachers to play the role of child psychiatrists. Unless they’ve had special training and are certified to diagnose the disorders, it can also be illegal.


We are already witnessing the damage caused by parents believing teachers who think that every child who acts out in their classroom has ADHD. It’s called The Ritalin Explosion.


The idea that students’ personal information would be submitted to mental health facilities and police departments for complaints initiated and investigated by only school officials also causes serious concern.


Is it really necessary to criminalize kids based upon a teacher’s unprofessional assessment of a kids mental health? And what about the student that is mentally healthy, but simply defiant?


Perhaps rather than attempting to legislate away this perceived problem by criminalizing “problem” children, there is a better way.


Villalba would have been better served by using his position to help create a program to build sustainable bridges of communication between parents and administrators that assist in identifying and combating mental health problems in students.


Instead, like so many tyrants before him, Villalba tries to solve complex problems using the force of the state. (This bastard needs to GO - and NOW!)


Jay Syrmopoulos is an investigative journalist, freethinker, researcher, and ardent opponent of authoritarianism. He is currently a graduate student at University of Denver pursuing a masters in Global Affairs. Jay’s work has previously been published on BenSwann.com and WeAreChange.org. You can follow him on Twitter @sirmetropolis, on Facebook at Sir Metropolis and now on tsu.
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Teachers have enough on their academic plates without them being forced to become armchair psychologists in the classroom".
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Representative Jason Villalba isn't any to smart and should have known parents would not like the idea of having the teachers do it.

Solution, have the Janitors do it. What do you think?

This Guy must be working for George Soros and is on the borderline of committing crimes against Humanity with all of his Orwellian laws.

Who elected the jug head? Oh that's wright the other jug heads. Ken T.


Anonymous said...

I think that anybody who goes to see a psychologist or shrink ought to have their head examined. And that goes for anyone who suggests that someone else should go. Don't should upon nobody!

Anonymous said...

THE QUESTION IS ....WHO IS GOING TO DO AN EVALUATION OF THE TEACHERS, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION AND THE POLICE?????..... I BASE THIS QUESTION FROM BEING A TEACHER AND SEEING AND HEARING WHAT GOES ON BEHIND THE CURTAINS....IT IS NOT GOOD....THERE IS A MULTI BILLION DOLAR BUSINESS GOING ON TO KEEP YOUR KIDS DRUGED AND GOING TO THE QUACKS..... THERE IS NO ROOM FOR A KID TO BE CREATIVE LIKE WHEN I WAS A KID....IT IS SO SAD TO SEE KIDS DO NOT EVEN KNOW HOW TO PLAY....AS THEY ARE SO DRUGED UP IN FOG LAND....