The modern psychologically-based schools fail to adequately teach the students how to read, learn and understand, concentrating more on the affective domain, and actually cause a number of "learning disabilities", which psychiatry then "diagnoses" and prescribes drugs for as the solution. Many children are labeled as having "Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder" in the public schools, where psychiatry also has its government mandated influence, based upon teacher observations and recommendations. The teachers are trained in college how to do this, even though they are not properly trained therapists. Almost all "diagnoses" of ADHD depend upon teacher comments and observations. The public school system is as an integral part of the national "mental health" system. There is much to hyperactive and attention problems that have nothing to due with "mental illnesses" and "disorders".

The psychiatrists won't tell you that, and jump at the chance to prescribe Ritalin and other dangerous drugs. Often the child's behavior is due to dietary or other environmental factors such as sugar, allergins or toxins. Or, the child appears to have a "learning disability" primarily because faulty psychological theories and practices have ruined any ability to read and learn the child might have originally possessed (i.e. the modern "look-see" reading method that systematically destroys reading and cognitive ability).

There is much to this subject, and the links below cover a wealth of information and provide further information for the interested parent or person.