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An Overview of Medications Commonly Used To Treat Behavioral Disorders Associated with Autism, Tourette Syndrome, and Pervasive Developmental Disorders.
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Sweeney, Dwight; Forness, Steven R.; Levitt, Jennifer G. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 1998
Discusses the potential uses of psychopharmarcologic therapy with students who are diagnosed with autism, Tourette syndrome, or pervasive developmental disorders and who display learning, emotional, or behavioral disorders. Explores the possible benefits and known negative side effects associated with 10 classes of drugs used for such treatment.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Behavior Disorders, Children
An Update on Psychopharmacologic Medication: What Teachers, Clinicians, and Parents Need To Know.
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Sweeney, Dwight P.; Forness, Steven R.; Kavale, Kenneth A.; Levitt, Jennifer G. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1997
Discusses the potential uses and abuses of psychopharmacologic therapy with children or adolescents who display learning, emotional, or behavioral disorders. Explores the indications and contraindications of such therapy and enumerates the known side effects of the most frequently prescribed medications, including psychostimulants,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Children, Drug Therapy
Recent Randomized Clinical Trials Comparing Behavioral Interventions and Psychopharmacologic Treatments for Students with EBD
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Forness, Steven R.; Freeman, Stephanny F. N.; Paparella, Tanya – Behavioral Disorders, 2006
Although many psychopharmacologic treatments and behavioral or cognitive behavioral interventions have been established as evidence-based practices, they have seldom been directly compared to one another as to outcome in children with emotional or behavioral disorders (EBD). In this paper, we present findings from 6 recent randomized clinical…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Behavior Disorders, Anxiety, Attention Deficit Disorders
Differential Effects of Stimulant Medication on Reading Performance of Boys with Hyperactivity with and without Conduct Disorder.
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Forness, Steven R.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1991
Twenty-seven boys (ages 8-11) with hyperactive disorder and 28 boys with hyperactive-aggressive disorder were administered methylphenidate. No significant results were found for the hyperactive disorder group in either reading recognition or comprehension. The hyperactive-aggressive group improved in reading comprehension, with no effect resulting…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Disorders, Decoding (Reading), Drug Therapy
Head Start Children At Risk for Emotional or Behavioral Disorders: Behavior Profiles and Clinical Implications of a Primary Prevention Program.
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Serna, Loretta; Lamros, Katina; Nielsen, Elizabeth; Forness, Steven R. – Behavioral Disorders, 2002
Evaluation of the Early Screening Project in a Head Start classroom-wide mental health identification and intervention over a 12- week period found that eight children identified as being at high risk for emotional/behavioral disorders prior to intervention either significantly improved or maintained their pre-intervention functioning. No…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Identification, Early Intervention