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Peer reviewedShaywitz, Sally E.; And Others – Topics in Language Disorders, 1994
This discussion of issues of definition and classification of attention deficit disorder (ADD) emphasizes the heterogeneity of the diagnosis, the overlap of ADD with reading disability, and lack of consistency across studies. A systematic classification study is proposed to develop a unitary, empirically derived classification for ADD. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Classification, Definitions, Individual Characteristics
