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Use of CNS Stimulant Medication in Averaged Electroencephalic Audiometry with Children with MBD
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Weber, Bruce A.; Sulzbacher, Stephen I. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1975
Averaged electroencephalic audiometry (AEA) was conducted to evaluate the hearing of 12 children (mean age 8 years 6 months) diagnosed as having minimal brain dysfunction (MBD). (Author)
Descriptors: Auditory Tests, Children, Drug Therapy, Exceptional Child Research
Pemoline (Cylert) in the Treatment of Childhood Hyperkinesis
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Page, John G.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1974
A controlled, double-blind study used the drug pemoline or a placebo in the management of hyperkinetic behavior with 413 children between 6 and 12 years of age diagnosed as having minimal brain dysfunction. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Children, Drug Therapy, Evaluation, Exceptional Child Research
Neurological Signs and Intelligence in Brain-Damaged Children
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Bortner, Morton; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1972
Descriptors: Children, Exceptional Child Research, Hyperactivity, Intelligence Differences
Neurological Basis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
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Riccio, Cynthia A.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1993
This article reviews various models in the neurological conceptualization of attention deficit disorder (ADD), with and without hyperactivity. It discusses neuroanatomical, neurochemical, and neurophysiological perspectives on ADD. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Anatomy, Attention Deficit Disorders, Chemistry, Children
The Responsibility of the Physician, Parent, and Child in Learning Disabilities
Denhoff, Eric – Rehabilitation Literature, 1974
Descriptors: Children, Exceptional Child Services, Hyperactivity, Learning Disabilities
Differential Effect of Amphetamine Optical Isomers on Bender Gestalt Performance of the Minimally Brain Dysfunctioned
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Arnold, L. Eugene; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1978
The differential effect of amphetamine optical isomers on Bender Gestalt performance was examined in 31 hyperkinetic minimally brain dysfunctioned children between the ages of 4 and 12 years, using a double-blind Latin-square crossover comparison. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior, Children, Drug Therapy, Exceptional Child Research
Visual-Motor Tracking by Hyperkinetic Children.
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Conners, C. Keith; Delamater, Alan – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1980
Two studies of a visual-motor tracking task purported to effectively discriminate subtypes of minimal brain dysfunction are presented. Subjects were psychiatric inpatients, hyperactive males, and normal controls. The tracking task was found to be a useful measure of stimulant drug action but not of specific hyperkinetic defects. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Children, Diagnostic Tests, Drug Therapy, Eye Hand Coordination
Educational Implications of Psychopathology for Brain-Injured Children; Lesley College Annual Graduate Symposium (3rd, Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 13, 1967).
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Gertz, Boris, Ed. – 1967
The symposium report includes the text of an illustrated lecture given by William M. Cruickshank on "Psychopathology and Implications for Educating Brain-Injured Children." Considered in the lecture are hyperactivity, the needs of hyperative children, and educational setting and curriculum. Panel reactions are provided by E.F. Rabe, a pediatric…
Descriptors: Children, Conferences, Curriculum Development, Educational Environment
Using Cerebral Stimulants to Treat Minimal Brain Dysfunction
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Loney, Jan; Ordona, Truce T. – American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 1975
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Children, Drug Therapy, Exceptional Child Research
A Multivariate Study of the Relationship of Parental Management to Self-Esteem and Initial Drug Response in Hyperkinetic/MBD Boys
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Whaley-Klahn, Mary Anne; Loney, Jan – Psychology in the Schools, 1977
The present paper examines the relationship between the judge-rated and self-and spouse-rated parenting characteristics of the mothers and fathers of 83 hyperkinetic/MBD boys, the rated self-esteem of these boys at referral, and their clinical response to CNS medication. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Children, Hyperactivity