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Reducing Skin Picking via Competing Activities
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Lane, Kathleen Lynne; Thompson, Ada; Reske, Cara L.; Gable, Lauren M.; Barton-Arwood, Sally – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2006
This study examined the outcomes of a competing activities intervention to decrease skin picking exhibited by a 9-year-old student with comorbid diagnoses. Results of an ABCBAB design revealed that the use of student-selected manipulatives resulted in reduced skin picking. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Multiple Disabilities, Hyperactivity, Individual Characteristics
Medicating Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders and ADHD: A State Survey.
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Runnheim, Veronica A.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1996
Wisconsin teachers provided information on 1,300 students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) who were receiving medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The ADHD/EBD students comprised approximately 26% of all EBD students. The most common medication was Ritalin, and teachers believed the medication effectively…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Disorders, Drug Therapy, Elementary Secondary Education
Successful Use of the Nocturnal Urine Alarm for Diurnal Enuresis.
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Friman, Patrick C.; Vollmer, Dennis – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1995
A urine alarm, typically used to treat nocturnal enuresis, was effectively used to treat diurnal enuresis in a 15-year-old female with depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and conduct disorder. The study indicated that the alarm eliminated wetting in both treatment phases and that continence was maintained at three-month and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification
Attention Deficit Disorder: Issues and Questions.
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Lerner, Janet W.; Lerner, Sue R. – Focus on Exceptional Children, 1991
This paper examines the family of disorders referred to as attention deficit disorders (ADD). It addresses the topics of special education legislation; the history of ADD; associated conditions (learning disabilities, behavior/emotional disorders, and other health impairments); assessment; treatment (medical and educational, family counseling, and…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Comorbidity, or Coexistence, between Dyslexia and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
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Knivsberg, Ann-Mari; Reichelt, Karl L.; Nodland, Magne – British Journal of Special Education, 1999
Addresses the problems resulting from the frequent co-occurrence of dyslexia and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. The importance of identifying comorbidity before planning and implementing educational programs is stressed and implications for diagnosis and intervention are drawn. (DB)
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification, Dyslexia
Meeting the Challenges of Responsible Inclusion.
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Meadows, Nancy B. – Preventing School Failure, 1996
A case study of an eight-year-old boy with emotional/behavioral disorders, learning disabilities, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is used to illustrate principles of inclusion. An analysis of the educational system and the student's needs is followed by a description of various inclusive interventions (such as academic modifications,…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Disorders, Case Studies, Educational Practices
A Reader's Guide for Parents of Children with Mental, Physical, or Emotional Disabilities. An Update.
Moore, Cory; And Others – 1983
The guide lists and summarizes publications designed to help parents of children with disabilities. In the first section, publications covering general aspects of handicaps--including personal accounts of parents, early home intervention, schooling, adulthood, and additional information resources--are described. Section II presents information…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Autism, Behavior Modification, Civil Rights