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Lawson, Caron; Prentice, Kate; Jennings, Janine; Johnston, Kate – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2022
Children excluded from school often have a range of unidentified needs that may directly contribute to their behaviour. Research and policy highlight the absence of screening for difficulties in children at risk of exclusion. This study aimed to assess and explore the feasibility and acceptability of neurodevelopmental and mental health screening…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Disorders, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Screening Tests
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Dirlikov, Benjamin; Younes, Laurent; Nebel, Mary Beth; Martinelli, Mary Katherine; Tiedemann, Alyssa Nicole; Koch, Carolyn A.; Fiorilli, Diana; Bastian, Amy J.; Denckla, Martha Bridge; Miller, Michael I.; Mostofsky, Stewart H. – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2017
This study presents construct validity for a novel automated morphometric and kinematic handwriting assessment, including (1) convergent validity, establishing reliability of automated measures with traditional manual-derived Minnesota Handwriting Assessment (MHA), and (2) discriminant validity, establishing that the automated methods distinguish…
Descriptors: Handwriting, Evaluation Methods, Children, Preadolescents
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Achenbach, Thomas M.; Rescorla, Leslie A.; Ivanova, Masha Y. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2012
Objectives: To review international findings on the prevalence of diagnosed disorders, generalizability of dimensional scales, and distributions of dimensional scores for school-age children and to address the conceptual and clinical issues raised by the findings. Method: A review of findings for interviews (Development and Well-Being Assessment,…
Descriptors: Epidemiology, Psychopathology, Children, Adolescents
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Walsh, Irene P.; Scullion, Mary; Burns, Sarah; MacEvilly, Deirdre; Brosnan, Geraldine – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2014
As the language presentation of children with attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder (ADHD) is highly complex, this study aims to delineate the profile of a cohort of 40 children with ADHD, aged between 9 and 12 years, attending a child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS). Speech and language therapists (SLTs) assessed the children on…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Language Tests, Speech Therapy, Allied Health Personnel
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Van Voorhees, Elizabeth E.; Hardy, Kristina K.; Kollins, Scott H. – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2011
Objective: Few studies have examined concordance between raters of ADHD symptoms in adults; there is less information on how well rating scales function in distinguishing adult ADHD from other disorders. This study examined these variables using the Conners Adult ADHD Rating Scales (CAARS). Method: The sample included 349 adults evaluated for…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Rating Scales, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Graziano, Paulo A.; Geffken, Gary R.; Lall, Ayesha S. – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2011
Objective: To investigate the extent to which children with ADHD in various medication statuses (i.e., medication naive, pure stimulant, stimulant plus another medication, nonstimulants) varied on cognitive or academic, behavioral, and social functioning during a psychoeducational assessment battery. Method: Participants for this study consisted…
Descriptors: Stimulants, Mental Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Rating Scales
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Miranda, Ana; Soriano, Manuel; Fernandez, Inmaculada; Melia, Amanda – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2008
Comorbidity with other psychological problems (PP) complicates the course of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and makes treatment more difficult. The purpose of the present study was to (a) study the correspondence between the perceptions of parents and teachers about PP, (b) determine which PP predict the severity of the…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Clinical Diagnosis, Rating Scales