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Honkasilta, J.; Sandberg, E.; Närhi, V.; Jahnukainen, M. – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2014
Students with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are a growing group served under special education services in many western societies. This article describes the history and current state of the services, as well as the assessment procedure. Our conclusion is that the status of students with ADHD in Finnish basic education (Grades 1…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Special Education, Incidence
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Torppa, Minna; Eklund, Kenneth; van Bergen, Elsje; Lyytinen, Heikki – Dyslexia, 2011
This family-risk (FR) study examined whether the literacy skills of parents with dyslexia are predictive of the literacy skills of their offspring. We report data from 31 child-parent dyads where both had dyslexia (FR-D) and 68 dyads where the child did not have dyslexia (FR-ND). Findings supported the differences in liability of FR children with…
Descriptors: Spelling, Reading Fluency, Dyslexia, Word Recognition