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Direct linkGudjonsson, Gisli H.; Sigurdsson, Jon Fridrik; Eyjolfsdottir, Gudrun Agusta; Smari, Jakob; Young, Susan – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2009
Objective: To ascertain whether ADHD symptoms, and associated problems, are negatively related to subjective well-being. Method: The Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) was completed by 369 university students, along with the Reasoning & Rehabilitation (R&R) ADHD Training Evaluation (RATE), the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Females, Mental Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Download full textLDA Minnesota, 2008
This issue of "Learning Times" discusses closing the achievement gap for low-income kids. Too many low-income children in Minnesota lag behind grade level in reading and math. LDA's (Learning Disabilities Association's) Learning Connections program serves these students who have fallen behind, but who do not receive special education…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, At Risk Students, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
Soffer, Stephen L.; Mautone, Jennifer A.; Power, Thomas J. – International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 2008
To date, the majority of research on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has been completed with boys as the predominate participants in study samples. Over the past decade there has been increased attention focused on the characteristics and needs of girls with ADHD. Although much of the research comparing boys and girls with ADHD…
Descriptors: Females, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Gender Differences, Case Studies
Hawkins, Renee O.; Axelrod, Michael I. – Behavior Modification, 2008
Research has shown a positive correlation between time spent on homework and learning. However, students often engage in off-task behaviors to escape the demands of homework. Youth with emotional or behavioral disorders (EBD) are especially likely to engage in off-task behaviors. Effective interventions to increase on-task behavior during homework…
Descriptors: Homework, Behavior Problems, Behavior Disorders, Functional Behavioral Assessment
Exley, Beryl – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2008
This paper focuses a sociological lens on what two early years Australian school boys labelled as having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and an early years teacher have to say about social relations within informal play environments. The boys participated in separate semi-structured interviews where they predicted the likely…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Males, Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers
Handbook of Evidence-Based Practices for Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: Applications in Schools
Walker, Hill M., Ed.; Gresham, Frank M., Ed. – Guilford Press, 2013
This authoritative volume provides state-of-the-art practices for supporting the approximately 20% of today's K-12 students who have emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) that hinder school success. Leading experts present evidence-based approaches to screening, progress monitoring, intervention, and instruction within a multi-tiered framework.…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Intervention, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders
Waller, Raymond J.; Kent, Susan; Johnson, Miriam E. – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2007
Fingernail biting is a habit that is developed by numerous people, especially children and teenagers. Many clinicians believe that the habit of fingernail biting stems from nervousness or anxiety. Students, especially students with disabilities, can be easily distracted from instruction, can become the target of negative peer attention, and can…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Behavior Problems, Mild Mental Retardation, Quality of Life
Psychogiou, Lamprini; Daley, Dave; Thompson, Margaret; Sonuga-Barke, Edmund – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2007
Mother and child ADHD symptoms both have a negative effect on parenting. Little is known about how these characteristics interact. In a recent paper, we reported two studies that suggested that maternal ADHD ameliorated the negative effects of child ADHD on negative parenting supporting a "similarity-fit" hypothesis. The aim of the current paper…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Swanson, James M.; Hinshaw, Stephen P.; Arnold, L. Eugene; Gibbons, Robert D.; Marcus, Sue; Hur, Kwan; Jensen, Peter S.; Vitiello, Benedetto; Abikoff, Howard B.: Greenhill, Laurence L.; Hechtman, Lily; Pelham, William E.; Wells, Karen C.; Conners, C. Keith; March, John S.; Elliott, Glen R.; Epstein, Jeffery N.; Hoagwood, Kimberly; Hoza, Betsy; Molina, Brooke S. G.; Newcorn, Jeffrey H.; Severe, Joanne B.; Wigal, Timothy – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: To evaluate two hypotheses: that self-selection bias contributed to lack of medication advantage at the 36-month assessment of the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children With ADHD (MTA) and that overall improvement over time obscured treatment effects in subgroups with different outcome trajectories. Method: Propensity score analyses,…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Research Methodology, Evaluation Methods, Models
Schenkel, Lindsay S.; Pavuluri, Mani N.; Herbener, Ellen S.; Harral, Erin M.; Sweeney, John A. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: Past investigations indicate facial emotion-processing abnormalities in pediatric bipolar disorder (PBD) subjects. However, the extent to which these deficits represent state- and trait-related factors is unclear. We investigated facial affect processing in acutely ill and clinically stabilized children with PBD and matched healthy…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Investigations, Patients
Sengupta, Somnath; Shivalkar, Rupali – Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2007
There is increasing recognition that the externalizing disorders continue into adulthood or cause substantial impairment that may persist into adulthood. These disorders place substantial demands on the health care, education and legal resources and have considerable public health importance. The concept and the nosology of the externalizing…
Descriptors: Public Health, Validity, Behavior Disorders, Classification
Clark, Eddie, Jr. – Alabama Counseling Association Journal, 2007
African American adolescent males are significantly more likely than their Caucasian peers to receive a diagnosis of Conduct Disorder. In contrast, their Caucasian peers are more often diagnosed with Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder. Discrepancies in the way diagnosis is made cause more African American adolescent males to be classified …
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, African Americans, Racial Differences, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), 2009
Research shows that half of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by age 14. Scientists are discovering that changes in the body leading to mental illness may start much earlier, before any symptoms appear. Through greater understanding of when and how fast specific areas of children's brains develop, we are learning more about the early…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Children, Anxiety Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Roth, Dana; Rimmerman, Arie – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2009
This exploratory research studied middle-class mother's primary reason for registering their young children, mean age 6.9 years, in adapted motor and sports programs and their perceptions of their children upon entering the program and upon completion. Analyses also examined the possible relationship between mothers' age, education or children's…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Mothers, Social Behavior, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Halas, Joannie; van Ingen, Cathy – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2009
By examining specific examples of how teachers at an adolescent treatment centre interpret the day to day challenges that shape the lives of their students, insights can be gained about how schools can effectively re-connect even the most difficult students to a school environment. This article describes a story about an adolescent treatment…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Nontraditional Education, Substance Abuse, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
