A total of 24 children, meeting several criteria for being diagnosed as having an attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity, were selected for study. Children were assigned to one of three conditions: a meditation-training group, a progressive-muscle-relaxation group, or a waiting-list control group. Subjects in the training groups were seen…

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)

Treatment approaches (a behavioral program including both contingency management instruction for parents and self-control training for children, or either drug therapy or contingency management, alone) were compared for effectiveness in dealing with eight hyperactive children (7-10 years old). A self-control curriculum composed of self-direction,…

Nine papers examine current issues in the education of children with behavioral disorders. Three papers deal with theory, three with application, and three contain responses of a classroom teacher, an administrator, and a special education professor, respectively, to the preceding six papers. Papers have the following titles and authors: "Mental,…

Attempts to determine the prevalence of interacting perceptual-cognitive and behavioral difficulties in a child out-patient population and to determine the effectiveness of a treatment approach designed to modify these problems. Results were favorable. (Author)

Intended for parents, the interview with T. B. Brazleton discusses aspects of child mental health, including the difference among babies, the hyperkinetic infant, the baby's influence on the parent and vice versa, laying the groundwork for competency in children, and community programs for parents. (BB)

To investigate the effects of distraction, task performance with or without within-task color, holding task complexity constant, was assessed with 25 hyperactive Ss and 22 controls (5 to 10 years old). Two visual-motor drawing tasks, one visual concentration task and a combined visual-motor and visual concentration task were given. Error analyses…

Sustained attention to visual and auditory stimuli and reflection-impulsivity were examined in 48 hyperactive and 48 normal 9 and 14 year old boys. Multivariate analyses, followed by univariate tests, indicated that the nonhyperactive Ss increased sustained attention efficiency with age to both visual and auditory Stimuli. Hyperactive Ss increased…

Fourteen profiles of students in kindergarten through grade 8 provide information on characteristic behavior of learning disabled or behavior disordered students. Characteristics are matched up with appropriate strategies from a list of 188 in the back of the book. Profiles include hyperactive, withdrawn, clumsy, friendless, bewildered, and…

Reports on research conducted to asses the utility of physiological responses for both the prediction of individual differences in attentional capacity and the monitoring of developmental changes in attentional responsivity. Specifically the experiments assessed: (1) Heart rate variability and newborn heart rate responses to illumination changes,…

A motor-sensory training program was established to meet developmental motor needs of behaviorally disordered children (6 to 8 years old). Most of the children had motor deficiencies, as well as diagnosed learning disabilities, and some children were entered in the program not because of motor deficiencies but because of their extreme motor…

Reviewed in the report is research on hyperkinesis, specifically B. Feingold's hypotheses on the role of salicylates and food additives. Criticisms of Feingold's studies are seen to include methodological weaknesses (no double blind controlled experiments), nutritional concerns over the adequacy of prescribed diets, and lack of a specifically…

The bibliography on the hyperkinetic behavior syndrome focuses on the behavior characteristics of and treatment for hyperactivity. Entries are divided into the following sections (sample subsections are in parentheses): general review of pediatric psychopharmacology; the hyperkinetic behavior syndrome (overview, diagnosis and evaluation,…