Amphetamines and other stimulant drugs are not causing so-called "paradoxical effects" in hyperactive children but are actually effective because they provide needed stimulation. According to the Swanson-Brodemus Model, amphetamines, et al., provide internal sources of stimulation, thus reducing the need for external stimulation. (Author)

Investigated with six highly active 4- and 5-year-old Caucasian boys (three Ss labeled by teachers as hyperactive and three controls) was the extent to which inappropriate behaviors and differences in attention span provoked teachers to differentiate between highly active and hyperactive children. (IM)

Teachers rated 1337 elementary school children to determine norms for the Hyperactivity Rating Scale; teacher ratings of 45 hyperactive children, referred by physicians, were also obtained. (Author)

A seven-year-old emotionally disturbed boy with some features of the hyperkinetic syndrome was placed on a double-blind placebo control program to assess the effects of psychoactive medications (Ritalin and Dexedrine) on academic and social behaviors. (Author)

Three groups of learning disabled boys, 23 hyperactives, 25 normoactives, and 14 hypoactives, as well as 31 controls, were studied in grade school, and reevaluated at age 14. (Author/MH)

This study examined the efficacy of behavior modification in treating three hyperkinetic children (6 to 12 years old). (Author)

Hyperactive boys (N=20) recalled fewer words and showed less category organization than reading-disabled and normal boys. Rather than lacking the skill to use semantic organization as a strategy in free recall, hyperactive boys had difficulty in spontaneously generating the strategy and in sustaining sufficient effort to task completion.…

The Illinois Classroom Assessment Profile is a teacher rating scale that is sensitive to behavior disorders exhibited by hyperactive children. The behavioral dimensions represent sustained attention, impulsivity, conduct, fine motor coordination, and evaluative anxiety. The development of the scale and investigations of its factor structure are…

The computerization of attention tasks has allowed clinicians to incorporate objective data into evaluations of attention deficit disorder or hyperactivity. The Gordon Diagnostic System (GDS) is described and case histories are presented which illustrate the contribution of GDS data to evaluation and treatment monitoring. (DB)

Compared child outpatients with diagnoses for both conduct disorder (CD) and attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity (ADD/H) with children with CD but no ADD/H. Children with both CD and ADD/H exhibited more physical aggression and a greater variety and severity of antisocial behaviors despite their younger age at time of referral than did…

Examines relations between Matthews Youth Test for Health ratings on hyperactive boys and diverse measures obtained from five sources: direct behavior observations; staff evaluations, nonparticipant observer ratings, peer nominations, and self-reports. (HOD)

Elementary students in grades K-1 and 4-5 (N=98) responded to descriptions of a hyperactive boy under one of two solution conditions (medication vs. effort) and one of two outcome conditions (success or failure). Among reported findings was that older children particularly valued the child whose own efforts succeeded. (Author/JW)

Completed a factor analysis of the abbreviated Conners Teacher Rating Scale (CTRS) for 108 regular and special education students. Two factors accounted for 69.5 percent of the total response variance: Factor I described attention deficits and motor activity, and Factor II described excessive affective reactions. (JAC)