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Direct linkCombes, Bertina H.; Walker, Michelle; Harrell, Pamela Esprivalo; Tyler-Wood, Tandra – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2008
Public speaking will continue to be an unsettling experience for some students, including those with disabilities. Experts have suggested several reasons for fearing public speaking; adequate preparation and practice can alleviate most of them. Using the PAVES (Posture, Attitude, Voice, Eye Contact, Smile) strategy described in this article can…
Descriptors: Public Speaking, Nonverbal Communication, Intervention, Disabilities
Download full textSchmidt, Marie Evans; Vandewater, Elizabeth A. – Future of Children, 2008
Marie Evans Schmidt and Elizabeth Vandewater review research on links between various types of electronic media and the cognitive skills of school-aged children and adolescents. One central finding of studies to date, they say, is that the content delivered by electronic media is far more influential than the media themselves. Most studies, they…
Descriptors: Video Games, Academic Achievement, Hyperactivity, Transfer of Training
Drabick, Deborah A. G.; Gadow, Kenneth D.; Loney, Jan – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2008
Despite important clinical and nosological implications, the comorbidity of oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) has received little attention. A clinic-based sample of 243 boys (ages 6-10 years), their parents, and teachers participated in an evaluation that involved assessments of behavioral, academic, and…
Descriptors: Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders, Risk, Anxiety
Painter, Carol A.; Prevatt, Frances; Welles, Theresa – Journal of Employment Counseling, 2008
The authors evaluated dysfunctional career beliefs and subsequent low job satisfaction in adults reporting significant symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Participants (N = 81) completed the Adult Attention Deficit Disorders Evaluation Scale (S. B. McCarney & P. D. Anderson, 1996), the Career Thoughts Inventory (J. P.…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Foreign Countries, Adults
Kutscher, Martin L. – Exceptional Parent, 2008
Contrary to popular opinion, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is not just about hyperactive people who have short attention spans. ADHD is a disorder that involves difficult problems on a wide range of "executive dysfunction," a wide range of co-occuring conditions, and family problems. People need to recognize that ADHD is not just…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Misconceptions, Counseling Techniques, Attention Span
Kollins, Scott H. – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2008
Objective: This review explores the relationship between ADHD and substance use disorder (SUD), factors that determine the abuse potential of psychostimulants, and strategies for identifying and treating at-risk ADHD patients. Method: This study uses a Medline review of literature. Results: Psychostimulants, such as methylphenidate and…
Descriptors: Stimulants, Attention Deficit Disorders, Patients, Hyperactivity
Reilly, James L.; Lencer, Rebekka; Bishop, Jeffrey R.; Keedy, Sarah; Sweeney, John A. – Brain and Cognition, 2008
The increasing use of eye movement paradigms to assess the functional integrity of brain systems involved in sensorimotor and cognitive processing in clinical disorders requires greater attention to effects of pharmacological treatments on these systems. This is needed to better differentiate disease and medication effects in clinical samples, to…
Descriptors: Narcotics, Eye Movements, Schizophrenia, Diseases
Dave, Shreya; Nazareth, Irwin; Senior, Rob; Sherr, Lorraine – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2008
To date there has been no comparison of father and mother report on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), a standardised measure of child behaviour used widely in the UK in clinical practice and research. The objectives of the study were to investigate differences and agreement between parents on the various SDQ domains of child…
Descriptors: Mothers, Hyperactivity, Drinking, Parent Child Relationship
Altink, Marieke E.; Arias-Vasquez, Alejandro; Franke, Barbara; Slaats-Willemse, Dorine I. E.; Buschgens, Cathelijne J. M.; Rommelse, Nanda N. J.; Fliers, Ellen A.; Anney, Richard; Brookes, Keeley-Joanne; Chen, Wai; Gill, Michael; Mulligan, Aisling; Sonuga-Barke, Edmund; Thompson, Margaret; Sergeant, Joseph A.; Faraone, Stephen V.; Asherson, Philip; Buitelaar, Jan K. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2008
Background: The dopamine receptor D4 ("DRD4") 7-repeat allele and maternal smoking during pregnancy are both considered as risk factors in the aetiology of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but few studies have been conducted on their interactive effects in causing ADHD. The purpose of this study is to examine the gene by…
Descriptors: Siblings, Smoking, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Pregnancy
Goodman, Geoff; Gerstadt, Cherie; Pfeffer, Cynthia R.; Stroh, Martha; Valdez, Adina – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2008
Forty-three psychiatrically hospitalized prepubertal children were assessed regarding their assaultive and suicidal behaviors. These children were subsequently classified into two groups, assaultive/suicidal (AS) and assaultive-only (AO). AS children had higher aggression and suicidal-scale scores, but not higher depression scores, and were more…
Descriptors: Suicide, Patients, Depression (Psychology), Attention Deficit Disorders
Peer reviewedPorges, Stephen W.; And Others – Child Development, 1975
Physiological responses of sixteen hyperactive children between the ages of 6 and 12 were measured in order to assess characteristic attentional deficits and responses to methylphenidate. (JMB)
Descriptors: Attention, Drug Therapy, Elementary School Students, Hyperactivity
Yellin, A. M.; And Others – 1984
Discriminant analysis of vigilance performance measures differentiated 11 adolescents with attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity from 20 adolescents with conduct disorder, while univariate analyses of variance failed to reveal statistically significant differences between the two groups. While both groups displayed similarities in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Disorders, Hyperactivity
Martin, Larry Lee; Martin, Sheila Love – 1984
Characteristics of hyperactive children, techniques used to quantify levels of activity, possible causes of high activity levels, and parenting/teaching techniques that may reduce such high levels of movement are considered. Hyperactivity is defined as a high degree of physical activity Florida teachers who volunteered to use the 14 recommended…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Etiology, Hyperactivity, Intervention
Peer reviewedGlennon, Claire A.; Nason, Doris E. – Reading Teacher, 1974
Reviews some of the issues involved in diagnosing and treating the hyperkinetic child. (TO)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Hyperactivity
Langseth, Lillian; Dowd, Judith – 1977
Examined were medical records of 265 hyperkinetic children (7-9 years old). Clinical blood chemistries, hematology, and 5-hour glucose tolerance test (GTT) results indicated that hematocrit levels were low in 27% of the Ss, eosinophil levels were abnormally high in 86% of the Ss, and GTT results were abnormal in a maority of Ss. (CL)
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Clinical Diagnosis, Exceptional Child Research, Hyperactivity
