Observed the mother-child interactions of three age groups of hyperactive children (N=54) during free play and task settings using two dose levels of Ritalin. Results indicated that the interactions of hyperactive boys with their mothers improve with age, and that Ritalin produces further improvements regardless of age examined. (LLL)

The present study suggests that parent training alone, or methylphenidate alone, are both sufficient to produce noticeable, clinically significant improvements in behavior of hyperactive children. The research did not show, however, that a combination of treatments is any more effective than either treatment alone. (Author/GC)

Examines relations between observed child behavior, maternal self-ratings of self-esteem and stress, and mothers' behavior in a structured task and an unstructured play situation. Amounts of maternal interaction, control, and nonresponding were significantly correlated both with child's behavior and mother's self-ratings. (CMG)

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This paper examines the problems parents and teachers face when dealing with a hyperactive child. Presented to the St. Amant Elementary Parent Teacher Organization, Louisiana, April 1976. (HMV)

The authors comment on an article by C. Conners et al which reports the findings of a study to examine the relationship between food additives and hyperkinesis in children (6-12 years old). (SBH)

Two hundred twenty-one predominantly adolescent institutionalized retarded residents, classified as hyperactive, were compared on 15 variables to a matched group classified as nonhyperactive. (Author/MC)

It is maintained that two weaknesses of current theories on etiology of learning disabilities are reliance on a single-cause model and assumption of a child's deficit; advanced is the explanation that defensive hyperactivity is a coping device of children who are anxious about forming relationships with others, particularly adults. (MC)

An actometer is a modified self-winding calendar watch which records acceleration and deceleration of movements with a significant component" in the same plane as the face of the watch. Actometers tested in this study were not reliable. (Author/MB)

Energy level output is a determining factor in the grouping of learning disabled children in a remedial program. (KW)

A behavior problem checklist was administered to the teachers of six to eight year old children. Eight factors were identified as Hyperactivity, Disciplinary Problems, Sluggishness, Paranoiac Tendencies, Social Withdrawal, Acting Out, Speech Problems; and Antisocial Tendencies. Three second order factors were identified as Neutroticism,…