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Direct linkBateman, David F. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2008
Ben is a 16-year-old student who resides with his family in an unnamed School District. He is eligible for special education by reason of specific learning disability and ADHD. His parents requested a due process hearing, alleging that the District failed to provide him with a free appropriate public education (FAPE) and requesting reimbursement…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Learning Disabilities, Public Education, Court Litigation
Carpenter, Lorelei; Austin, Helena – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2008
This paper is part of a wider project that examines the discourses of motherhood and motherwork that enable and constrain individual women. It examines the influence of schools on mothers in making decisions to seek diagnosis and treatment for their children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Here it is found that the business…
Descriptors: Mothers, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Disability Identification, Child Rearing
Graham, Linda J. – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2008
In offering a critical review of the problem we call "ADHD" (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), this paper progresses in three stages. The first two parts feature the dominant voices emanating from the literature in medicine and psychology which, when juxtaposed, highlight an interdependency between these otherwise competing…
Descriptors: Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders, Foreign Countries, Drug Therapy
Chen, Mandy; Seipp, Carla M.; Johnston, Charlotte – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2008
This study examined parent and child gender effects on parents' attributions and beliefs in regards to child symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Participants included mothers and fathers of 19 girls and 17 boys with ADHD. Groups of boys and girls, aged 5-13 years, were equated on age and medication status, as well as ADHD…
Descriptors: Mothers, Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders, Child Behavior
Download full textSpadafore, Gerald J.; Spadafore, Sharon J. – 1997
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a perplexing disorder that is both over- and under-diagnosed. A newly published instrument designed to identify ADHD children through a comprehensive diagnostic procedure is described here. The paper opens with discussions of ADHD and medication; related consequences of ADHD, such as social…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Hager, Lisa D. – 1993
This study investigated the effects of organization at input and cued retrieval on the free- and cued-recall memory performance of children (all male and between the ages of 8 and 12) with and without attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Children with ADHD (N=20) recalled significantly fewer words/pictures than children without ADHD…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Cluster Grouping, Comparative Analysis, Hyperactivity
Peer reviewedWeithorn, Corinne J.; Ross, Roslyn – American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 1976
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Clinical Diagnosis, Drug Therapy, Exceptional Child Education
Nation's Schools and Colleges, 1975
A diet that emphasizes the elimination of food containing artificial coloring and flavoring from meals served to hyperactive children has met with success in preliminary studies; college placement centers are advised to shift their emphasis from job research and counseling. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, College Students, Educational Research, Employment Opportunities
Juliano, Daniel B.; Gentile, J. Ronald – Child Study Journal Monographs, 1974
Reviews research literature on the symptomatology, etiology, performanceand behavioral management (drug and behavior modification treatments) of hyperactive children with normal intelligence. Proposes procedure for evaluating treatment effects in natural settings. (ED)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Clinical Diagnosis, Contingency Management, Drug Therapy
Texas State Dept. of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Austin. – 1982
This brief booklet discusses the characteristics, causes, and treatments of attention deficit disorders with hyperactivity. Although children with this condition may be overly active, fidgety, distractible, aggressive, impulsive, and have difficulty learning, the primary problem is their inability to concentrate and pay attention. The exact origin…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Modification, Dietetics, Drug Therapy
Bowers, Norman D.; Zagar, Robert J. – 1983
Fluctuations in problem solving and classroom behaviors during the school day for 43 hyperkinetic intermediate students with attention deficits were examined. Ss were observed with the Stonybrook Observation Code and tested with the Stroop Color-Word Test, Matching Familiar Figures, Porteus Mazes, and Digit Span. Data were collected in…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Problems, Hyperactivity, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedPalkes, Helen; Stewart, Mark – American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 1972
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Exceptional Child Research, Hyperactivity
Wunderlich, Ray C. – Academic Therapy, 1973
Described individually are the following forms of medical treatment for the hyperactive child: stimulants, tranquilizers, megavitamins, corticosteroids, antihistamines, anticonvulsants, food elimination, air filtration, allergic desensitization, perceptual motor training, and behavioral counseling. (DB)
Descriptors: Allergy, Behavior Change, Drug Therapy, Etiology
Beck, Mitchell A. – 1978
A followup study involving 24 Ss was conducted to investigate the extent to which hyperkinesis, and its associate behavioral problems, persist into adulthood in children who have been clinically diagnosed as having the hyperkinetic behavioral syndrome. Five areas were considered: behavioral change, educational attainment, treatment, occupational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Behavior Problems, Exceptional Child Research
Drash, Philip W.; And Others – 1976
A multifaceted behavioral treatment program designed to modify noncompliance in five hyperactive preschoolers and to train their parents in techniques of maintaining compliant behavior was implemented. Results indicated that hyperactivity and noncompliance were reduced to normal limits. Parents' use of behavior modification techniques were…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Contingency Management, Exceptional Child Research
