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Direct linkWillcutt, Erik G.; Betjemann, Rebecca S.; Pennington, Bruce F.; Olson, Richard K.; Defries, John C.; Wadsworth, Sally J. – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2007
The majority of children who receive special education services meet criteria for reading disability (RD) or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but additional research is needed to understand the long-term academic outcome of children in these groups. Individuals with RD only (N = 71), ADHD only (N = 66), both RD and ADHD (N = 51),…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Learning Disabilities, Hyperactivity, Young Adults
Shaffer, Howard J.; Nelson, Sarah E.; LaPlante, Debi A.; LaBrie, Richard A.; Albanese, Mark; Caro, Gabriel – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2007
Psychiatric comorbidity likely contributes to driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol among repeat offenders. This study presents one of the first descriptions of the prevalence and comorbidity of psychiatric disorders among repeat DUI offenders in treatment. Participants included all consenting eligible admissions (N = 729) to a 2-week…
Descriptors: Drug Use, Incidence, Epidemiology, Mental Disorders
Lehn, Hanne; Derks, Eske M.; Hudziak, James J.; Heutink, Peter; van Beijsterveldt, Toos; Boomsma, Dorret I. – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: To study familial and nonfamilial environmental influences on attention problems and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in monozygotic twins discordant and concordant-high and low for these traits. Method: Ninety-five twin pairs from The Netherlands Twin Register were selected. Longitudinal survey data were collected at 1,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Influences, Behavior Problems, Motor Development
Download full textBruun, Ruth Dowling; And Others – 1993
This pamphlet discusses behavioral problems which are sometimes associated with Tourette Syndrome (TS), along with suggestions for parents to help manage these behaviors. Consideration is given to the following problems: obsessive-compulsive symptoms; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; aggressive and explosive behaviors; self-injurious…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Child Behavior
Webb, James T.; Latimer, Diane – 1993
This fact sheet summarizes information on children who have an attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity (ADHD), are gifted, or are both ADHD and gifted. Fourteen diagnostic criteria for ADHD from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders III are listed. A comparison of behaviors associated with ADHD and with giftedness is…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Attention Span, Behavior Problems, Gifted
Shaywitz, Sally E., Ed.; Shaywitz, Bennett A., Ed. – 1992
This collection of papers focuses on definitions, assessment, assessment instruments, and distinctions between attention deficit disorder (ADD) and general learning disabilities or conduct disorders. Part I covers issues of definition and assessment in the following papers: "Methodological Issues in the Classification of ADD" (Jack Fletcher, et…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Definitions, Drug Therapy, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedCarpenter, Robert L.; Sells, Clifford J. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1974
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Rating Scales, Drug Therapy, Exceptional Child Research
Peer reviewedHogg, J.; Maier, I. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1974
Descriptors: Attention Span, Behavior Change, Children, Exceptional Child Research
Windle, Michael – 1989
Interrelations between childhood behavior problems and adolescent temperament, and between adolescent temperament and problem behaviors, were studied. A sample of 311 adolescents with an average age of 15.7 years completed self-report measures regarding behavior problems before age 13, temperament, alcohol consumption, alcohol-related problems,…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Cognitive Processes
Majsterek, David J. – 1983
Intended for teachers of students with learning disabilities, the paper reviews recent trends in research. The importance and the difficulty of keeping up with new developments in the field are noted. Research and theoretical considerations are presented for the following topic areas: definition and identification difficulties (including,…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Influence
Koester, Lynne S.; Farley, Frank H. – 1977
Farley's theory of arousal and stimulation-seeking proposes specific educational alternatives for high and low arousal and hyperkinetic children. This study tested the prediction that open classrooms provide children at the lower end of the physiological arousal continuum with enough external stimulation to reduce their overt seeking of…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Behavioral Science Research, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedAyllon, Teodoro; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1975
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Drug Therapy, Elementary Education
Hertzig, Margaret E.; and others – Amer J Orthopsychiat, 1969
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Exceptional Child Research, Hyperactivity, Learning Disabilities
Buddenhagen, R.G.; Sickler, Patricia – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior, Case Records, Downs Syndrome, Exceptional Child Research
Bacon, Ellen H. – 1982
The category of attention deficit disorder is defined in terms of diagnostic symptoms (inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity) and definitions. Aspects which need to be covered in the classroom evaluation of a child with suspected attention deficit disorder are reviewed, including examination of the task for its appropriateness; determination…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Case Studies, Classroom Observation Techniques, Clinical Diagnosis
