The Source for ADD/ADHD: Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.

Autor/inn/en	Richard, Gail J.; Russell, Joy L.
Titel	The Source for ADD/ADHD: Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.
Quelle	(2002), (206 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-7606-0380-4
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Academic Accommodations (Disabilities); Attention Deficit Disorders; Behavior Modification; Behavior Problems; Child Development; Clinical Diagnosis; Developmental Stages; Drug Therapy; Educational Legislation; Elementary Secondary Education; Eligibility; Etiology; Family Environment; Family School Relationship; Federal Legislation; Hyperactivity; Neurological Impairments; Parent Teacher Cooperation; Special Education; Student Characteristics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHS; Aufmerksamkeits-Defizit-Hyperaktivitäts-Störung; Aufmerksamkeitsstörung; Behaviour modification; Verhaltensänderung; Kindesentwicklung; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Eignung; Ätiologie; Familienmilieu; Bundesrecht; Hyperaktivität; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Parent teacher relation; Parent-teacher cooperation; Parent-teacher relation; Parent-teacher relationship; Parent teacher relationship; Eltern-Lehrer-Beziehung; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen
Abstract	This book is intended for professionals who are responsible for designing and implementing educational programs for children with attention deficit disorders and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD). Chapters address: (1) myths and realities about ADD/ADHD; (2) definitions, disorders associated with ADD/ADHD, and federal educational definitions; (3) characteristics, developmental profiles of children with ADD/ADHD from infancy through adulthood, and an ADD/ADHD screening checklist; (4) clinical and educational diagnosis, and eligibility of students with ADD/ADHD for services under federal legislation; (5) neurology of learning and learning correlates in ADD/ADHD; (6) medical intervention, mediation options, monitoring mediation in the classroom, medication and self-esteem, and controversial treatments for ADD/ADHD; (7) behavioral interventions, specific behaviors and suggestions, social behaviors, attitude for approaching behavior management, and applying behavior modification strategies with ADD/ADHD; (8) educational intervention, principles of program design, a brain-based report card on teaching strategies, educational accommodations and an accommodation plan for students with ADD/ADHD; (9) home intervention; and (10) building communication between home and school and using a team approach for treating ADD/ADHD. Each chapter concludes with a question-and-answer section. (Contains 72 references.) (CR)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC