[DOWNLOAD] "ADHD Among Students Receiving Special Education Services: A National Survey (Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)" by Exceptional Children # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: ADHD Among Students Receiving Special Education Services: A National Survey (Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)
- Author : Exceptional Children
- Release Date : January 22, 2006
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 244 KB
Description
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a chronic condition that is thought to affect from 3% to 5% of school-age children in the United States (American Psychiatric Association, 2000). Now one of the most commonly diagnosed childhood disorders (Barkley, 1998), ADHD is estimated to affect approximately 2 million school-age children (Forness & Kavale, 2002). These children experience difficulties in behaviors crucial to academic success, such as maintaining attention, modulating activity levels, inhibiting impulsive responses, and persisting with academic tasks (DuPaul & Stoner, 2003). Because of their large numbers and refractory behaviors, children with ADHD present a challenge for the school system. Many children with ADHD qualify for accommodations and/or services under Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act or the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA; Reid & Katsiyannis, 1995). Estimates are that more than half of children with an ADHD diagnosis are school-identified as eligible for services under IDEA (Barkley, 1998; Reid, Maag, Vasa, & Wright, 1994). Most of these children are served under the categories of learning disability (LD), emotional disturbance (ED), or other health impairment (OHI). Some students with ADHD and a co-occurring cognitive impairment are served under the mental retardation (MR) category (Abikoff, 2002), and those with expressive and/or receptive language limitations are served in the speech-language impairment (SLI) category.