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Williams, Jane; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1996
Assessment of 84 children diagnosed with controlled or uncontrolled complex partial or absence seizures but no documented learning or emotional disorders found no influence of seizure type on achievement test scores or behavioral ratings. A main effect was found for degree of control, with poorly controlled seizures correlating with lower reading…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attention, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems
Friedman, Debra L.; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1992
This study with 65 individuals with mental retardation and additional seizure and/or psychiatric or behavioral disorders found that 9.2 percent experienced medication (carbamazepine) side effects, ranging from irritability to mania. More side effects were experienced by individuals with behavioral or psychiatric disorders than by those with an…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Problems, Drug Therapy
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Williams, Dorothy L.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1992
The Conners Rating Scale was used to identify psychoeducational, neuropsychological, and sociobehavioral variables in attempting to define subtypes within a population of 95 children (mean age 10.6 years) with learning disabilities (LD) or documented brain damage. Results supported the sociobehavioral component in LD subtyping and parallels…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Classification, Elementary Secondary Education