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Racial-Ethnic Heterogeneity in the Relationship between an Early Elementary School ADHD Diagnosis and Later Child Well-Being
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Jayanti Owens; Xinyan Cao – RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2024
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is America's most common childhood disorder. Although an ADHD diagnosis can bring positives, recent research uncovers potential negatives associated with diagnosis. This study examines understudied racial-ethnic heterogeneity in the relationships between an early elementary school ADHD…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Early Experience, Well Being, Ethnicity
Early Productive Vocabulary Composition as Precursor of Dyslexia
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Maassen, Ben A. M.; Krikhaar, Evelien; van der Leij, Aryan; Fikkert, Paula – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: The aim of this study was to gain more insight into the linguistic characterization of dyslexia by investigating vocabulary acquisition. In a previous study, vocabulary at 17 months of age appeared to be related to familial risk (FR) of dyslexia. The aim of this study was to investigate how the differences in lexical composition further…
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Vocabulary Development, Dyslexia, At Risk Persons
Case Study: Interventions for an ADHD Student
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Hartlep, Nicholas Daniel – Online Submission, 2009
This case study was done in partial fulfillment of a Master of Science in Education (M.S.Ed.) Graduate Course the participant-observer was completing. The participant-observer learned a lot about Dmitrov, the child in this study. Dmitrov was a 2nd-grade student who was diagnosed (late in the school year) with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity…
Descriptors: Report Cards, Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders, Interest Inventories
ADHD in American Early Schooling: From a Cultural Psychological Perspective
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Lee, Kyunghwa – Early Child Development and Care, 2008
In this article, I present a study conducted with 10 Southeastern US early childhood teachers on their views concerning problem behaviour, in general, and the practice of diagnosis and pharmaceutical treatment for Attention/Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), in particular. Themes that emerged from the interview data included: (1) teachers'…
Descriptors: Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders, Age Differences, Gender Differences
Psychiatric Morbidity of Second and Third Grade Primary School Children in Korea
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Yoo, H. I.; Cho, S. C.; Kim, B. N.; Kim, S. Y.; Shin, M. S.; Hong, K. E. – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2005
This study was undertaken to identify psychiatric morbidity among Korean second and third elementary school children using an objective diagnostic interview tool. Data from 5,118 (2,723 boys, 2,395 girls; mean age = 8.41 years (SD = 0.66) second and third grade schoolchildren were drawn from 28 elementary schools. After initial screening…
Descriptors: Psychiatry, Grade 2, Grade 3, Elementary School Students
A Longitudinal Examination of the Diagnostic Accuracy and Predictive Validity of R-CBM and High-Stakes Testing
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Hintze, John M.; Silberglitt, Benjamin – School Psychology Review, 2005
The purpose of this study was to compare different statistical and methodological approaches to standard setting and determining cut scores using R-CBM and performance on high-stakes tests. One thousand seven hundred and sixty-six students were followed longitudinally from first through third grades using R-CBM benchmark assessment. In addition,…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, High Stakes Tests, Standard Setting, Clinical Diagnosis