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Download full textTempleton, Rosalyn A. – 1995
This paper provides a brief historical outline of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), its definition, its behavioral characteristics, and a guide to creating successful learning environments for these students. Diagnostic criteria for ADHD are listed and discussed, and incidence figures of 3 to 5 percent of all school-age children are…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Classroom Techniques, Clinical Diagnosis, Definitions
Center, David B. – 1989
The exclusionary term, "social maladjustment," the definition in Public Law 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) of serious emotional disturbance, has been an enigma for special education. This paper attempts to limit the interpretation of social maladjustment in order to counter effects of such decisions as…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Disorders, Court Litigation
