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Co-Occurrence of ADHD and High IQ: A Case Series Empirical Study
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Cordeiro, Mara L.; Farias, Antonio C.; Cunha, Alexandre; Benko, Cassia R.; Farias, Lucilene G.; Costa, Maria T.; Martins, Leandra F.; McCracken, James T. – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2011
Objective: The validity of a diagnosis of ADHD in children with a high intelligence quotient (IQ) remains controversial. Using a multidisciplinary approach, rigorous diagnostic criteria, and worldwide-validated psychometric instruments, we identified a group of children attending public schools in southern Brazil for co-occurrence of high IQ and…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Public Schools, Interdisciplinary Approach, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Detecting Children with Arithmetic Disabilities from Kindergarten: Evidence from a 3-Year Longitudinal Study on the Role of Preparatory Arithmetic Abilities
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Stock, Pieter; Desoete, Annemie; Roeyers, Herbert – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
In a 3-year longitudinal study, 471 children were classified, based on their performances on arithmetic tests in first and second grade, as having persistent arithmetic disabilities (AD), persistent low achieving (LA), persistent typical achieving, inconsistent arithmetic disabilities (DF1), or inconsistent low achieving in arithmetic. Significant…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, Arithmetic, Learning Disabilities, Age Differences
ADHD Diagnosis and Management: A Practical Guide for the Clinic and the Classroom
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Wolraich, Mark L.; DuPaul, George J. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2010
Effective, "integrated" care across clinical, classroom, and home settings: that's what every student with ADHD needs to achieve academic and social success. Now professionals have one complete, highly accessible guide to delivering this kind of coordinated treatment for children in Grades 1-8. Aligned with the AAP's new guidelines for ADHD…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Academic Achievement, Identification, Guidelines
Routine (Dis)Order in an Infant School
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Bailey, Simon; Thomson, Pat – Ethnography and Education, 2009
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is popularly understood to be a condition which resides in the person. In this scenario, the school is an innocent bystander, a container for the "maladjusted child". Drawing on an ethnographic case study of one classroom, the first stage of doctoral research into the production of the…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Disability Identification, Student Behavior, Clinical Diagnosis