ERIC Number: ED660563
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 64
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Reconceptualizing the Approach to Supporting Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in School Settings
Gregory A. Fabiano; Kellina Lupas; Brittany M. Merrill; Nicole K. Schatz; Jennifer Piscitello; Emily L. Robertson; William E. Pelham Jr.
Grantee Submission
The long-term academic outcomes for many students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are strikingly poor. It has been decades since students with ADHD were specifically recognized as eligible for special education through the Other Health Impaired category under the Education for all Handicapped Children Act of 1975, and similarly, eligible for academic accommodations through Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act. It is time to acknowledge that these school-policies have been insufficient for supporting the academic, social, and behavioral outcomes for students with ADHD. Numerous reasons for the unsuccessful outcomes include a lack of evidence-based interventions embedded into school approaches, minimizing the importance of the general education setting for promoting effective behavioral supports, and an over-reliance on assessment and classification at the expense of intervention. Contemporary behavioral support approaches in schools are situated in multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS); within this article we argue that forward-looking school policies should situate ADHD screening, intervention, and maintenance of interventions within MTSS in general education settings and reserve special education eligibility solely for students who require more intensive intervention. An initial model of intervention is presented for addressing ADHD within schools in a manner that should provide stronger interventions, more quickly, and therefore more effectively. [This paper was published in "Journal of School Psychology" v104 2024.]
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Special Needs Students, Special Education, Educational Quality, Educational Legislation, Disabilities, Equal Education, Students with Disabilities, Federal Legislation, School Policy, Multi Tiered Systems of Support, Positive Behavior Supports, Screening Tests, Intervention, Regular and Special Education Relationship
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Education for All Handicapped Children Act; Rehabilitation Act 1973
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R324A190239; R305A170523