ADHD
Learn more about students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and their experiences in school
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Online Support Seen for Youths With Learning Disabilities
Researchers examined “virtual, but authentic” voices of young people who identify themselves as having a learning disability.
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A National Roundup
Issue Warnings on ADHD Drugs, FDA Tells Their Manufacturers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants medication guides to alert people to possible cardiovascular risks and risks of adverse psychiatric symptoms associated with taking the medicines.
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Preschool ADHD Treatment
Low doses of the drug Ritalin are effective in treating the symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in preschool-age children, but young children are especially sensitive to the drug’s side effects and should be closely monitored, says a report.
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ADHD Research
The authors studied 4,704 children ages 4 to 15, 4.2 percent of whom had ADHD. Based on their findings, the researchers estimate that prenatal tobacco exposure is associated with 270,000 cases of ADHD in U.S. children, while prenatal lead exposure could account for 290,000 cases.
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Prenatal Tobacco, Lead Exposure Linked to ADHD, Study Suggests
Exposure in the womb to tobacco and lead could be linked to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in U.S. children, concludes a report by Environmental Health Perspectives, a peer-reviewed journal of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
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Opinion
Why Are We Drugging Our Children?
Why are we drugging so many of our children, and what effect is this having on their well-being, writes Julian Weissglass, director of the National Coalition for Equity in Education.
Equity & Diversity
Canadian Study Sees No Link Between Mercury And Autism
A researcher studying rates of pervasive developmental disorder among children in the Canadian province of Quebec says there is no link between the prevalence of the disorder—of which autism is one type—and a mercury-based preservative once used in childhood vaccines.
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Researchers Identify Behavior Problems for Girls With ADHD
Girls with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder may not have the same classroom-disrupting symptoms as their male counterparts, but they often suffer from a variety of social and academic problems that bear close attention, according to one of the few long-term studies devoted to following girls with ADHD.
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Young Girls Diagnosed with ADHD Tend to Have Social, Academic Problems in Adolescence
One of the few long-term studies devoted to following girls with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder shows that girls with the diagnosis tend to have psychiatric and social problems in adolescence, including substance abuse, eating disorders, social problems with peers, and poor academic performance.
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Hospitals Treat Thousands Annually for Bad Reactions to ADHD Medications, Researchers Say
Adverse reactions and overdoses of stimulant medication used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder accounted for an estimated 3,075 emergency room visits in 2004, according to research from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
School & District Management
Wide Background Disparities Found in Those With ADHD
A white boy who lives in the city and has an older teacher is more likely to be diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder than a black girl who lives in the South and has a white teacher, according to a study of thousands of elementary school students that was published in the April issue of Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Federal
Cardiac Cases Raise Concerns Over Drugs for ADHD
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel recently voted to recommend that some attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medications carry warning labels after panel members learned of 25 reports of deaths between 1999 and 2003.
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Attention Seekers
Some parents of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder say alternatives such as brain exercises or music therapy are better than medication.