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Guidance On Civil Rights of Students with ADHD - U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights guidance clarifying obligation of schools to provide students with ADHD equal educational opportunity under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Source: Disabled World - July 27, 2016 Category: Disability Tags: ADHD and ADD Source Type: news
Diversion of ADHD stimulants and victimization among adolescents - Epstein-Ngo QM, McCabe SE, Veliz PT, Stoddard SA, Austic EA, Boyd CJ.
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether a recent prescription for stimulant medication is associated with peer victimization among youth with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). METHODS: Data from 4,965 adolescents attending five public schools...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 28, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Why Those With Alzheimer's And Mental Illness Need Community
My dad's voice drifted gently through the cell phone, quieting the zip-zapping of my mind, "He was my only friend with Alzheimer's -- sort of my best friend. And now he's dead." Rain pattered outside the tall kitchen window next to me. I'd been chopping colorful vegetables for dinner, and my knife froze. Our family schedules, the child therapy, writing projects, and checklists dissolved for a moment, allowing me to hear my father who suffers with Alzheimer's. Sometimes his mind wanders and frets. He repeats himself. People dismiss his feelings. But lately I've found wisdom when I listen to him, so I inhaled. "Yes, I know. ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 21, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
2015 Scholarships for Students with ADHD
Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG) announces the launch of the 2015 Michael Yasick ADHD Scholarship. The scholarship program is for legal residents of the United States who are diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and are accepted to or enrolled in undergraduate programs at accredited colleges, universities, trade schools, technical schools, or vocational schools located in the US.
Source: Disabled World - October 30, 2014 Category: Disability Tags: Disability Scholarships Source Type: news
Coordinating mental health care across primary care and schools: ADHD as a case example - Power TJ, Blum NJ, Guevara JP, Jones HA, Leslie LK.
Although primary care practices and schools are major venues for the delivery of mental health services to children, these systems are disconnected, contributing to fragmentation in service delivery. This paper describes barriers to collaboration across th...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - July 14, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Free to Learn
In his new book, Peter Gray suggests that children learn best through play in mixed groups of other children. Schools can act against these evolved propensities. So what are the best ways to educate children?read more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - April 30, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peter B. Gray, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Education Evolutionary Psychology Parenting ADHD alternative education attention deficit hyperactivity disorder attention deficit hyperactivity disorder adhd children ' s play s work education systems educationa Source Type: news
Large study shows substance abuse rates higher in teenagers with ADHD
(University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences) A new study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry revealed a significantly higher prevalence of substance abuse and cigarette use by adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) histories than in those without ADHD. Researchers also found that, contrary to previous findings, current medications for ADHD do not counter the risk for substance abuse or substance abuse disorder.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 11, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
