Identifying, Assessing, and Treating ADHD at School

180 Pages·2009·1.64 MB·English

by  Stephen E. Brock

DevelopmentalPsychopathologyatSchool
SeriesEditors:
StephenE.Brock,CaliforniaStateUniversity,Sacramento,CA,USA
ShaneR.Jimerson,UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara,CA,USA
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Stephen E. Brock Shane R. Jimerson
Robin L. Hansen
Identifying, Assessing, and
Treating ADHD at School
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StephenE.Brock ShaneR.Jimerson
DepartmentofSpecialEducation GevirtzGraduateSchoolof
RehabilitationSchoolPsychology Education
andDeafStudies UniversityofCalifornia
CaliforniaStateUniversity SantaBarbara
Sacramento 2208PhelpsHall
SantaBarbara,CA,93106-9490
6000JStreet
USA
Sacramento,CA,95819-6079
[email protected]
USA
[email protected]
RobinL.Hansen
UniversityofCaliforniaatDavis
M.I.N.D.Institute
282550thStreet
Sacramento,CA,95817
USA
[email protected]
ISBN978-1-4419-0500-0 e-ISBN978-1-4419-0501-7
DOI10.1007/978-1-4419-0501-7
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Acknowledgments
As with any project of this magnitude we feel it important to acknowledge the
contributions of the individuals who contributed to our efforts. First, Dr. Brock
would like to thank Dr. Aimee Clinton for her assistance reviewing the literature
on the diagnosis of ADHD. He would also like to thank California State Univer-
sity,Sacramento,schoolpsychologystudentsBethanyGrove,MelanieSerals,Maria
Puopolo,ChristaCummings,andDarrenHustedfortheirassistancereviewingthe
ADHD treatment literature. Dr. Jimerson would like to acknowledge the contribu-
tionsofMs.KaitlynStewart,adoctoralstudentattheUniversityofCalifornia,Santa
Barbaraforherreviewsandassistancewiththepreparationofthetablesandfigures.
HewouldalsoliketoacknowledgetheinspiringscholarshipofDr.GeorgeDuPaul,
whocontinuestoadvanceboththescienceandscholarshiprelatedtounderstanding
andassistingstudentswithADHD.Finally,Dr.Hansenwouldliketoacknowledge
eachofherfellows,Jean,Steve,Nicole,Kathy,Scott,andLulu,forinspiringherto
keeplearning.
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Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
WhySchoolProfessionalsShouldReadThisBook . . . . . . . . . . . 1
ConceptualizationsofAttention-Deficit/HyperactivityDisorder . . . . . 3
ADHDandEducationalPlacementandServices . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
PurposeandPlanofThisBook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2 Causes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
FamilyStudies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
TwinStudies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
AdoptionStudies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
GenomeSearchStudies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
CandidateGeneSearches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
ConcludingCommentsRegardingtheRoleofGenetics . . . . . . . . 13
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
BiologicalFactors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
PsychosocialFactors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Diet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
TelevisionViewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
ConcludingCommentsRegardingtheRoleoftheEnvironment. . . . 16
Neurobiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Neuropsychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Neurophysiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Neurochemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
ConcludingCommentsRegardingtheRoleofNeurobiology . . . . . 19
ConcludingComments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3 PrevalenceandAssociatedConditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
ADHDRatesintheGeneralPopulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
StudentswithADHDinSpecialEducation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
ADHD’sCorrelatesandAssociationwithOtherConditions . . . . . . . 26
ConcludingComments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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