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Cottone, Dina M.; McCabe, Paul C. – Communique, 2019
Although Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) affects approximately 5% of children, the disorder is more frequently seen in males than in females, with a male-to-female ratio of approximately 2:1 in children (APA 2013). This discrepancy in prevalence is suggested to lie in the differences in ADHD symptomatology between girls and boys.…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Neurology
Schutte, Kerry; Piselli, Kate; Schmitt, Ara J.; Miglioretti, Maura; Lorenzi-Quigley, Lauren; Tiberi, Amy; Krohner, Noah – Communique, 2017
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and ASD are two common neurobiological disorders in school-age children. In fact, approximately 6.4 million children between the ages of 4 and 17 have been diagnosed with ADHD since 2011 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2017). More recent prevalence estimates suggest that five percent of all…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Disability Identification
DuPaul, George J.; Power, Thomas J.; Evans, Steven W.; Mautone, Jennifer A.; Owens, Julie Sarno – Communique, 2016
In July 2016, the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued two documents to clarify and provide guidance on Federal obligations of school districts to students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) under Section 504. This action was in response to numerous complaints (approximately 2,000 over 5 years)…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education