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Direct linkHodge, Samuel R.; Asola, Eugene – Advances in Special Education, 2019
This chapter is structured for teaching young learners with other health impairments in special education. Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA, 2004), other health impairments represent chronic or acute health problems such as asthma, attention deficit disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),…
Descriptors: Special Education, Young Children, Special Needs Students, Chronic Illness
Peer reviewedTangye, Sheila R. – Journal of Mental Deficiency Research, 1979
It was found, among other things, that neither the presence of congenital heart disease, nor diabetes, nor intercurrent illness appeared to have any effect on the development of seizures. The age groups with the lowest proportion of EEG abnormalities were 25-34 years (48.7 percent abnormal) and 35-44 years (54.1 percent abnormal). (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Downs Syndrome, Drafting, Electroencephalography
PDF pending restorationInterstate Research Associates, McLean, VA. – 1992
This fact sheet on epilepsy is offered in both English and Spanish. It provides a definition, information on incidence, typical characteristics, and educational implications. It notes that epilepsy is classified as "other health impaired" under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and that students with epilepsy are eligible for special…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Epilepsy
PDF pending restorationNational Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities, Washington, DC. – 2002
This fact sheet, written in both English and Spanish, provides a definition, information on incidence, typical characteristics, and educational implications of epilepsy. It notes that epilepsy is classified as "other health impaired" under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and that children with epilepsy or seizure disorders…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Epilepsy
Download full textRobb, Preston – 1965
A discussion of the incidence of epilepsy is followed by a discussion of etiology including the following causes: genetic and birth factors, infectious diseases, toxic factors, trauma or physical agents, heredofamilial and degenerative disorders, circulatory disturbances, metabolic and nutritional disturbances, and neoplasms. Epileptic seizures…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Communicable Diseases
Agins, Alan P. – 1999
This book provides a guide to more than 180 drugs used for children. An introduction precedes the four major sections of the guide. Section 1 provides an overview of pharmacology and therapeutics in chapters on the basics of pharmacology, the language of pharmacology and therapeutics, compliance, side effects, medications in school, and drug…
Descriptors: Allergy, Asthma, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Disorders
