Ignoring the Odds: Hazards of Not Adding the New Medical Model to Special Education Decisions.

Forness, Steven R.; Kavale, Kenneth A.

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ERIC Number: EJ632620

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Ignoring the Odds: Hazards of Not Adding the New Medical Model to Special Education Decisions.

Forness, Steven R.; Kavale, Kenneth A.

Behavioral Disorders, v26 n4 p269-81 Aug 2001

This article reviews evidence on the treatment and comorbidity of psychiatric disorders with the purpose of suggesting odds that a child with behavioral disorder may indeed have a disorder that is responsive to psychopharmacologic treatment. Merging the medical and behavioral models is suggested as critical to special education decisions. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Drug Therapy, Elementary Secondary Education, Medical Services, Models, Multiple Disabilities, Psychiatric Services, Special Education, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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