| Title |
Description |
| ADHD: A Resource for School And Home |
This resource guide designed for families and educators provides information on how attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is identified and treated. The resource includes sections on legal requirements, treatment options and helpful hints on how to improve the quality of life at home and at school, for a child identified with ADHD. |
| ADHD: Considerations before using the medications |
Written by Melvin Oatis, M.D., Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Tisch Hospital, these are comments he hears frequently from parents of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. |
| ADHD: Instructional Strategies and Practices |
The report, designed for teachers, other school staff, and families, describes an overall strategy for successfully instructing students with ADHD. Suggestions of research-based academic instruction, behavioral interventions and classroom accommodations are provided. |
| Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents |
Research findings, clinical experience, and family accounts provide substantial evidence that bipolar disorder can occur in children and adolescents. |
| Information about Asperger's Disorder |
Asperger's Disorder, often referred to as "Asperger's Syndrome", is a developmental disorder falling within the autistic spectrum affecting two-way social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication and a reluctance to accept change, inflexibility of thought and to have all absorbing narrow areas of interest. |
| Information about Down Syndrome |
The majority of children with Down syndrome require a high level of assistance and support to function well, and good planning is the key to success. |
| Information about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal Alcohol Effect (FAE) |
A Developmental Overview of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect (FAS/FAE) |
| Information about Reading Disabilities |
Most individuals with learning disabilities will benefit from the application of a variety of
methods.
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| Information for Parents who are considering Adoption of Children from Foster Care |
Anxiety Disorders are among the most readily and effectively treated mental disorders with cognitive behavioral therapy and/or medication. |
| Separation Anxiety Disorder and other Anxiety Disorders |
by Robin F. Goodman, Ph.D. and Anita Gurian, Ph.D. |
| WebMD Guide to Mental Health |
A reliable source for peer-reviewed articles relating to a wide variety of medical and mental health issues. |
