ERIC Number: ED256100
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1984-Oct
Pages: 17
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A Critique of the Identification and Treatment of Hyperactive School Children.
Kiger, Gary
Hyperactive behavior emerged as a medically defined social problem during the 1960's. The structural (social, political, economic and legal) antecedents of this social problem and the consequent educational policy transformations which shaped the identification and management of school children are considered here. Classroom management strategies shifted from moral to therapeutic control, since medical/psychiatric definitions of troublesome school behavior allow students to be managed within educational settings and offer benefits of humanistic, optimistic treatment and federal assistance monies. Attendant legal changes are also discussed. The consequences--often unanticipated consequences--of viewing and treating troublesome school behavior as a medical problem are highlighted. (Author)
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Education for All Handicapped Children Act
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