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ERIC Number: EJ493088
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0748-8491
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The Balkanization of Special Education: Proliferation of Categories for "New" Behavioral Disorders.
Forness, Steven R.; Kavale, Kenneth A.
Education and Treatment of Children, v17 n3 p215-27 Aug 1994
This article addresses the advantages, disadvantages, and possible solutions to increased administrative problems posed by five proposed new categories of behavioral disorders: (1) attention deficit disorder, (2) traumatic brain injury, (3) fetal alcohol syndrome, (4) prenatal substance abuse, and (5) fragile X syndrome. (DB)
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Disorders, Classification, Disability Identification, Eligibility, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Head Injuries, Neurological Impairments, Prenatal Drug Exposure, Substance Abuse
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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