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ERIC Number: EJ214346
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979
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Handwriting Deficits in Children with Minimal Brain Dysfunction: Effects of Methylphenidate (Ritalin) and Placebo.
Lerer, Robert J.; And Others
Journal of Learning Disabilities, v12 n7 p450-55 Aug-Sep 1979
Fifty hyperactive and learning disabled children (8 to 12 years old) were selected for study because of severe handwriting difficulties. The children received methylphenidate (Ritalin) or placebo under double blind conditions. Twenty-six students (52 percent) showed improvement in overall handwriting following the administration of methylphenidate for four weeks. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Handwriting, Hyperactivity, Learning Disabilities, Perceptual Motor Coordination, Visual Learning
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Ritalin