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ERIC Number: EJ517862
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
Is Attention Deficit Disorder Becoming a Desired Diagnosis?
Smelter, Richard W.; And Others
Phi Delta Kappan, v77 n6 p429-32 Feb 1996
The rush to label schoolchildren as suffering from attention deficit disorder (ADD) or attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has reached nearly epidemic proportions. The diagnosis often meets parents' needs to assign behavior control to Ritalin; it should be an explanation leading to genuine help, not a license for unacceptable student behavior. (MLH)
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Hyperactivity, Identification, Labeling (of Persons), Neurological Impairments, Parent Attitudes, Teacher Responsibility
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Behavior Management; Medications; Ritalin