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Holst, Jesper – Early Child Development and Care, 2008
This study examines how teachers of young children in Denmark perceived challenging behaviours in children who have characteristics consistent with Deficit in Attention, Motor Control and Perception (DAMP) or Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This study was conducted in schools and kindergartens in three demographically different…
Descriptors: Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders, Preschool Children, Foreign Countries
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Singh, Ilina – Early Child Development and Care, 2008
This article is a socio-historical account of the development of the Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) diagnosis and methylphenidate treatment in America, attending particularly to the political and institutional contexts that have supported this development. Historical developments in early-mid-twentieth-century America frame a…
Descriptors: Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders, Identification, Cultural Influences
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Lee, Kyunghwa – Early Child Development and Care, 2008
In this article, I present a study conducted with 10 Southeastern US early childhood teachers on their views concerning problem behaviour, in general, and the practice of diagnosis and pharmaceutical treatment for Attention/Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), in particular. Themes that emerged from the interview data included: (1) teachers'…
Descriptors: Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders, Age Differences, Gender Differences