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Article: The disruptive or ADHD child: what to do when kids won't sit still and be quiet.(attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)
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- Focus on Exceptional Children
- Article date:
- March 1, 2005
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Successful intervention for severely disruptive children is likely to require effort and collaboration among pediatric mental health specialists, parents, and school staff. Children with severe disruptive behavior disorders usually require follow-up with credentialed pediatric mental health specialists and may need special classrooms, schools, or even residential treatment centers. Still, school counselors often find themselves as the first line of defense with these children. Children who disrupt the classroom may have a variety of psychiatric disorders, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), and conduct disorder ...