“Unfortunately, there is very poor understanding of overall medication use for kids with autism,” says Paul T. Shattuck, PhD, assistant professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. As a step toward improving the situation, Shattuck and colleagues studied psychotropic medic...
children with ADHD exhibit more off-task classroom behavior, receive lower grades, and obtain lower scores on tests. They also are more likely to receive special education services, be retained for a grade and drop out before graduation. Poor academic achievement is one of the most debilitating...
Thank you for reading ADDitude. To support our mission of providing ADHD education and support,please consider subscribing. Your readership and support help make our content and outreach possible. Thank you. View Article Sources Save Facebook ...
Medication Errors:: Lessons for Education And Healthcare This text looks at the incidence of adverse drug reactions and medication errors in hospitals and primary care; when such errors occur; the cost of medical errors; how to reduce errors; and the implications of error reduction for undergr....
Teaching kids asthma medication complianceThe article focuses on "Iggy and the Inhalers" project, featuring Broncho the Bronchodilator and Coltron the Controller, a comprehensive asthma education program developed by Boos...
Thank you for reading ADDitude. To support our mission of providing ADHD education and support, please consider subscribing. Your readership and support help make our content and outreach possible. Thank you. Save Facebook Twitter Instagram Pinterest Previous Article Next Article Tags: ADDit...
Ideally, the provision of pharmaceutical benefits to children should be integrated with family asthma education and asthma disease management programs to promote optimal asthma control. Correspondence: Wendy J. Ungar, MSc, PhD, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick ...
The children we discussed earlier have qualifying disabilities. The question that must be answered is this:Does the child needspecial education and related services because of the disability? When parents and school staff have different answers to this question, the seeds are sown for a major paren...
Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE) http://www.save.org/ APA: Women and Depression (American Psychological Association) http://www.apa.org/pi/women/ programs/depression/index.aspx For additional information and help, you can write or call the following organizations: D/ART/Public Inquir...
U.S. physicians are increasingly ordering medications for children for conditions that are not approved by the Food and Drug Administration, according to a Rutgers study. The findings highlight the need for more education, research and policies addressing effective, safe pediatric drug prescribing. ...