How is ADHD defined by the DSM-5? By IDEA 2004? What is the educational significance of these definitions?

1. How is ADHD defined by the DSM-5? By IDEA 2004? What is the educational significance of these definitions?

2. What characteristics do children with ADHD exhibit? How are students with ADHD identified? What factors should be kept in mind as professional evaluate student suspected of having ADHD?

3. How are services offered under IDEA 2004, Section 504, and RtI similar and different? What determines where a child will be served?

4. How are emotional disorders and behavior disorders different?

5. What are some of the factors that put students at risk for an EBD diagnosis?

6. What special challenges face students from diverse cultural backgrounds?

7. What role do functional behavior analyses and positive behavior supports play?

8. What other strategies and interventions have proven successful for students with EBD?

Respond to the prompt on the discussion board and reply to at least one classmate’s post.

Chapter 7 Videos ADHD

http://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Families_and_Youth/Resource_Centers/ADHD_Resource_Center/Home.aspx

http://www.ncld.org/learning-disability-resources/videos/video-adhd-attention-deficit-separating-fact-fiction

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/medicating/

Chapter 8 Videos Emotional & Behavioral

http://www.pbis.org/swpbs_videos/pbs_video-pubs.aspx

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