The Green Cup » adhd http://gregcruey.edublogs.org Another excellent Edublogs.org weblog Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:44:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 ADHD: Medication and Achievement http://gregcruey.edublogs.org/2009/05/29/adhd-medication-and-achievement/ http://gregcruey.edublogs.org/2009/05/29/adhd-medication-and-achievement/#comments Sat, 30 May 2009 01:07:47 +0000 gregcruey http://gregcruey.edublogs.org/?p=98 John Wills Lloyd, Ph.D. (University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education) had an interesting post early this week on the relationship between ADHD meds and achievement in math and reading.
Writing in Pediatrics Richard M. Scheffler and colleagues reported that elementary-aged children who took medication for ADHD had higher mathematics and reading scores than their unmedicated peers with ADHD.

Dr. Lloyd looks briefly at the strengths and flaws of the study. I guessing there will be more to come on this issue (both information and controversy), though research will take time.

]]> http://gregcruey.edublogs.org/2009/05/29/adhd-medication-and-achievement/feed/ 0 Resources for ADHD & LD Kids http://gregcruey.edublogs.org/2008/09/30/resources-for-adhd-ld-kids/ http://gregcruey.edublogs.org/2008/09/30/resources-for-adhd-ld-kids/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:06:21 +0000 gregcruey http://gregcruey.edublogs.org/?p=50 The ADHD & LD Resource Blog had a nice piece a couple of days ago – basic stuff on classroom accommodations that have been tested over time and actually work.

The accommodations are not rocket science: extra time, less homework, peer tutoring, preferential seating… you get the idea. It’s a good post that takes a look at six different effective accommodations. Give it a quick read…

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