Students With ADHD Need Special Approach to Education.

AScribe Health News Service, July, 2005

Byline: Purdue University

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., July 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Teachers and parents need to learn new methods to help children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, according to a Purdue University educational researcher who pulled together 30 years of research in a new book.

"Fads and 'how-to lists' are more prevalent than methods based on educational research," said Sydney S. Zentall, professor of special education and psychological sciences in the College of Education. "But because students who have ADHD spend the majority of their time in general educational settings, it's critical to get scientific information to the people who are going to help them learn how to live in society."

Zentall's book, "ADHD...

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