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Cognition, Drugs and Dietary Factors in Hyperactivity: Educational Implications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2015

Michael P Dunne
Michael P Dunne*
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Psychology Department, Murdoch University, Western Australia 6150
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The issues of how to educate the hyperactive child effectively, and to counsel parents in useful coping and remediation strategies, are of central, ongoing concern. As we are all aware, however, hyperactivity is an amorphous entity, and research has produced as many names for the problem as it has recommendations for diagnostic and treatment approaches. This paper briefly reviews aspects of the current debate over which conceptual model is best suited to describe the disorder, and argues that a clear understanding is currently emerging from information processing analyses of the pattern of impairment in these children.

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Research Article
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The Educational and Developmental Psychologist , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , May 1986 , pp. 1 - 4
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Copyright © Australian Psychological Society 1986

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