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Annotated Bibliography

Gersten, Russell, Scott Baker, and Lana Edwards. “Teaching Expressive Writing to Students with Learning Disabilities.” The ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education (1999). 21 Apr. 2009 <http://www.ldonline.org/article/6201>.

 

                        The authors in this article examine some methods for teaching expressive writing to students with disabilities. They include examples like how to write a personal narrative, persuasive essays, and other genres.

 

LeFever, Gretchen P, Andrea P Arcona, and David O Antonuccio. “ADHD among American Schoolchildren: Evidence of Over-diagnosis and Overuse of Medication.” The Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice 2.1. 14 Apr. 2009 <http://www.srmhp.org/0201/adhd.html>.

 

                        The authors in this article (two from Center for Pediatric Research and one from University of Nevada School of Medicine) examine statistics on different communities to learn how EDHD diagnosis has fluctuated in recent years. They also seek to research how psychotropic medication has an outcome on the diagnosed students.

 

 

Baum, Susan M, and Richard F Olenchak. “The Alphabet Children: GT, ADHD, and More.” Exceptionality 10.2 (2002): 77–91. 14 Apr. 2009 <http://0-web.ebscohost.com.maurice.bgsu.edu/ehost/pdf?vid=6&hid=5&sid=1cf58cd5-9e74-4e9d-9739-e8b9f46579be%40sessionmgr8>.

 

                        In this article, the authors discuss the effects of misdiagnosis of young students in the classroom. They discuss the lack of considering behavioral characteristics among children and how they can lead to misdiagnosis.

                       

Solanto, Mary, and Xavier Castellanos. Stimulant drugs and ADHD. Oxford University Press, 2009.

 

The authors discuss the diagnosis criteria that go into diagnosing a student with ADHD. They do this by providing data and statistical trends through the years that demonstrate over-diagnosis of ADHD and the dilemma that comes with it.

 

Richards, Regina. “Strategies for the Reluctant Writer.” LDonline. 21 Apr. 2009 http://www.ldonline.org/article/6215.

Richards is a well-known therapist in the special education field who has researched and created many treatment programs for students with learning diabilities. In this article, she offers ways in which teachers may adapt their lessons on the writing process to fit the needs of students with learning differences.

 

Reuss, Thomas. Personal interview. Date TBA.

 

                        Reuss is a veteran instructor in the School of Intervention Services program at BGSU.

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