Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-255) and index.
Contents
1. Attention or Behavior? -- 2. Attention Deficit: The Disorder -- 3. The Nature of Attention -- 4. Attention as Self-Regulation -- 5. Motivation: An Emergent Property -- 6. Medication Effects on the Regulation of Cognition -- 7. Social and Emotional Aspects of the Attentional Network -- 8. Classrooms and Attention Deficit Disorders -- 9. Reading and Attention -- 10. Attention and Written Language -- 11. Mathematics and Attention -- 12. Summary and Directions for Intervention.
Summary
Discussion of the issues of motivation, social and emotional functioning and medication regimens related to attention deficit disorders. Included are recoomendations for instrucional practices regarding reading writing, math and general classroom practice.