Controlling the black school-age male: Psychotropic medications and the circumvention of public law 94-142 and section 504

Urban Education

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 225-247

  Fitzgerald, Terence D ^a  

^a Independent Researcher and Education Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention deficit disorder; Black males; Education; Psychotropic medications; Racism; Social control

Indexed keywords

EID: 59549100469     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085907313440     Document Type: Article

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