Sleepiness, on-task behavior and attention in children with epilepsy who visited a school for special education: A comparative study

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1428-1434

  Didden, Robert ^a   de Moor, Jan M H ^a   Korzilius, Hubert ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention; Children; Epilepsy; On task behavior; Sleepiness; Special education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SPECIAL EDUCATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION; CHILD; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SCHOOLS; SLEEP; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 69249217709     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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