A case study of ADHD diagnosis in middle school: Perspectives and discourses

Ethical Human Sciences and Services

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-124

  Navarro, Virginia ^a   Danforth, Scot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCHOOL; TEACHER; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 8144227221     PISSN: 1523150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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