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• Workshops focus on special-needs children (Northwest Tampa News & Tribune)
  A motivational speaker will hold two workshops on March 16 designed to help parents and teachers better understand children with learning disabilities, including dyslexia and attention deficit disorder.
• Blog - Revealing the Source of Ritalin's Brain Boosting Benefits (Technology Review)
  The ADHD drug improves attention by enhancing neural plasticity. New research in animals sheds light on how Ritalin, the stimulant drug prescribed to millions of children each year in the United States for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), sheds light on how the drug works. The molecule appears to boost both attention and enhance the speed of learning by increasing the activity of ...
• KSPR Closeup: Sleep Deprivation in Kids Can Lead to ADHD Misdiagnosis (KSPR Springfield)
  Adults aren't the only ones who get sleep deprived. New information shows that perhaps kids who are lacking sleep may be misdiagnosed as having Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or ADHD.
• Ritalin May Make Learning Easier (WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey)
  Ritalin, a stimulant often used to treat attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder may also help the brain learn more quickly, according to a new study in animals.
• Ritalin May Work By Enhancing Brain’s Dopamine (Psych Central)
  Ritalin — a popular medication prescribed to treat attention deficit disorder — may not only help in enhancing a person’s ability to focus and concentrate. New animal research suggests it may also help enhance the speed of learning. In the new animal study, researchers show that Ritalin boosts both focus and speed of learning by increasing [...]
• Probation report cites predatory traits of suspect (AP via Yahoo! News)
  A decade-old probation report on a sex offender accused of murdering California teenager Chelsea King contained a psychiatrist's conclusion that the defendant had "significant predatory traits" toward underage girls and should be kept in prison for as long as possible.
• Should hyper kids get ECG before getting ADHD medicine? (USA Today)
  Electrocardiogram screening to check for heart problems in hyperactive children before prescribing stimulant medications may help identify those at risk, but is only borderline cost-effective compared with the current practice of taking a patient history and doing a physical examination, a new study shows.
• Michael B. Laskoff: Sex, Drugs & ADD/ADHD (The Huffington Post)
  Call it what you like - ADD, ADHD, AD/HD, Attention Deficit Disorder (with or without hyperactivity) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. This condition, by any...
• A chilling early view of an accused killer (Los Angeles Times)
  A 2000 probation report on John Albert Gardner III depicts an erratic and violent young man. He is now charged with killing 17-year-old Chelsea King of Poway. The 13-year-old girl wanted to ditch school to avoid some bullies. So when her older neighbor, John Albert Gardner III, offered her a ride, she hopped in. They went to his place, he turned on a movie, and then attacked her.
• Probation report cites predatory traits of suspect (MSNBC)
  A decade-old probation report on a sex offender accused of murdering California teenager Chelsea King contained a psychiatrist's conclusion that the defendant had "significant predatory traits" toward underage girls and should be kept in prison for as long as possible. Sex offender - Crime - Sex Offenses - Prison - Probation

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