Edited by Frank M. Kline, Ph.D., Larry B. Silver, M.D., & Steven C. Russell, Ph.D.

In today's inclusive classrooms, educators encounter students with a wide range of medical needs — from asthma and ADHD to diabetes and depression.

This easy-to-read guide gives educators, guidance counselors, and school nurses the latest information on how students' medical conditions and their treatments directly affect their classroom behavior and learning ability. Along with the most up-to-date research, readers will get tips on creating successful learning environments such as how to physically modify their classrooms to accommodate special needs, communicate with medical professionals to share their insight on students' conditions, and collaborate with families.

With extensive lists of contacts and resources, appendices, and a mini drug reference, this book will become an indispensable reference for all teachers to use in their classrooms, year after year.

About the Editors
About the Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgment

1. Why This Book? Collaboration Between School and Medical Communities
   Frank M. Kline and Lisa Rubel.
   
   
2. Brain-Mind Interactions
   Larry B. Silver
   
   

1. Medical and Neurological Disorders and Substance Use and Abuse
   Larry B. Silver
   
   
   3. Medical Disorders
      Sandra B. Sesxon and Arden D. Dingle
      
      
   4. Neurological Disorders
      Roger A. Brumback, Sunil Mathews, and Sachin R. Shenoy
      
      
   5. Substance Use and Abuse: The Impact on Academic Performance
      J. Calvin Chatlos
      
      
2. Processing Disorders and Sensory Integration Dysfunction
   Frank M. Kline
   
   
   6. Processing Disorders
      Steven C. Russell and Larry B. Silver
      
      
   7. Sensory Integration Dysfunction
      Lynn A. Balzer-Martin and Carol Stock Kranowitz
      
      
3. Mental Health Disorders
   Frank M. Kline
   
   
   8. Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
      Rick Ostrander
      
      
   9. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
      Larry B. Silver
      
      
   10. Pervasive Developmental Disorders
       Rosa A. Hagin
       
       
4. Practical Collaboration
   Frank M. Kline
   
   
   11. Examples of Collaboration
       Larry B. Silver and Frank M. Kline
       
       
   12. Collaboration Between Physicians and Educators: Building for the 21st Century!
       Frank Kline
       
       

Appendix A: Medications
Appendix B: Resources for Educators
Appendix C: DSM-IV Diagnostic Categories and Criteria