The National Institute of Mental Health reported today that youth who are going to develop psychosis can be identified before their illness becomes full-blown 35 percent of the time if they meet widely accepted criteria for risk, but that...

Behavior Management Series See Available Issues and Behaviors Discussed - CLICK HERE Introduction NASET’s Behavior Management Series is a unique guide for all teachers in helping to understand what their student’s behavior really means and how...

Forms, Tables, Checklists, and Procedures for Special Education Teachers Introduction Welcome to NASET's Forms, Tables, Checklists, and Procedures . This section of our site consists of numerous forms, tables, checklists, and procedures for...

Greater College Attendance, Lower Crime and Depression By the time they reached adulthood, graduates of an intensive early childhood education program for poor children showed higher educational attainment, lower rates of serious crime and...

Your ability to listen to a phone message in one ear while a friend is talking into your other ear—and comprehend what both are saying—is an important communication skill that’s heavily influenced by your genes, say researchers of the National...

Series I - Step-by-Step Guide to Setting up Your Classroom - Part I Part I - What to do Before the Start of School Downloadable Version of Part I - ( PDF File ) NASET ’s Step-by-Step Guide to Setting up Your Classroom is the first in a series...

Overview of Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a condition that becomes apparent in some children in the preschool and early school years. It is hard for these children to control...

Comprehensive Overview of Specific Learning Disabilities What are Learning Disabilities? Learning disability is a general term that describes specific kinds of learning problems. A learning disability can cause a person to have trouble learning...

Autism Spectrum Disorders (Pervasive Developmental Disorders) Not until the middle of the twentieth century was there a name for a disorder that now appears to affect an estimated one of every five hundred children, a disorder that causes...

Schizophrenia WHAT IS IT? Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disease. Approximately 1 percent of the population develops schizophrenia during their lifetime—more than 2 million Americans suffer from the illness in a given...