Dive Brief: Building conflict resolution into curriculum can equip students with a skill they can carry beyond school into the working world. One way to implement conflict resolution strategies is making time to practice them before they’re...

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The simple parenting strategy of helping toddlers understand emotion may reduce behavioral problems later on, finds a federally funded study led by a Michigan State University researcher. The study, published in the September issue of the...

Children who have good sleep habits by age 5 do better at school, a new study finds. Researchers reviewed the sleep behavior of nearly 2,900 children in Australia from birth until they were 6 or 7. They found that one-third had mounting sleep...

Teenagers tend to shortchange themselves on sleep, but when they have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), that can really hamper their thinking skills, researchers say. The new study included teen volunteers with ADHD who spent a...

A version of a gene has been linked to autism in families that have more than one child with the disorder. Inheriting two copies of this version more than doubled a child's risk of developing an autism spectrum disorder, scientists supported by...

Edward J. Kame'enui Named Department's First Commissioner for Special Education Research May 18, 2005-Washington DC--Edward J. Kame'enui, an international authority on learning problems and special education, has been named the nation's first...

Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often fidget, but new research suggests intense fidgeting may actually help them focus on the task at hand. If the research bears out, the traditional advice to encourage these...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today is issuing a Public Health Advisory to alert physicians of reports of suicidal thinking in children and adolescents associated with Strattera, a drug approved to treat attention deficit hyperactivity...

FDA Approves Emsam (Selegiline) as First Drug Patch for Depression Lowest Dose can be used without Restrictions Required of MAOI Class of Depression Drugs The Food and Drug Administration today approved Emsam (selegiline), the first skin...