“…Although no absolute criteria prevail, most researchers and clinicians agree that restlessness, inattention, impulsivity, and short attention span must be present for a diagnosis to be made (King & Young, 1982;Langhorne, Loney, Paternite, & Bechtoldt, 1976;Margalit, 1983;McGee, Williams, &Silva, 1985;Sprague, 1983;Thorley, 1984). Children identified as hyperactive or ADD have been described also as less responsive to treatment, as having pervasive difficulties adjusting to the social and academic demands of school, and as having secondary learning problems (Rosenthal & Allen, 1978;Rubenstein & Brown, 1984).…”