Location
School Choice and Educational Opportunities - Preston 2
Proposal Track
Research Project
Session Format
Presentation
Abstract
In recent years, the diagnosis of mental disorders in school age children such as Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Early Onset Bipolar Disorder (EOBD), and Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) have increased as a percentage of the total school population. This paper looks at the development of federal education policies based on legislation that includes the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, No Child Left Behind, and the recent Every Student Succeeds Act. It also includes the development of federal education policies through legislation regarding students with disabilities.
Terms related to the diagnosis of childhood mental disorders will be defined as recorded in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), published by the American Psychiatric Association. The paper considers how the changes to the DSM over time have affected the meanings of the mental disorders that can be found in subsequent iterations of federal and state law. This paper analyzes the implementation of school sanctioned and/or recommended or prescribed treatments for the identified disorders. It looks at the results of the implementation of these prescriptions and/or treatments over time and the perceived results related to the next steps in federal and state legislation regarding mental and behavioral health polices for students.
Keywords
ADHD ADD Behavioral Health Mental Health DSM
Professional Bio
Mary Kay Bacallao is an education professor at Mercer University. She taught elementary grades in South Florida. She created math manipulatives such as the Quadrilateral Pieces and the Gallon Fraction Measurement Set. She has taught educational psychology, foundations of education, math and science methods, and ESOL methods classes. She researches education law related to the implementation of federal programs. She is a former Fayette County Board of Education member.
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Recommended Citation
Bacallao, Mary Kay, "The Legislative History of Mental Disorders in Federal Education Programs" (2019). Georgia Educational Research Association Conference. 27.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gera/2019/2019/27
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The Legislative History of Mental Disorders in Federal Education Programs
School Choice and Educational Opportunities - Preston 2
In recent years, the diagnosis of mental disorders in school age children such as Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Early Onset Bipolar Disorder (EOBD), and Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) have increased as a percentage of the total school population. This paper looks at the development of federal education policies based on legislation that includes the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, No Child Left Behind, and the recent Every Student Succeeds Act. It also includes the development of federal education policies through legislation regarding students with disabilities.
Terms related to the diagnosis of childhood mental disorders will be defined as recorded in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), published by the American Psychiatric Association. The paper considers how the changes to the DSM over time have affected the meanings of the mental disorders that can be found in subsequent iterations of federal and state law. This paper analyzes the implementation of school sanctioned and/or recommended or prescribed treatments for the identified disorders. It looks at the results of the implementation of these prescriptions and/or treatments over time and the perceived results related to the next steps in federal and state legislation regarding mental and behavioral health polices for students.
