I would love to see Wanda's paper, Steve.
It has been some years since I last worked systematically on the issue of
ADHD.
Ana, you might find relevant :
Cole, M., & Traupmann, K. (1981). Comparative cognitive research: Learning
from a
learning disabled child. In W. A. Collins (Ed.), Minnesota Symposium on
Child
Development (Vol. 14). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
If you cannot get ahold of it, I can send a copy.
The example here could not more clearly show that lack of executive function
is irrelevant
to this particular child's case.
The paper at http://lchc.ucsd.edu/Pubs/NEWTECHN.pdf is about children having
difficulty acquiring fluent reading
and among them is a child for whom the difficulties might well be related to
executive functioning, but not ADHD.
Overall the categories of dis -- ability are an enormous impediment to
understanding.
mike
On 3/2/07, Steve Gabosch <sgabosch@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> On ADHD research from a CHAT view, yes, Wanda
> Rodriguez-Arocho of the University of Puerto
> Rico. She spoke about her and her team's
> research on ADHD in Puerto Rico at ISCAR in Spain
> Sept 2005. I heard her talk, was very impressed,
> and wrote her. She sent me a document and the
> powerpoint presentation she gave there. She uses
> a strong Vygotsky-Luria approach. She critiques
> approaches to ADHD which view the executive
> functions as impaired. Wanda emphasizes an
> approach that views language and self-regulation as underdeveloped.
>
> Here are a couple snips from the material she sent me.
>
> "Executive Function, ADHD and Language. The idea
> that self-regulation, and the higher
> psychological processes or executive functions it
> implies, are directly linked to language was
> first stated by Vygotsky (1934/1962/1997). The
> relationship between language and self-regulation
> in children with ADHD has been the focus of
> recent research and theorizing (Berk & Potts,
> 1991; Díaz & Berk, 1995; Oram, Fine, Okamoto &
> Tannock, 1999; Tannock & Schachar, 1996). A
> specific link has been proposed between ADHD and
> language problems (Beitchman, Tuckett & Batth,
> 1987; Love & Tompsom, 1988; Cantwell & Baker, 1991; Tannock & Schachar,
> 1996)."
>
>
> "Language and Self-Regulation: From Vygotsky's
> and Luria's ideas on their relationship to
> current research
> "Wanda Rodríguez-Arocho, University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
> "The acknowledgement of a relationship between
> language, cognition and the regulation of behavior
> and emotion was central to both Vytosky's and
> Luria's theoretical contributions. Also central was
> their focus on human development as a product of
> social interactions in the form of private speech,
> among other forms of mediation. However, in most
> current citations of Luria's work the role of
> language and the importance of the developmental
> perspective have not received the same attention
> as his ideas of the functional units of the
> brain. In the same way, Vygotsky's ideas on the role of
> language in self-regulation have been either
> ignored or superficially considered as a conceptual
> framework for the interpretation of current
> research that links language, learning and behavior
> problems. This presentation will give an overview
> of this research, including our own research on
> the development of executive function and
> language. I will argue about the pertinence of
> Vygotsky's and Lurias ideas to our effort to make
> sense of current research findings."
>
>
>
> Ana, if you like, I can write and ask Wanda if I
> can forward the material she sent me and her
> e-mail address to you, for you to pass on to your
> student. She also shows up in a Google search,
> and might already have posted this and other material somewhere.
> - Steve
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> At 04:03 PM 3/2/2007 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >Does anyone know of research on ADHD from the
> >CHAT point of view? It could help one of my students with her project.
> >Thank you
> >Ana
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