Mike,
Thank you. If it is not a big problem to send a copy, I'd appreciate it.
Ana
Mike Cole wrote:
> 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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