Attention Deficit Disorder as a factor in the origin of behavioural disturbance in schools

Although it may be tempting to think that 'children behaving badly within school' is a recent phenomenon, it is far from the truth. Nevertheless, concern about misbehaviour within schools has been steadily increasing, with growing rates of formal exclusion (Social Exclusion Unit, 1998), and continuing calls for the examination of the role of specialist provision in trying to respond to this group of children's needs (Croll & Moses, 1998).