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Website:	Lazy Kid or Executive Dysfunction?
Author:	Landon, T. & Oggel, L.
URL:	http://www.ldonline.org/article/Lazy_Kid_or_Executive_Dysfunction%3F
Description:	This online article by Tracy Landon and Linda Oggel discusses how seemingly lazy students may indeed not be lazy, but suffer from executive dysfunction. Executive dysfunction is a problem in the frontal lobes of the brain. Students suffering from this dysfunction can have trouble in areas such as planning, organization and self-monitoring. Tips for teachers are offered to help these students get themselves organized.
Comments:	Contributed by: DITD Team Member on 5/18/2004 This article not only explains what executive dysfunction looks like in the classroom, but it also gives useful recommendations to help children with this deficit be successful. This is a good article to share with educators who are working with children struggling with this issue.

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