"ADHD"

Broyles, 20, is a Service High School graduate and currently in her junior year at the Honors College at Arizona State University.

Children with special needs have a range of learning differences that often require individualized and specialized learning strategies, which can be difficult to transfer online.

Federal health officials recommend that preschoolers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder receive psychological counseling before they are put on medication. But states striving to promote the use of behavioral therapy have been hamstrung by a shortage of mental health providers.