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Teaching children with ADHD to get organised helped, with smaller gains at school.

HelpedThe short version

Across 4 studies with 445 children, teachers rated those who had the training as more organised than the other groups.

A boy of about ten sits on his bed in the evening, folding a striped jumper beside his packed school bag.
4
studies pooled
445
children with ADHD in 12 trials
4 tools
tested

The review

  1. Who took part

    1,054 children with ADHD, aged 5 to 18, took part in 12 trials. Most were boys in every trial.

  2. What they did

    Children were taught to keep their materials, time and tasks in order. Programmes lasted 6 to 32 weeks, and parents and teachers often took part. The other groups got usual care, waited for the course, or had parent education.

  3. What happened

    Teachers and parents both rated the children as more organised after the training, and parents saw a large change. Teacher-rated schoolwork and grades improved by smaller amounts. Ratings of attention problems also improved, more by parents than by teachers.

What the review found

  1. HelpedTime management

    Across 4 studies with 445 children, teachers rated those who had the training as more organised than the other groups.

    Pooled analysis of 4 studies with 445 people · vs usual care, waiting for the course, or parent education · ⚠ most studies had serious flaws; whole programmes were tested, so no single part can be credited

  2. HelpedTime management

    Across 6 studies with 697 children, parents rated those trained as much more organised than others.

    Pooled analysis of 6 studies with 697 people · vs usual care, waiting for the course, or parent education · ⚠ most studies had serious flaws; the studies disagreed a lot; whole programmes were tested, so no single part can be credited

  3. HelpedGoals

    Across 7 studies with 663 children, teachers rated schoolwork a little better for those trained than for the others.

    Pooled analysis of 7 studies with 663 people · vs usual care, waiting for the course, or parent education · ⚠ most studies had serious flaws; whole programmes were tested, so no single part can be credited

  4. HelpedGoals

    Across 6 studies with 322 children, school grades were a little higher for those trained than for the others.

    Pooled analysis of 6 studies with 322 people · vs usual care, waiting for the course, or parent education · ⚠ most studies had serious flaws; whole programmes were tested, so no single part can be credited

How solid is this?

  • Whole programmes were tested, so no single part can be credited

Source

Meta-analysis of organizational skills interventions for children and adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (2017)

DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2016.12.004

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