Weekly lessons on staying organised gave girls with ADHD better time ratings
HelpedThe short version
Girls taught to sort their things, use a calendar and plan homework got better time ratings than the other girls.
- 30
- girls with ADHD at one school in Iran
- Randomised
- groups picked at random
- Self-rated
- people rated themselves
- 3 tools
- tested
The study
Who took part
30 girls with ADHD in grades 4 to 6 at one school in Arak, Iran, were split into two groups of 15. ADHD was found with a screening questionnaire and medical records.
What they did
The training group had 20 weekly 1-hour sessions. They learned to keep desks and bags tidy with checklists and to use a clock and calendar. They also learned to plan their time and break homework into steps. Rewards were used, and parents and teachers took part. The other group got nothing.
What happened
Parents and teachers rated the training group better at managing time, tracking tasks, keeping things in order and planning. The paper's tables are garbled and its numbers don't add up, so we can't give sizes. The questionnaire was not tested, and the adults who rated the girls were also part of the training.
What the study found
- Helped
Girls taught to sort their things, use a calendar and plan homework got better time ratings than the other girls.
- Action: Organise your materialstested
- Action: Plan your weektested
- Rule: Get a reward or payment for doing ittested
Small randomised trial of 30 girls with ADHD at one school in Iran · vs girls who got nothing · they rated themselves · ⚠ numbers unreliable; results look too good to be true
How solid is this?
- Groups picked at random
- Small group
- People rated themselves
- Numbers unreliable
- Results look too good to be true
Source
effectiveness of discipline training on improving the academic performance of students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (2023)
DOI: 10.63053/ijhes.43 (opens in a new tab)
