Help for parents, kids and teachers at once got kids with ADHD more organised

The study

1. 01

   Who took part

   199 children aged 7 to 11 (about 9 on average) in the USA with the inattentive type of ADHD. 74 got the full plan, 74 got parent groups only and 51 got usual care.

2. 02

   What they did

   Over 10 to 13 weeks, parents and kids in the full plan each went to ten 90-minute groups. The groups were on routines, task lists, keeping things in order and rewards at home. Teachers also filled in a daily report card. The parent-only group had the same parent groups and nothing else. The usual-care group got a written report and a list of local services.

3. 03

   What happened

   At the end, parents and teachers rated kids in the full plan as more organised than the other two groups. Five to seven months later, parents still saw the gain. The kids' new teachers saw no clear difference. The paper's text and tables give slightly different numbers in places.

What the study found

1. Helped

   Kids were more organised when parents, kids and teachers all learned routines, task lists and rewards than with usual care.

   • Action: Organise your materialstested
   • Rule: Get a reward or payment for doing ittested
   • Rule: Get feedback on your progresstested
   • Rule: Get a remindertested
   • Rule: Practise with a groupused

   Randomised trial of 199 US children aged 7 to 11 with ADHD · vs families who got a report and list of services · they rated themselves · ⚠ numbers unreliable

2. Helped

   Adding kid groups and a teacher's daily report card got kids more organised than parent groups alone.

   • Action: Learn better study strategiestested
   • Rule: Get feedback on your progresstested
   • Action: Organise your materialsused
   • Rule: Get a reward or payment for doing itused

   Randomised trial of 199 US children aged 7 to 11 with ADHD · vs the same parent groups only · they rated themselves · ⚠ numbers unreliable

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