ADHD
Conditions
Brief summary
The goal of the current project is to combine two evidence- based treatments for school-aged children with ADHD: Central Executive Training (CET) and Behavioral Parent Training (BPT). CET is a computerized training intervention that improves ADHD symptoms and academic functioning by improving children's working memory abilities. BPT is a therapeutic intervention that improves family functioning and child oppositional-defiant (ODD) symptoms by changing parenting behaviors. Their combined use is expected to provide complementary and additive benefits, particularly if CET is delivered before BPT.
Interventions
DEVICECentral Executive Training (CET)
Central Executive Training (CET)
BEHAVIORALBehavioral Parent Training (BPT)
Behavioral Parent Training (BPT)
Sponsors
Florida State University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE (Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
8 Years to 12 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion: 1. Children ages 8-12 with principal ADHD diagnoses (via K-SADS); and 2. parent AND teacher ratings in clinical/borderline range based on age and sex on ADHD Rating Scale (ADHD-5) or Behavior Assessment Scale for Children (BASC-3) Attention Problems/Hyperactivity subscales (i.e., 90th percentile or higher based on both informants). All DSM-5 ADHD presentations will be eligible. Exclusion: 1. gross neurological, sensory, or motor impairment; 2. history of seizure disorder, psychosis, bipolar, or severe dysregulation disorders that may interfere with participation (e.g., disruptive mood dysregulation, intermittent explosive, reactive attachment, substance use); 3. intellectual disability or Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-V) short-form standard score \<70; 4. conditions requiring acute intervention, e.g., active suicidality; and 5. non-English speaking child or parent.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Rapport visuospatial/phonological working memory test | Administered during a 3 hour post-treatment testing session occurring within 2 weeks of last intervention session |
| Alabama parenting scale | Parent questionnaire requiring approximately 15 minutes to complete, administered to parent while child is completing the 3 hour post-treatment testing session occurring within 2 weeks of last intervention session |
| Parenting sense of competence scale | Parent questionnaire requiring approximately 15 minutes to complete, administered to parent while child is completing the 3 hour post-treatment testing session occurring within 2 weeks of last intervention session |
| Parent stress index | Parent questionnaire requiring approximately 15 minutes to complete, administered to parent while child is completing the 3 hour post-treatment testing session occurring within 2 weeks of last intervention session |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Behavior Assessment System for Children | Parent and teacher questionnaire requiring approximately 15 minutes to complete, administered to parent and mailed to teacher while child is completing the 3 hour post-treatment testing session occurring within 2 weeks of last intervention session |
| ADHD Rating Scale | Parent and teacher questionnaire requiring approximately 15 minutes to complete, administered to parent and mailed to teacher while child is completing the 3 hour post-treatment testing session occurring within 2 weeks of last intervention session |
| ODD symptoms (DSM-based checklist) | Parent and teacher questionnaire requiring approximately 15 minutes to complete, administered to parent and mailed to teacher while child is completing the 3 hour post-treatment testing session occurring within 2 weeks of last intervention session |
Countries
United States
Contacts
CONTACTChildren's Learning Clinic
Outcome results
None listed