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Review
. 2014 Oct;23(4):731-46.
doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2014.05.014. Epub 2014 Aug 10.

Behavior management for school-aged children with ADHD

Linda J Pfiffner  1 , Lauren M Haack  2
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Review

Behavior management for school-aged children with ADHD

Linda J Pfiffner et al. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2014 Oct.

Abstract

Behavior management treatments are the most commonly used nonpharmacologic approaches for treating attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and associated impairments. This review focuses on behavioral parent training interventions for school-age children in the home setting and adjunctive treatments developed to extend effects across settings. Empirical support includes numerous randomized clinical trials, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses showing positive effects of these interventions on child compliance, ADHD symptoms and impairments, parent-child interactions, parenting and parenting stress. These studies support categorization of behavior management treatment as a well-established, evidence-based treatment of ADHD. Factors for consideration in clinical decision making and directions for research are provided.

Keywords: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; Behavior management; Children; Evidence-based treatment; Parent training.

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