Download or read book An Examination of Information Based Interventions for Parents of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ADHD and Its Effect on ADHD Medication Adherence written by Caitlin McLeod and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Objective: The objective of this study was to see if an informational intervention specifically designed for parents to increase knowledge, dispel misconceptions and reduce concerns about medications for ADHD would increase their children's compliance with medication treatment plans. We hypothesized that an information intervention specific to ADHD medication would increase children's adherence to medication, and would increase parental knowledge of ADHD and ADHD medications over a 4-month period when compared to an information intervention consisting of general information about ADHD. Methods: The sample consisted of 31 parents of children who meet the DSM-IV and DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for ADHD and who were currently on or about to start medication to treat ADHD. These participants were recruited from the Montreal Children's Hospital's Psychiatric and Pediatric ADHD Outpatient Clinics (n=10), as well as the Sainte-Justine Developmental Clinic (n=13), and by referrals from community doctors and psychologists (n=8). The children ranged in age from 5 to 12 years old. Participants were randomly assigned into either the Medication-Specific Information group or the ADHD General information group. The Medication-Specific intervention consisted of a 14-minute video that described ADHD medication, its efficacy, side effects, and how to manage side effects. The ADHD General group consisted of a 11-minute video that described ADHD in general, without information specific to medication. The Attitudes, Satisfaction, Knowledge and Medication Experiences (ASK-ME) was be used to measure changes in parental knowledge, misconceptions and concerns about medication. Pill counts and weekly medication logs were used to measure adherence with medication treatment plans over a 4-month period. Results: No significant effect of the Medication-Specific intervention was found on parents' attitudes or knowledge towards ADHD, or their children's medication adherence throughout the four-month follow-up period. For some analyses, current data was pooled with pilot data and increased the sample size to 55. As a result, participants' attitudes towards ADHD medication became more positive immediately at post-intervention for those in the Medication-Specific group only. However, knowledge was not effected when data was pooled. Conclusion: Adherence rates in the current study were quite high, being 96.88% and 94.64% in the Medication-Specific group and ADHD General group, respectively, when compared to the rates most often reported in the literature, ranging from 15-85%. This is possibly due to the fact that most (23 of 31) of the participants in the current study were recruited from major pediatric outpatient clinics of the Montreal Children's Hospitals and Sainte-Justine Hospital, and were therefore likely to be experiencing more severe ADHD symptomology. The lack of an effect of the Medication-Specific intervention on parents' knowledge and attitudes, and children's medication adherence, may be due to the small sample size. This is suggested since the Medication-Specific intervention had a significant effect on parental attitudes towards ADHD when combined with pilot data, thus increasing the sample size from 31 to 55. Further research is needed to determine the specific effects of information interventions on improving children's pharmacotherapy treatment." --

Download or read book Pharmacotherapy of Childhood Attention deficit hyperactivity Disorder written by Paul Gomes and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Objective: Despite the established effectiveness of medication in improving symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (Spencer et al 2000), rates of adherence to pharmacotherapy are low, ranging from 34% to 91% (Gau et al., 2006). Since higher adherence rates are associated with more symptomatic improvement (Corkum, Rimer, & Schachar, 1999), increasing adherence may result in better treatment outcomes. This study examined the relationship between adherence of children with ADHD to pharmacotherapy and their parents' knowledge, and attitudes regarding ADHD medication. It also investigated the impact of an intervention aimed at increasing parental knowledge regarding medication on children's adherence. Methods: Parents of 24 children diagnosed with ADHD and recommended for pharmacological treatment were randomly assigned to watch either a video containing specific information about ADHD medication (specific intervention group, n=12) or a ...

Download or read book Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents written by Somnath Banerjee and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2013-06-27 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ADHD in children and adolescents is a neurodevelopmental disorder, which is recognized by the clinicians all over the world. ADHD is a clinical diagnosis based on reliable history, reports from home and school and a physical examination to rule out any other underlying medical conditions. ADHD can cause low self-esteem in the child and impair quality of life for the child and the family. It is known that ADHD is a chronic illness and that clinicians needed to use chronic illness principles in treating it. The last 10 years have seen an increase in the number of medications that have been approved for the treatment of ADHD. This book has tried to address some of the issues in ADHD.

Download or read book Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder written by National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (Great Britain) and published by Royal College of Psychiatrists. This book was released on 2009 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title sets out clear recommendations for healthcare staff, based on the best available evidence, on how to diagnose and manage both children and adults who have ADHD to significantly improve their treatment and care.

Download or read book The Effectiveness of Using Focused Education to Improve Parental Adherence with Treatment for ADHD diagnosed Children and Adolescents written by Nkenna Nkemakolam and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Increased rates of medication nonadherence within the child and adolescent population diagnosed with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) have become a noticeable problem at the chosen practice site. Clinicians caring for these patients received feedback from the individual patient's health insurance companies regarding patients' noncompliance with filling prescriptions. This information was further supported by reports from the New York State Prescription Monitoring System (PMP) regarding prescription medication refills. Following a review of the literature, a multi-modal educational intervention was identified as a best practice for mitigating medication nonadherence in this population. Twenty parents were recruited for this project. The Knowledge of Attention Deficit Disorder Scale (KADDS) was used to measure knowledge outcomes regarding ADHD and its management, while a combined dataset of New York State Prescription Monitoring System (PMP) registry data and a record of weekly verbal confirmations of adherence was used to measure ADHD medication adherence outcomes. Results demonstrated a 30.76% increase in knowledge and a 33% increase in medication adherence. Thus, the results of this evidence-based practice (EBP) project indicated that utilization of a multi-modal parental education to improve medication adherence proved successful. Key words: Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Medication Adherence, Multi-Modal, Theory of Self-Care and Dependent Care. " -- Abstract

Download or read book The ADHD Parenting Handbook written by Colleen Alexander-Roberts and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2006-08-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practical advice for parents from parents, and proven techniques for raising hyperactive children without losing your temper.

Download or read book ADHD Parents Manifesto written by Rafiq Khan and published by Rafiq Khan. This book was released on 2024-04-15 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feeling Like You Are Constantly Battling Your Child's ADHD? Do you, as a parent, feel emotionally drained by your child's ADHD? Many parents push their own well-being aside, prioritizing their child's needs above all. As a medical doctor and father, I have seen firsthand the toll this takes on parents' physical and emotional health. Here's the truth: Neglecting yourself weakens your ability to be the strong, present parent your child needs. "ADHD Parents Manifesto" by Dr. Rafiq Khan, MD, Ph.D. goes beyond "self-care." It's about reclaiming your identity, rediscovering joy, and becoming the unwavering support system your child deserves. This self-help book for parents is your roadmap to reclaiming balance, strength, and resilience. We answer two crucial questions: How does ADHD impact parents' daily lives? What proven self help strategies can empower parents to thrive? Packed with practical, evidence-based tools, "ADHD Parents Manifesto" equips you to manage stress, build resilience, and find that elusive balance. In this book, you will find out how to: Uncover common challenges & their impact on parents of children with ADHD Separate myths from facts about ADHD parenting Master self-care strategies & build a personalized wellness plan Empower yourself with stress management techniques Create a thriving family environment for you and your child Get of copy of "ADHD PARENTS MANIFESTO" and discover how self-care can transform your parenting journey!

Download or read book Research Advances in ADHD and Technology written by Franceli L. Cibrian and published by Morgan & Claypool Publishers. This book was released on 2020-12-16 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most prevalent childhood psychiatric condition, with estimates of more than 5% of children affected worldwide, and has a profound public health, personal, and family impact. At the same time, a multitude of adults, both diagnosed and undiagnosed, are living, coping, and thriving while experiencing ADHD. It can cost families raising a child with ADHD as much as five times the amount of raising a child without ADHD (Zhao et al. 2019). Given the chronic and pervasive challenges associated with ADHD, innovative approaches for supporting children, adolescents, and adults have been engaged, including the use of both novel and off-the-shelf technologies. A wide variety of connected and interactive technologies can enable new and different types of sociality, education, and work, support a variety of clinical and educational interventions, and allow for the possibility of educating the general population on issues of inclusion and varying models of disability. This book provides a comprehensive review of the historical and state-of-the-art use of technology by and for individuals with ADHD. Taking both a critical and constructive lens to this work, the book notes where great strides have been made and where there are still open questions and considerations for future work. This book provides background and lays foundation for a general understanding of both ADHD and innovative technologies in this space. The authors encourage students, researchers, and practitioners, both with and without ADHD diagnoses, to engage with this work, build upon it, and push the field further.

Download or read book An Examination of the Relationship Between Adding a Consistent Medication Regimen Or Early Intervention and School Success for Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ADHD written by Marilyn Margaret Baeker and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mindful Parenting written by Susan Bögels and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-09-18 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite its inherent joys, the challenges of parenting can produce considerable stress. These challenges multiply—and the quality of parenting suffers—when a parent or child has mental health issues, or when parents are in conflict. Even under optimal circumstances, the constant changes as children develop can tax parents' inner resources, often undoing the best intentions and parenting courses. Mindful Parenting: A Guide for Mental Health Practitioners offers an evidence-based, eight week structured mindfulness training program for parents with lasting benefits for parents and their children. Designed for use in mental health contexts, its methods are effective whether parents or children have behavioral or emotional issues. The program's eight sessions focus on mindfulness-oriented skills for parents, such as responding to (as opposed to reacting to) parenting stress, handling conflict with children or partners, fostering empathy, and setting limits. The book dovetails with other clinical mindfulness approaches, and is written clearly and accessibly so that professionals can learn the material easily and impart it to clients. Featured in the text: Detailed theoretical, clinical, and empirical foundations of the program. The complete Mindful Parenting manual with guidelines for eight sessions and a follow-up. Handouts and assignments for each session. Findings from clinical trials of the Mindful Parenting program. Perspectives from parents who have finished the course. Its clinical focus and empirical support make Mindful Parenting an invaluable tool for practitioners and clinicians in child, school, and family psychology, psychotherapy/counseling, psychiatry, social work, and developmental psychology.

Download or read book Treating ADHD ADD in Children and Adolescents written by Gene Carroccia and published by Charles C Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treating ADHD/ADD in Children and Adolescents: Solutions for Parents and Clinicians was written for parents, clinicians, and teachers to learn a deeper understanding of ADHD and implement specific, clear, and effective ways to successfully evaluate and treat ADHD problems at home and school. Readers will learn not only research-based and traditional approaches for treating ADHD, but also proven newer and alternative methods. This book provides the tools for readers to feel more informed and competent in addressing the many challenges that children and adolescents with ADHD experience. Whether new or previously exposed to ADHD, readers should find the information to be very useful and effective in transforming ADHD. This book is comprehensive in addressing the complete range of challenges that ADHD presents to children, teens, and families, including accurately diagnosing ADHD and identifying the frequent co-existing conditions, better understandings of the condition, powerful parental behavioral management skills for home and school difficulties, ways to improve family and peer challenges, enhancing homework and learning problems, obtaining appropriate school services and addressing classroom issues, better partnerships with physicians for effective ADHD medication treatments, and utilizing a number of additional and alternative approaches to decrease and treat ADHD. The book has three main aims. The first is to provide a deeper understanding of ADHD. Without accurate perspectives, families may not address the difficulties and challenges appropriately, and treatment approaches may not be as successful or can fail. The second goal is to learn the fundamentals about managing and treating the many ADHD challenges at home and school. The third is for readers to learn a number of additional and alternative approaches to help treat ADHD symptoms and challenges. Some of these proven approaches are newer, while others have a history of effectiveness.

Download or read book Parenting Plan Evaluations written by Kathryn Kuehnle and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2012 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When conducting parenting plan evaluations, mental health professionals need to be aware of a myriad of different factors. More so than in any other form of forensic evaluation, they must have an understanding of the most current findings in developmental research, behavioral psychology, attachment theory, and legal issues to substantiate their opinions. With a number of publications on child custody available, there is an essential need for a text focused on translating the research associated with the most important topics within the family court. This book addresses this gap in the literature by presenting an organized and in-depth analysis of the current research and offering specific recommendations for applying these findings to the evaluation process. Written by experts in the child custody arena, chapters cover issues associated with the most important and complex issues that arise in family court, such as attachment and overnight timesharing with very young children, dynamics between divorced parents and children's potential for resiliency, co-parenting children with chronic medical conditions and developmental disorders, domestic violence during separation and divorce, gay and lesbian co-parents, and relocation, among others. The scientific information provided in these chapters assists forensic mental health professionals to proffer empirically-based opinions, conclusions and recommendations. Parenting Plan Evaluations is a must-read for legal practitioners, family law judges and attorneys, and other professionals seeking to understand more about the science behind child custody evaluations.

Download or read book The Myth of the ADHD Child Revised Edition written by Thomas Armstrong and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fully revised and updated edition of the groundbreaking book on tackling the root causes of children’s attention and behavior problems rather than masking the symptoms with medication. More than twenty years after Dr. Thomas Armstrong's Myth of the A.D.D. Child first published, he presents much needed updates and insights in this substantially revised edition. When The Myth of the A.D.D. Child was first published in 1995, Dr. Thomas Armstrong made the controversial argument that many behaviors labeled as ADD or ADHD are simply a child's active response to complex social, emotional, and educational influences. In this fully revised and updated edition, Dr. Armstrong shows readers how to address the underlying causes of a child's attention and behavior problems in order to help their children implement positive changes in their lives. The rate of ADHD diagnosis has increased sharply, along with the prescription of medications to treat it. Now needed more than ever, this book includes fifty-one new non-drug strategies to help children overcome attention and behavior problems, as well as updates to the original fifty proven strategies.

Download or read book The Myth of the ADHD Child Revised Edition written by Thomas Armstrong and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fully revised and updated edition of the groundbreaking book on tackling the root causes of children’s attention and behavior problems rather than masking the symptoms with medication. More than twenty years after Dr. Thomas Armstrong's Myth of the A.D.D. Child first published, he presents much needed updates and insights in this substantially revised edition. When The Myth of the A.D.D. Child was first published in 1995, Dr. Thomas Armstrong made the controversial argument that many behaviors labeled as ADD or ADHD are simply a child's active response to complex social, emotional, and educational influences. In this fully revised and updated edition, Dr. Armstrong shows readers how to address the underlying causes of a child's attention and behavior problems in order to help their children implement positive changes in their lives. The rate of ADHD diagnosis has increased sharply, along with the prescription of medications to treat it. Now needed more than ever, this book includes fifty-one new non-drug strategies to help children overcome attention and behavior problems, as well as updates to the original fifty proven strategies.

Download or read book Behavioral Pediatrics written by Donald E. Greydanus and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BEHAVIORAL PADIATRICS has been developed to provide the primary-care physician with a practical guide to early recognition of an intervention in the significant problems increasingly affecting the emotional health of our children and adolescents. The first part of the volume introduces general concepts of normal development, assessment, and treatment. Part two focuses on specific behavioral pediatric disorders, with particular attention to practical approaches to diagnosis, management, and referral.

Download or read book Making the System Work for Your Child with ADHD written by Peter S. Jensen and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2013-04-18 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There’s lots of help out there for kids with ADHD, but getting it isn’t always easy. Where can you turn when you’ve mastered the basics and “doing everything right” isn’t enough--the insurer denies your claims, parent-teacher meetings get tense, or those motivating star charts no longer encourage good behavior? Dr. Peter Jensen has spent years generating ways to make the healthcare and education systems work--as the father of a son with ADHD and as a scientific expert and dedicated parent advocate. No one knows more about managing the complexities of the disorder and the daily hurdles it raises. Now Dr. Jensen pools his own experiences with those of over 80 other parents to help you troubleshoot the system without reinventing the wheel. From breaking through bureaucratic bottlenecks at school to advocating for your child’s healthcare needs, this straightforward, compassionate guide is exactly the resource you’ve been looking for.

Download or read book Supporting Caregivers of Children with ADHD written by Andrea Chronis-Tuscano and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020-10-19 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Although the causes of ADHD are largely neurobiological and genetic, the manner in which parents respond to their child's challenging behaviors can influence both the severity and developmental course of the child's difficulties. What makes this more challenging for many families is that ADHD, and many of the problems that go along with it are highly heritable-- making it even harder for many parents of children with ADHD to create the consistent, calm, and organized environment in which the child with ADHD is most likely to thrive. Even parents with the very best intentions may not have the self-regulation skills, motivation, persistence, or organization to do what our evidence-based interventions require. Until now, few interventions for ADHD have given adequate attention to this very important issue, and none have integrated the focus on parent mental health and parenting in exactly the way we do in this program"--