ADHD /  ADD

Psychosocial treatment

Psychosocial ADHD / ADD treatment possibilities

There exist many different behavioral strategies for treating children with ADHD. It is very good to combine medication and behavioral therapy. Using combinated treatment did result in more improved social skills, and parents and teachers judged this treatment more favorably. Very important potential advantage for behavioral treatment is the possibility of improving symptoms and reduce dose of medications.

most common behavior strategies for treating ADHD are:

1. cognitive-behavioral interventions
• e.g. problem-solving strategies, self-monitoring, self-reinforcement, verbal self-instruction

2. contingency management
• e.g., point/token reward systems,, response cost, timeout

3. clinical behavior therapy
• parent, teacher, or both are taught to use contingency management procedures

4. intensive, packaged behavioral treatments
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5. combined behavioral and pharmacological treatments
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6. parent training
• where the parent is taught child management skills

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