I accept receiving promo codes and other educational info from this company.
Get My Code
Number of Pages 10
This research paper: This is a 10 page paper discussing the use of group and family therapies for children with ADHD. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) had been said to occur in anywhere up to 10 percent of the school age population in the United States with over 3 million cases reported in 2001. Traditional treatments have included prescribed stimulant medications such as Ritalin as the primary therapy with individual and group therapies as secondary treatment. Recently families who have children with ADHD and therapists have felt that in many cases children have been overly dependent and overly prescribed medications for ADHD and group and family therapies should play a larger role in treatment of the disorder and in some cases replacing medication therapy. Although group and family therapies have not all been successful in replacing medication therapy they are thought to be more beneficial to the child in combination with medication therapy than just medication therapy alone. The National Institute of Mental Health now recommends individual, group and family therapies in all cases of ADHD to help the child create better behavioral and social skills and help the families in their coping strategies and support networks. In addition, therapies which have included parent-child training techniques have proven to be successful in further developing behavioral skills in children with ADHD. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
File: D0_TJADHDg1.rtf
Send me this paper »
« Back to Topic Listings