Multimodal behavior program for ADHD incorporating yoga and implemented by high school volunteers: a pilot study.

ABSTRACT: A low-cost resource approach to ADHD therapy would be a practical approach to treating children in developing countries. Research has shown that ADHD is prevalent in all areas of the world, and yet treatment for children in more impoverished countries is still lacking. The approach taken was to combine yoga and meditation combined with multimodal behavioral therapy program for children ageing 6 to 11. The program was kept low cost by using trained high school volunteers and integrating the program within the public school. After 6 weeks of the program, 90.5% of children showed improvement as measured by their performance impairment score, a measurement of academic performance. Parent and Teacher evaluations of behavior also found improvement as 25 of the 64 children (39.1%) improved into t

SUBMITTER: Mehta S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3263567 | biostudies-literature | 2011

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature