Central executive training for ADHD: Effects on academic achievement, productivity, and success in the classroom.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Central executive training (CET) is a "Level 2" evidence-based treatment for improving ADHD-related executive dysfunction and behavioral symptoms, but the extent to which these gains extend to the disorder's well-documented academic difficulties is unknown.

Method

Across two clinical trials, 108 children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) 8-13 years old (M = 10.29, SD = 1.50; 32 girls; 75% White/Non-Hispanic) were treated with CET (n = 52), inhibitory control training (ICT; n = 29), or gold-standard behavioral parent training (BPT; n = 27).

Results

CET was superior to BPT and ICT (d = 0.62-0.88) for improving masked teacher perceptions of academic success, impulse control, and academic productivity

SUBMITTER: Singh LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9035079 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature