Evaluation of the New Forest Parent Training Project with young children in relation to school readiness
- Conditions
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)Mental and Behavioural DisordersAttention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN49487328
- Lead Sponsor
- HOPE Wessex Medical Trust (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 150
The study will enroll young children who meet diagnostic criteria for ADHD.
At the first stage, children will be selected on the basis of scores of 20 or more on the Werry-Weiss-Peters-Hyperactivity Scale (WWP; Routh, 1978), which is a short pre-school hyperactivity screening measure. Parent?s views of the impact of the condition on children?s functioning will then be assessed (stage 2). Finally, children will have to score 18 or more on a pre-school version of the Parental Account of Childhood Symptoms (PACS; Taylor et al., 1991) interview.
Excluded will be children with pervasive developmental disorder, psychosis, severe receptive language impairment, neurological disorders, or current history of child sexual or physical abuse. Parents will be excluded from the trial only if they are unable to fulfill the requirements for study participation (e.g. allow home visits, fluent in English).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Significant reductions on parent and teacher ratings of children?s ADHD<br>2. Reductions on oppositional behaviour<br>3. Improvement in mother?s ratings of their parenting satisfaction and efficacy
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Children's school readiness.