Parent Training for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Preschoolers

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Interventions: Behavioral: Home-Based Parenting Program; Behavioral: Clinic-Based Parenting Program; Behavioral: Wait-List Control Group

• Registration Number: NCT01320098
• Lead Sponsor: NYU Langone Health

Brief Summary

The purpose of this research is to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of two parenting programs in reducing the ADHD symptoms and behavioral problems of preschool children with ADHD through a controlled study. One program is a home-based parent training intervention that is designed to enhance the parent-child interaction, constructive parenting skills, and the child's tolerance for delay. The other intervention is a clinic-based parent training program that focuses on reducing noncompliance in preschool children and improving parenting skills.

Both programs consist of private weekly parenting sessions with Clinical Psychologists - once a week for 8 weeks. The sessions are 1-1.5 hours in length. Both programs use behavior modification as a means of improving oppositional and non-compliant child behavior. Both interventions also involve procedures that focus on improving children's attention.

Neither program involves medication, and all families will receive one of the two parenting programs being evaluated. Study evaluations, as well as participation in the parenting programs, are provided at no cost to families. Evaluation and parenting sessions can be scheduled at times convenient to families.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-01
• Study First Submitted: 2011-03-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-03-18
• Study First Posted: 2011-03-22
• Primary Completion: 2014-11
• Study Completion: 2014-11
• Status Verified: 2014-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-12-05
• Last Update Posted: 2014-12-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 187

Inclusion Criteria

• Age = 3.0 - 4.11
• In preschool program at least 2 half days per week
• Meets criteria for ADHD on clinical evaluation / DISC
• ADHD severity: > 1.5 SD above mean for age/sex on CTRS-R
• ADHD severity: > 1.0 SD above mean for age/sex on CPRS-R

Exclusion Criteria

• Current Medication treatment for ADHD
• IQ < 70 (Full Scale on WPPSI III)
• Pervasive Developmental Disorder
• Psychosis
• Severe receptive language impairment
• Neurological Disorder
• Significant medical disorder
• Primary caretaker is not able to participate
• Non-English speaking primary care taker

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Home-Based Parenting Program	Home-Based Parenting Program	-
Clinic-Based Parenting Program	Clinic-Based Parenting Program	-
Wait-List Control Group	Wait-List Control Group	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Conners Teacher Rating Scale	Post-Treatment (within one week of the last treatment session / end of the 8 week waiting period)	Behavior Rating Scale

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Conners Parent Rating Scale	Post-Treatment (within one week of the last treatment session / end of the 8 week waiting period)	Behavior Rating Scale

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

NYU Child Study Center, One Park Avenue; 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States