How Do We Know the ADHD Treatment Is Working?

When a child starts a new treatment plan, parents and health care providers normally set goals related to academic, behavioral, or social functioning – whatever specifically needs improvement. A Moving Target Is It Working? What About Now? Monitoring Treatment Why Monitoring is Critical What Is Treatment Monitoring? What Should We Monitor? Assessing Behavior at School How… Continuar lendo How Do We Know the ADHD Treatment Is Working?

Effect of Fluoxetine on Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors in Children and Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Does fluoxetine compared with placebo reduce obsessive-compulsive behaviors among children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders? https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2753372

Visual Attention, Orthographic Word Recognition, and Executive Functioning in Children With ADHD, Dyslexia, or ADHD + Dyslexia.

The current study examined the differences in visual selective attention, orthographic word recognition, and executive functioning.  Method: One hundred and forty Ecuadorian children in third and fifth grades of elementary school (8-10 years old) participated in the study—35 with only dyslexia (DD), 35 with the combined type of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD-C), 35 with… Continuar lendo Visual Attention, Orthographic Word Recognition, and Executive Functioning in Children With ADHD, Dyslexia, or ADHD + Dyslexia.