I came across a very interesting article today on the USnews.com website. I have reprinted portions of the article below.
"In the 1990s, the National Institute of Mental Health tried to weigh the relative benefits of the two most common treatments for ADHD: stimulant drugs and behavioral treatments, including parent training.
The Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with ADHD followed 579 grade-schoolers for 14 months. Some got stimulants, and some got behavioral therapy that included parent training, teacher training, and a summer camp that taught the kids social skills.
A third group got both medication and the behavioral intervention. A fourth group had treatments chosen by their parents in the community.
At the end, the children in all four groups were doing better. Parents and teachers rated the medication-only group as having many fewer symptoms of inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity.
But they rated the children who got behavioral treatment as doing better on aggressive behavior, peer relations, parent-child relations, and academic achievement."
This is what the Calm Kids program focuses on - Behavior Modification combined with diet and brainwave entrainment.
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3 comments:
January 16, 2009 at 5:56 PM
Intereting artilce. We run a summer camp called Aloha Beach Camp in Los Angeles, California. Many kids with ADD and ADHD attend the camp. They seem to have a great time and their social skills noticable improve while there. Camp is a great place to improve anyone's social skills!
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