Research

Skills-based Interventions for Executive Functioning:

Development of a new psychosocial treatment for adult ADHD

• http://jad.sagepub.com/content/early/2007/08/21/1087054707305100.short
• Tested effectiveness of meta-cognitive therapy which involved skills to improve day-to-day functioning for adults with ADHD
• Used a group treatment approach
• Adults with ADHD showed improved attention, executive functioning skills

Organizational-skills interventions in the treatment of ADHD

• http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1586/14737175.8.10.1549
• Interventions associated with improvements in organization of materials, homework management, time management, and planning
• Organizational improvements showed reductions in ADHD symptoms
• Gains in academic functioning

Empirical Support for additional thinkSMART®components:

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for ADHD:

Evaluation of Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adults With ADHD

• http://jad.sagepub.com/content/early/2008/02/29/1087054708314596.short
• CBT group had significantly greater improvement on knowledge of ADHD, self-efficacy, and self-esteem
• Sharing personal experiences with other adults with ADHD important aspect to invention

Effects of a school-based cognitive-behavioral intervention for ADHD children

• http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00925822
• CBT improved observed off-task and disruptive behavior

Cognitive-behavioral therapy for ADHD in medication-treated adults with continued symptoms

• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005796704001366
• Stable on pharmacology randomized to CBT plus pharmacology or pharmacology alone
• CBT resulted in lower ADHD symptoms, lower anxiety, depression, and increased treatment response

Mindfulness-Based Approaches for ADHD:

Mindfulness Meditation Training in Adults and Adolescents With ADHD

• http://jad.sagepub.com/content/11/6/737.short
• ADHD in adults and adolescents
• Report high satisfaction in the study
• Improve behavioral and neurocognitive impairments such as anxiety and depression

Evaluation of a Mindfulness-based Intervention for Adolescents with Learning Disabilities and Co-occurring ADHD and Anxiety

• http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12671-012-0089-2
• 20-week mindfulness training program
• Improved externalizing behavior, oppositional defiant problems, and conduct problems
• Boys improved in social problems and self-monitoring skills
• Boys with increased anxiety reported lower anxiety

Mindfulness Training for Parents and Their Children With ADHD Increases the Children’s Compliance

• http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10826-009-9272-z
• Providing mindfulness training without a focus on reducing problem behaviors can enhance positive interactions
• Increased satisfaction of parenting
• Increased compliance when parent and child given mindfulness training
• Mothers reported increased happiness
• Training procedures provide personal transformations