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Central executive training for ADHD: Effects on academic achievement, productivity, and success in the classroom.

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Central executive training (CET) is a "Level 2" evidence-based treatment for improving ADHD-related executive dysfunction and behavioral symptoms, but the extent to which these gains extend to the disorder's well-documented academic difficulties is unknown. METHOD: = 27). RESULTS: ≤ .01). CONCLUSIONS: Results across the two trials provide strong support for the efficacy of CET for ADHD, and are consistent with model-driven hypotheses that academic difficulties in ADHD are due, in part, to these children's underdeveloped executive functioning abilities. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

Source: Neuropsychology

DOI: 10.1037/neu0000798

Authors: Leah J. Singh, Fatou Gaye, Alissa M. Cole, Elizabeth S. M. Chan, Michael J. Kofler

Language: English

Topic: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Quality education

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health

Awards: Evaluating the Feasibility of Central Executive Training for Children with ADHD, Evaluating the Efficacy of Central Executive Training (CET) for ADHD