For some children, learning how to focus on following a command, helping a peer, or showing good sportsmanship can be a challenge. Now one nationally recognized researcher is out to prove how those basic lessons in changing behaviors can be a more effective treatment than medicine for ADHD.
Dr. William Pelham, based at Florida International University in Miami, used a nontraditional approach this summer to help some children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder stay on task in a camp environment. Now as the new school year begins, he will study how to most effectively treat children with the disorder in a classroom setting.
A squirmy, 7-year-old Noah may be the best example that Pelham’s approach to treating ADHD through behavior change can work.
Read more at the Sun Sentinel.
