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Team Approach is Key for Iowa Kids with ADHD

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Tuesday, April 21, 2015   

DES MOINES, Iowa - It's been said it takes a village to raise a child, and new research suggests that's the case when it comes to helping kids with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD.

A new study from the American Academy of Pediatrics found that a team approach involving parents, clinicians and doctors significantly improves impulsiveness, social skills and overall behavior. Psychologist Carla Allan says these findings confirm what many parents often say: that they want more than just medication for their ADHD children.

"Treatments designed to teach their children new skills, ways of managing their behavior better, ways of making and keeping friends," says Allan, "are kinds of things that parents really want for their kids to have."

The study appears in the journal Pediatrics.

Allan says involving parents in ADHD treatment is critical, no matter what sort of intervention is used.

"Even if you're just using medication, it's dependent on the parent remembering to give the child the medicine every day, being able to get the child to take the medicine when the child maybe wants to do something else," she says. "It's dependent on parents being able to remember 'oh my gosh, their prescription's almost out.'"

According to the CDC, the latest figures indicate nearly 14 percent of Iowa children ages four to 17 have been diagnosed with either ADHD or attention deficit disorder.


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