The effects of ADHD child and parenting groups

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most commonly diagnosed childhood disorders in the United States. The symptomatic behaviors of ADHD often start as noncompliant behaviors, which can manifest themselves into increasingly inappropriate behaviors. If left untreated ADHD can become the catalyst for additional disruptive behavior disorders, as the child develops and begins to experience an increase in academic demands, family and peer rejection; This study used a one-group pretest-posttest design that was implemented in four separate ADHD parent and child groups. There were 16 child participants and 9 parent participants. Three of the five hypotheses were accepted. The children's social skills were not improved in this study. There were several limitations to this study such as, control group issues, selection of measurements, comorbidity, generalization and sample size. This study helped to contribute to the literature by evaluating multi-modality interventions for ADHD children and their parents.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Social Work (MSW)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Social Work

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Year

2000

Author dc:creator

• Gardner-Hernandez, Tonya Yvonne

Contributors dc:contributor

• Lisa Rapp-Paglicci

Statement dc:rights

• IN COPYRIGHT. For more information about this rights statement, please visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/rtds/1244

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:oasis.library.unlv.edu:rtds-2243