Innovations in Practice: Adapting a specialized ADHD parenting programme for use with 'hard to reach' and 'difficult to treat' preschool children. Issue 3 (22nd July 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: McEwan, Fiona; Thompson, Margaret; Laver‐Bradbury, Cathy; Jefferson, Harriet; Koerting, Johanna; Smith, Elizabeth; Knowles, Mark; McCann, Donna; Daley, David; Barton, Jo; Latter, Sue; Elsey, Helen; Sonuga‐Barke, Edmund
• Is Part Of: Child and adolescent mental health. Volume 20:Issue 3(2015:Aug.)
• Page Start: 175
• Page End: 178
• Publication Date: 2014-07-22
• Subjects: Adolescent psychology -- Periodicals; Child mental health -- Periodicals; Child psychiatry -- Periodicals; Child psychology -- Periodicals; Teenagers -- Mental health -- Periodicals; 155.405
• DOI: 10.1111/camh.12069
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1475-357X

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="camh12069-abs-0001"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec id="camh12069-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <title>Background</title> <p>Effective implementation of parent training programmes for preschool Attention‐Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder type is constrained by barriers limiting take‐up and effective engagement by 'hard to reach' and 'difficult to treat' families.</p> </sec> <sec id="camh12069-sec-0002" sec-type="section"> <title>Method</title> <p>We describe an evidence‐driven adaptation and piloting of an existing empirically supported preschool ADHD parenting programme to address these problems.</p> </sec> <sec id="camh12069-sec-0003" sec-type="section"> <title>Results</title> <p>The New Forest Parenting programme was changed substantially in terms of length; content and delivery on the basis of information gathered from the literature, from parents and practitioners, further modifications were made after the pilot study.</p> </sec> <sec id="camh12069-sec-0004" sec-type="section"> <title>Conclusions</title> <p>The adapted‐NFPP is currently being assessed for efficacy in a large multicentre randomized controlled trial.</p> </sec> </abstract>