Study: NCT02142140

Intervention type: BEHAVIORAL
Group type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
Intervention: Academic and Organization skills
Description: This program aims at teaching children organization, time management and stress management skills. They are also taught academic strategies in reading, writing, and math. The program consists of six, 90 minute sessions.

Intervention type: BEHAVIORAL
Group type: EXPERIMENTAL
Intervention: Academic and Organization skills
Description: This program aims at teaching children organization, time management and stress management skills. They are also taught academic strategies in reading, writing, and math. The program consists of six, 90 minute sessions.

Intervention type: BEHAVIORAL
Group type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
Intervention: Parent Training
Description: The Parent Training Program: The parent training program is designed to increase parental understanding of ADHD; establish attentive, positive interactions, and solve problems collaboratively. Eight weekly group sessions lasting about 2 hours each will be conducted by trained psychologists, social workers, or clinical nurses. Homework assignments and detailed summary sheets will be used to promote technique acquisition and generalization.

Intervention type: BEHAVIORAL
Group type: EXPERIMENTAL
Intervention: Parent Training
Description: The Parent Training Program: The parent training program is designed to increase parental understanding of ADHD; establish attentive, positive interactions, and solve problems collaboratively. Eight weekly group sessions lasting about 2 hours each will be conducted by trained psychologists, social workers, or clinical nurses. Homework assignments and detailed summary sheets will be used to promote technique acquisition and generalization.

Intervention type: BEHAVIORAL
Group type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
Intervention: Social Skills Training
Description: Social Skills and Anger Management Training: The social skills training program is based on understanding yourself and others, and being able to understand things from the other's perspective. The program uses direct instruction, modelling, behavioural rehearsal, feedback, and social reinforcement. The following are covered: joining in, understanding emotions, dealing with anger, using self-control, responding to teasing / bullying, and staying out of fights.

Intervention type: BEHAVIORAL
Group type: EXPERIMENTAL
Intervention: Social Skills Training
Description: Social Skills and Anger Management Training: The social skills training program is based on understanding yourself and others, and being able to understand things from the other's perspective. The program uses direct instruction, modelling, behavioural rehearsal, feedback, and social reinforcement. The following are covered: joining in, understanding emotions, dealing with anger, using self-control, responding to teasing / bullying, and staying out of fights.

Intervention type: DRUG
Group type: EXPERIMENTAL
Intervention: Long-acting stimulant
Description: The medication prescribed is usually a long-acting stimulant that is carefully titrated to the child's optimal dose (normally that dose above which further improvement is not seen and side effects are manageable). Once optimal dose is reached, children are followed at regular once per three month visits for medication monitoring. In this group the child can be referred for a medication reevaluation and adjustment as many times as is needed.

Intervention type: DRUG
Group type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
Intervention: Long-acting stimulant
Description: The medication prescribed is usually a long-acting stimulant that is carefully titrated to the child's optimal dose (normally that dose above which further improvement is not seen and side effects are manageable). Once optimal dose is reached, children are followed by their pediatrician, with a frequency at his/her discretion.