The results revealed that findings are becoming increasingly nuanced with variations in levels of evidence related to ages of the children and characteristics of the specific treatment .
In addition , we focused our critique on generalization of treatment effects across setting s and time and on sample diversity ( with regard to ethnicity and levels of parent education ) in relation to the population .
Children of parents with higher levels of education than average appear to be overrepresented in the literature .
The purpose of this research was to up date the series of articles on evidence -based treatment for children and adolescents with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder that have appeared in this journal ( Evans , Owens & Bunford , 2014 ; Pelham & Fabiano , 2008 ; Pelham , Wheeler , & Chronis , 1998 ) .
Enhancing Traditional Behavioral Parent Training for Single Mothers of Children with ADHD
Behavioral parent training is an efficacious treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD ) . However , single-mother households are at high risk for poor outcomes during and following behavioral parent training . This study r and omly assigned cohorts of 120 single mothers of children ( ages 5–12 years ) with ADHD to a waitlist control group , a traditional behavioral parent training program , or an enhanced behavioral parent training program — the Strategies to Enhance Positive Parenting (  STEPP )  program . Intent-to-treat analysis demonstrated benefits of participating in behavioral parent training , in general , and the STEPP program more specifically at immediate posttreatment on child and parental functioning . Moreover , the STEPP program result ed in increased engagement to treatment . However , results indicated that behavioral parent training does not normalize behavior for most children and treatment gains are not maintained
The results revealed that findings are becoming increasingly nuanced with variations in levels of evidence related to ages of the children and characteristics of the specific treatment .
In addition , we focused our critique on generalization of treatment effects across setting s and time and on sample diversity ( with regard to ethnicity and levels of parent education ) in relation to the population .
Children of parents with higher levels of education than average appear to be overrepresented in the literature .
The purpose of this research was to up date the series of articles on evidence -based treatment for children and adolescents with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder that have appeared in this journal ( Evans , Owens & Bunford , 2014 ; Pelham & Fabiano , 2008 ; Pelham , Wheeler , & Chronis , 1998 ) .