The content of the social skills interventions were comparable and based on a cognitive behavioural model .
The review suggests that there is little evidence to support or refute social skills training for adolescents with ADHD .
BACKGROUND Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ( ADHD ) in children is associated with hyperactivity and impulsitivity , attention problems , and difficulties with social interactions .
Pharmacological treatment may alleviate symptoms of ADHD but seldom solves difficulties with social interactions .
Social skills training may benefit ADHD children in their social interactions .
We examined the effects of social skills training on children 's  social competences , general behaviour , ADHD symptoms , and performance in school .
OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of  social skills training in children and adolescents with ADHD .
Responsiveness of children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder to reward and response cost: differential impact on performance and motivation.
Using a within-subject design and both high- and low-interest tasks , this study examined the effects of reward ( R ) , response cost ( RC ) , and no contingency ( NR ) on performance and motivation of 22 children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD ) and 22 controls . Dependent variables included performance measures , self-rated performance and motivation , and a new measure of behavioral motivation based on a 2-min postcontingency task .  Both contingencies benefited some aspects of the performance of ADHD children ; relative to R , RC showed stronger effects but at the expense of decreased self-rated motivation on the low-interest task . The performance of controls did not differ across tasks , whereas ADHD children performed relatively better on the high-interest task . Neither contingency decreased motivation measures relative to NR for either group . For ADHD children , motivational effects appeared to be influenced by self-perceptions of performance
The content of the social skills interventions were comparable and based on a cognitive behavioural model .
The review suggests that there is little evidence to support or refute social skills training for adolescents with ADHD .
BACKGROUND Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ( ADHD ) in children is associated with hyperactivity and impulsitivity , attention problems , and difficulties with social interactions .
Pharmacological treatment may alleviate symptoms of ADHD but seldom solves difficulties with social interactions .
Social skills training may benefit ADHD children in their social interactions .
We examined the effects of social skills training on children 's  social competences , general behaviour , ADHD symptoms , and performance in school .
OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of  social skills training in children and adolescents with ADHD .