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 ) .
A Waitlist-Controlled Trial of Behavioral Parent Training for Fathers of Children with ADHD
Fathers , in general , have been underrepresented in studies of parent training outcome for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD ) , and the present study aim ed to investigate the efficacy of a behavioral parent training program developed expressly for fathers . The present investigation r and omly assigned 55 fathers of children ages 6 to 12 with ADHD to the Coaching Our Acting-out Children :  Heightening Essential Skills ( COACHES ) program or a waitlist control group . Outcomes for the study included objective observations of parent behaviors and parent ratings of child behavior . Results indicated that fathers in the COACHES group reduced their rates of negative talk and increased rates of praise as measured in parent – child observations , and father ratings of the intensity of problem behaviors were reduced , relative to the waitlist condition . Groups did not differ on observations of use of comm and s or father ratings of child behavior problems . Untreated mothers did not significantly improve on observational measures or behavioral ratings . This study provides preliminary evidence for the efficacy of the COACHES parenting program for fathers of children with ADHD . Results are cast in light of the larger literature on behavioral parent training for ADHD as well as how to best work with fathers of children with ADHD in treatment context
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 ) .