Efficacy of a Brief Behavioral Intervention to Treat ADHD and Disruptive Behaviors In Preschoolers
Condition: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
MeSH terms: Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity; Mental Disorders; Problem Behavior; Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      The purpose of this study is to test the intervention using a more rigorous randomized
      controlled trial design in order to demonstrate its efficacy compared to a wait-list control,
      thus ensuring that change in behavior does not occur due to the passage of time alone. Using
      this design will also allow us to improve upon our prior clinical research by facilitating
      obtainment of post-treatment and follow-up data (as families in the clinical-only service
      stop attending treatment when behavior improves, and have often not followed-up for booster
      sessions or measure completion).
    

Detailed description: 
      This pilot study will employ a randomized controlled clinical trial design comparing symptoms
      of children who complete the Brief Behavioral Intervention to a wait-list control. Children
      in the wait-list control will be waitlisted for four months prior to initiation of treatment,
      which is a typical wait for clinical care. Treatment will then be offered to the children on
      the wait-list.

      All parts of the intervention and all measures of behavior and family functioning are part of
      standard clinical care. The parts of this protocol that are not standard clinical care are
      the following: 1. Randomization process with half of the patients on a waitlist for four
      months. Randomization will be block randomization stratified by gender. 2. Booster sessions
      for problem solving at three months and six months after last treatment session. In standard
      clinical care this occurs only if the patient calls and requests. 3. Collection of behavior
      and family functioning measures at three months and six months after the active treatment
      component.
    

Intervention name(s): Immediate Treatment Group; Delayed Treatment Group
Intervention type(s): Behavioral; Behavioral
Intervention description(s): •The immediate treatment group will fill out the questions at the initial appointment and again after five treatment appointments. They will fill the questions out again at the first follow-up treatment appointment (approximately 4-5 months from the initial appointment), and then at the next (and last) follow-up appointment (approximately 7-8 months). The participants teacher will also be asked to fill out sets of questions.; •The wait list group will fill out the sets of questions again in 1-2 months. The question sets will then be completed again before beginning treatment four months from the initial completion and then again after five treatment appointments. The question sets will then be completed again at the first follow-up treatment appointment (approximately 8-9 months from the initial appointment) and at the next (and last) follow-up appointment (about 11-12 months from the initial appointment).
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary purpose: Treatment
Keywords: Attention Deficit, ADD, ADHD, ODD, Oppositional Behavior, Disruptive Behavior, Behavior Modification, Parent Management Training, Pre-School