Medication stimulant medications reduce core symptoms Ritalin Dexedrine Adderall is longer lasting because kids usually have to take medicine twice a day once in the morning and go to nurses office to take it again so adderall is better Dont want to medicate unless kid is severely impaired Treatment improve compliance improve EF abilities doesnt affect learning improve cog control Side effects decrease appetite headache inability to sleep weight loss irritability increase crying Treatment Home based intervention 8 componentt plan focused on parent behavior training to manage externalizing behaviors tailored to situation School Based Intervention antecedent management stimulus reduction seating to increase task appropriate stimuluation contingency management teachers taught praise appropriate behavior and ignore punish inappropriate token economies award points daily report cards academic goals cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127
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