Treatment-Medication: stimulant medications reduce core symptoms (Ritalin, Dexedrine)• improve compliance• improve EF abilities• doesnt affect learning• improve cog controlAdderall 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 isbetterDont want to medicate unless kid is severely impairedSide effects• decrease appetite• headache• inability to sleep• weight loss• irritability• increase cryingTreatment: Home based intervention-focused on parent behavior training to manage externalizing behaviors tailored to situation-8 componentt planSchool 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
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