We examined parenting stress (PST) and self-efficacy (PSE) following participation in behavioral parent training (BPT) with regard to child treatment response. Forty-three families of children diagnosed with ADHD participated in a modified BPT program. Change in PST and PSE was evaluated using a single group, within-subjects design. Parenting outcomes based on child treatment response were evaluated based upon (1) magnitude and (2) clinical significance of change in child symptom impairment. Parents reported significant improvements in stress and self-efficacy. Parents of children who demonstrated clinically significant reduction in ADHD symptoms reported lower stress and higher self-efficacy than those of children with continued impairments. Magnitude of child impairment was not associated with parent outcomes. Clinical implications for these results include extending treatment duration to provide more time for symptom amelioration and parent-focused objectives to improve coping and stress management.
Studied the effect of student characteristics on teachers' ratings of treatment acceptability for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Participants (N = 159) included experienced elementary school teachers who read 1 of 6 vignettes describing a child with symptoms representative of ADHD. Vignettes varied by sex and symptomsubtype classification. However, the number and specific type of symptoms described in the vignettes were consistent across all conditions. Next, teachers read a description of a daily report card (DRC), response cost technique, classroom lottery, and medication and rated their levels of agreement to the items of the Behavioral Intervention Rating Scale (BIRS). Teachers preferred the DRC to all other forms of treatment. However, there was a significant interaction between the type of treatment and sex of the student on the 3 factors (Treatment Acceptability, Treatment Effectiveness, and Timeliness) of the BIRS.
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This investigation compared United States and New Zealand teachers’ perceptions of
classroom interventions for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Participants read
one of six vignettes describing a child with symptoms representative of ADHD. The number and
type of symptoms were consistent across all vignettes. Next, teachers read a description of the
daily report card, response cost technique, classroom lottery, and medication interventions and
rated their acceptability using the Behavioral Intervention Rating Scale (BIRS;
Elliott & Von Brock Treuting,
1991). Cross-cultural differences were observed for both behavioral and
pharmacological interventions based upon teacher nationality. Teachers in the U.S. perceived
both types of interventions as more acceptable, effective, and to have more timely effects than
teachers in N.Z.. An interaction was also demonstrated between student gender, nationality, and
intervention preference. Implications of these results for school practice are discussed.
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