“…Currently the most effective treatment programmes are multimodal, and include psychostimulant therapy to directly address the biological vulnerability to inattention, overactivity and impulsivity, while concurrently training parents and teachers to offer youngsters with ADHD highly structured, supportive and non-punitive opportunities on a daily basis to learn and practise self-regulation (Fonagy et al, 2002, ch. 6;Nolan and Carr, 2000;Wells, 2004). Such programmes typically involve behavioural parent training, school-based contingency management and home-school reporting systems, and self-instructional training.…”