Development of a Brief, Behavioral Homework Intervention for Middle School Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

School Mental Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 61-77

  Raggi, Veronica L ^a,b   Chronis Tuscano, Andrea ^a   Fishbein, Howard ^a   Groomes, Amber ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CHILD STUDY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic intervention; ADHD; Adolescents; Homework; Parent training

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955223727     PISSN: 18662625     EISSN: 18662633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12310-009-9008-7     Document Type: Article

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