Metacognitive executive function training for young children with ADHD: a proof-of-concept study

ADHD Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 183-190

  Tamm, Leanne ^a   Nakonezny, Paul A ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Executive functioning; Intervention; Metacognition; Preschool; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR RATING INVENTORY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONALITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SCHEDULE FOR AFFECTIVE DISORDERS AND SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; ADULT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FAMILY THERAPY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84940438460     PISSN: 18666116     EISSN: 18666647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12402-014-0162-x     Document Type: Article

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