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ADHD is an increasingly common disability seen most regularly in public schools.  How can behavior analysis help? Next week, we'll be discussing research into increasing the on-task behavior of students with ADHD as well as reviewing some facts and figures related to overall treatment.

Articles for next week:

Flood, W.A., Wilder, D.A., Flood, A.L., & Masuda, A.  (2002).  Peer-mediated reinforcement plus prompting as treatment for off-task behavior in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.  Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 35, 199-204.  doi: 10.1901/jaba.2002.35-199

Grauvogel-MacAleese, A.N. & Wallace, M.D.  (2010).  Use of peer-mediated intervention in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.  Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 43, 547-551.  doi: 10.1901/jaba.2010.43-547

Cook, A., Bradley-Johnson, S., & Johnson, C.M.  (2014).  Effects of white noise on off-task behavior and academic responding for children with ADHD.  Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 47, 160-164.  doi: 10.1002/jaba.79

And, for some background on behavioral interventions for ADHD:

Fabiano, G.A., Pelham Jr., W.E., Coles, E.K., Gnagy, E.M., Chronis-Tuscano, A., & O'Connor, B.C.  (2009).  Clinical Psychology Review, 29, 129-140.  doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2009.11.001