Chapter 8

Question 1

describe how stimulants work for ADHD

Answer 1

• stimulents like adderal or vivance will stimulate areas of the brain that are not as active as they should be
• areas like the basil ganglia that controls voluntary motor behaviors, aswell as the frontal lobe which controls decision making and inhibition.

Question 2

What medications are often used for children with ADHD?

Answer 2

Stimulates

Question 3

parent management training

Answer 3

Psychoeducation about ADHD and its biological basis
Give framework for raising their child
Behavior management techniques
Encourage daily positive parent-child interactions

Question 4

educational interventions

Answer 4

Target inattentive and hyperactive-impulsive behaviors that impede learning
Creating a classroom that’s builds on child’s strengths
Techniques used are similar for those for parents

Question 5

summer camp progams

Answer 5

Camplike setting— build peer relationships and continuity in academics
Interventions include medication, parents management training, AND educational interventions combined
Effectiveness— improved behaviors, decreased problem severity, improved social and academic skills