This study examines the efficacy of two computer-based attention training systems, one with and one without neurofeedback. The training systems intend to help children learn to focus and attend more effectively.
The current study is examining a neurofeedback (NF) computer attention training system that teaches children to alter their brainwave activity with a Cognitive Training attention training system (CT). The investigators hypothesize that both treatments will show improvement in ADHD symptoms and academic outcomes compared to a control condition. 104 children with ADHD in grades 2 and 4 are randomly assigned to receive the NF, CT, or a Waitlist-Control (WLC) condition that receives NF or CT the following academic year. Children receive forty 45-minute sessions three times a week at school for 4 months. A comprehensive assessment, consists of data completed by teachers, parents, participants, and double-blind classroom observations.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
104
3 times per week for 45 minutes for a total of 40 sessions
3 times per week for 45 minutes for a total of 40 sessions
6 30 minute calm breathing sessions over the course of 4 months
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Behavioral Observations of Students in School (BOSS)
For the purpose of this study, the BOSS is a double blind classroom observation. Each participant is observed by a trained researcher for 15 minutes three times over the course of two days at each assessment point (before the intervention, after the intervention, and at a 6-month follow up) and is evaluated in the areas of off task behaviors (motor, verbal, and passive) and on task behaviors (active and passive).
Time frame: up to three years
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