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Version 1.3 – Updated November 2024

Intervention programs for ADHD

Overview

  • Influence: Intervention programs for ADHD
  • Domain: Classroom
  • Sub-Domain: Classroom management
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to accelerate
  • Influence Definition: Non drug intervention programs for diagnosed ADHD students including accommodations, therapy, etc.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 5
  • Number of studies: 350
  • Number of students: 0
  • Number of effects: 3,224
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.44
  • Robustness index: 4

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author First Author's Country Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
Journal of Learning Disabilities Frazier, Youngstrom, Glutting, & Watkins USA ADHD and achievement: Meta-analysis of the child, adolescent, and adult literatures and a concomitant study with college students 2007 Programs for ADHD 72 0 181 0.71
School Psychology Review DuPaul & Eckert USA The Effects of School-based Interventions for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Meta-Analysis 1997 School programs for ADHD 63 0 637 0.58
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Daley, van der Oord, Ferrin, Danckaerts, Doepfner, Cortese, & Sonuga-Barke USA Behavioral interventions in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials across multiple outcome domains 2014 Behavioral interventions re ADHD 32 0 9 0.28
School Psychology Review DuPaul, Eckert & Vilardo USA The effects of school-based interventions for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: A meta-analysis 1996-2010 2012 School programs for ADHD 1997-2010 60 0 85 0.43
Review of Educational Research Fabiano, Schatz, Aloe, Pelham, Smyth, Zhao, Merrill, Macphee, Ramos, Hong, Altszuler, Ward, Rodgers, Liu, Ersen, & Coxe USA Comprehensive Meta-Analysis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Psychosocial Treatments Investigated Within Between Group Studies. 2021 ADHD treatments on achievement 123 0 2,312 0.26
TOTAL/AVERAGE 350 0 3,224 0.45
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