Classroom Interventions For ADHD

The intervention video provides an overview of intervention approaches that can be used to help students with ADHD enhance their school performance while keeping the classroom functioning smoothly. The video features an illuminating discussion among DuPaul, Stoner, and Russell A. Barkley, addressing provocative questiones on the benefits of proactive, preventive measures, on the one hand, and reactive techniques on the other. Using a live classroom setting, the program then reviews classroom management systems that can facilitate the careful monitoring of behavior and academic skills. The video focuses on interventions for both classwide and individual behavior and instruction. Effective approaches shown include peer tutoring, token economy and response cost strategies, such as the Attention Training System (ATS), active teaching of classroom rules, and self-management techniques.

About the Author :
George J. DuPaul, Ph.D., is an associate professor of school psychology at Lehigh University. He received his doctorate in school psychology from the University of Rhode Island in 1985. Prior to his appointment at Lehigh, he served on the faculty at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. The author or coauthor of more than 40 journal articles and book chapters related to ADHD, Dr. DuPaul has extensive experience providing clinical and school-based services to children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and their families. Currently, he is investigating the use of peer-mediated and self-management interventions for ADHD in school settings.

Review :
"DuPaul and Stoner have provided state-of-the-art, step-by-step training programs for conducting assessments and designing effective interventions for children with ADHD. The information in these videos and manuals is simple, straightforward, and useful, both for schools and university teacher preparation programs. This is research-to-practice at its best." --Robert Reid, PhD, Professor, Department of Special Education, University of Nebraska, Lincoln "Presenting a comprehensive system for ADHD assessment and intervention, these videotapes incorporate the latest thinking on the nature of attention disorders. DuPaul and Stoner's approach is laudable for several reasons. It is multimodal, incorporating standardized measures as well as interview and observation data. The videos show a multidisciplinary team whose work is both realistic and professional, with all members contributing to both the assessment and intervention phases of the process. The emphasis on daily classroom performance, both academic and behavioral, is well-placed. The intervention tape is full of practical suggestions for classroom management, with a nice distinction between reactive and proactive strategies, as well as interventions that can be individually tailored or implemented classwide. These tapes depict real people grappling with the kinds of problems that I encounter in my practice on a daily basis. They will be helpful not only for school psychology students but also for a variety of educators already in the field, who want to upgrade their assessment and intervention skills with respect to this challenging condition." --Peg Dawson, EdD, Center for Learning and Attention Disorders, Portsmouth, New Hampshire "These videotapes and accompanying manuals will be valuable learning and demonstration tools for school psychologists and educational professionals in training, and for those wishing to update or broaden their skills in school-based assessment and intervention techniques for children with ADHD. A multidisciplinary, school-based team approach is highlighted and complemented by clear demonstrations of empirically based intervention strategies such as attentional training and peer tutoring." --M. D. Rapport, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii