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Edmund J S Sonuga-Barke1, Margaret Thompson, David Daley
1Developmental Brain Behaviour Unit, School of Psychology, University of Southampton, UK. ejb3@soton.ac.uk
Background:
The effectiveness of parent training (PT) when delivered as part of specialist tier-two services for preschool AD/HD children has been recently demonstrated.
Aims:
To assess the effectiveness of the same PT programme when delivered as part of routine primary care by non-specialist nurses.
Method:
A sample of 89 3-year-old children with preschool AD/HD took part in a controlled trial of an eight-week (one hour a week), health visitor delivered, PT package. Children, allocated randomly to PT (n = 59) and waiting list control (WLC; n = 30) groups, were compared.
Results:
PT did not reduce AD/HD symptoms. Maternal well-being decreased in both PT and WLC groups.
Conclusions:
While PT is an effective intervention for preschool AD/HD when delivered in specialized settings, these benefits do not appear to generalize when programme are delivered as part of routine primary care by non-specialist nurses.
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