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  • Child Psychology
  • Behavioral Therapy
  • Digital Health Interventions

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  • Behavioral Parent Training (BPT) is effective for ADHD but limited by parent adherence.
  • Barriers to adherence include skill deficits, executive function challenges, and low motivation.
  • Existing digital health tools for parenting interventions are insufficient.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present new efforts in developing a digital health tool for BPT.
  • To target specific barriers to parent adherence in ADHD treatment.
  • To provide recommendations for future technology-enhanced parenting interventions.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a novel digital health (dHealth) tool.
  • Focus on enhancing skill competence, executive function (EF) processes, and motivation.
  • Iterative design informed by adherence barriers.

Main Results:

  • A new dHealth tool was developed to address key adherence barriers.
  • The tool aims to improve parent engagement and strategy implementation.
  • Potential for enhanced treatment gains in children with ADHD.

Conclusions:

  • Digital health tools offer a promising avenue to improve BPT adherence.
  • Technology can effectively target skill competence, EF, and motivation barriers.
  • Future research should focus on technology-enhanced parenting interventions for ADHD.