ADHD TreatmentPeer Professionals to Increase Capacity to Treat ADHD

Parent training intervention based on social learning and operant conditioning theory, generally referred to as Behavioral Parent Training.

BPT. Behavioral Parent Training (BPT) is a well-established psychosocial intervention for the treatment for ADHD and related behavioral difficulties (e.g., oppositional problems). BPT is based on social learning and operant conditioning principles in which parents are instructed to utilize methods (e.g., praise, effective communication, reward systems, time-out from positive reinforcement) to facilitate positive behaviors in their child (e.g., compliance) and reduce challenging behaviors (e.g., opposition). BPT comes in several manualized, commercially available manuals. The version of BPT that we will be utilizing is from the MATCH protocol (Chorpita and Weisz, 2009), which consists of 10 components, delivered with individual families, typically over the course of 10-16 weekly individual meetings (total meetings depends upon parent availability and acquisition of BPT skills).