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Video Resources

Parent Video: Treating Childhood ADHD

Learning Objective: 8.3 Evaluate the relative strengths and weaknesses of medication and psychosocial therapy for the treatment of ADHD in children, adolescents, and young adults.

Description: In this 13-minute video Dr. William Pelham discusses how to identify ADHD and evidenced-based treatments for ADHD.

Questions to Consider

1. How do we identify ADHD in children?
2. What do we know about the causes of ADHD?
3. Describe evidence-based treatment of ADHD. What is the parent’s role in this treatment?
    

More Than 1 in 7 American Kids Diagnosed with ADHD

Learning Objective: 8.1 Describe the key features of ADHD and how the signs and symptoms of this disorder vary from early childhood through adulthood.

Description: In this 6-minute story, Alan Schwarz talks about the problems of both overdiagnosis and underdiagnosis of ADHD.

Questions to Consider

1. According to Schwarz, what is the current problem with the diagnosis of ADHD?
2. Why do we need to consider the marketing side of this diagnosis in addition to the psychological side?
3. Schwarz is attempting to bridge two sides of this issue. What is your take on his point of view?
    

Parents Cannot Cope with Son’s ADHD

Learning Objective: 8.2 Identify problems associated with ADHD and how these problems vary as a function of children’s age and gender.

Description: This 3 ½-minute clip from Supernanny highlights the interaction between the family environment and the diagnosis.

Questions to Consider

1. The clip opens with the family outside. What did you observe about their interactions?
2. How does the father view his son’s ADHD?
3. Given what you have read in the book, what next steps would you suggest for this family?
    

Audio Resources

Study: Brains in ADHD Kids Mature Later

Learning Objective: 8.2 Discuss some of the main causes of ADHD and differentiate among the three neural pathways that underlie the disorder.

Description: This 4-minute story describes a research study of 400 children that identified a pattern of immaturity in the brains of those with ADHD.

Questions to Consider

1. What were the results of the study?
2. Why had no one noticed this before?
3. What are the implications of this research?
    

Tracking a Rise in ADHD Diagnosis

Learning Objective: 8.1 Describe the key features of ADHD and how the signs and symptoms of this disorder vary from early childhood through adulthood.

Description: This 10-minute clip from Science Friday considers why rates of diagnosis have been increasing dramatically.

Questions to Consider

1. Dr. Graf offers several reasons for the recent increase. What are these?
2. What are some challenges to getting accurate diagnosis of ADHD?
3. What are the implications of this increase? Dr. Graf mentions that we should be having a national discussion about this. What should be considered?