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Sugar’s still not to blame

Published on 1 November 2010 in Behavior management, Causes, Families, News, Research and The press. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , .

The sugar-makes-kids-hyper hypothesis is still false. Dan Willingham stuck another fork in it. Roasty-toasty. All done. Fizzle.

Now, I’m not advocating a high-fructose, feed-’em-soda-and-sweets diet, to be sure. It’s just that folks need to disabuse themselves of the popular myth that children’s levels of behavioral activity are governed by consumption of sucrose (whether from sugar cane or sugar beet).

Professor Willingham, who pops bubbles with the best of them, lanced this one in his guest post, “The Answer Sheet: How sugar really affects kids.” The evidence is basically the same as what I covered in the mid 1990s under the title “Sugar High?.”

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First Step takes off

Published on 8 December 2009 in Acting out, Behavior management, Bullying, Conduct disorder, Delinquency, Families, News, Prevention, Research, The press and Treatment. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , , , .

Hill Walker and colleagues reported that the First Step to Success program benefitted young children at risk for developing emotional or behavioral disorders. In a longitudinal study of the three-year program conducted in Albuquerque (NM, US), the researchers found substantial reductions in disruptive behavior and improvements in social functioning.

In a press release, Professor Walker said, “Albuquerque was the first opportunity we had to mount a large-scale study of the program using a randomized control group, the gold standard for research. First Step has been implemented widely, but not [studied] in this way.”
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Systems of care for ADHD

Published on 9 July 2009 in ADHD, Families, The press and Treatment. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , .

Children and youths with ADHD and their families ought to know about systems of care. Systems of care are networks of services that are coordinated across different agencies and groups within the community. A system of care focuses on the needs of individuals and should be designed so that it takes advantage of that person’s strengths (i.e., is “strengths based”) and unique characteristics (e.g., ethnic background and native language).

Systems of care have been studied extensively in the disciplines focused on Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. They are not just for kids “lost to the streets.” The coordination of services can be beneficial for individuals with ADHD, too.

Learn more about ADHD and systems of care from the SAMHSA, the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Download a PDF.

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Daytrana patch recall

Published on 1 September 2008 in ADHD, Families, News and The press. 0 Comments Tags: , .

Over on Kenny Handleman’s ADDADHDBlog I learned of a product recall for Daytrana.

Do you or your child take the Daytrana patch for ADD/ADHD? If you do you need to know that the company that manufactures this drug, Noven Pharmaceuticals, is recalling two lot numbers.

Fortunately, the recall is for problems with the packaging. Parents still probably should learn about this product recall. Here’s link to Dr. Handleman’s blog entry.

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