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Promoting parental competence for parents of children with ADHD: Evaluation of a short training program

There is evidence suggesting the need to help parents of children with ADHD in promoting parental competence (Theule et al., 2011). Parenting a child with ADHD is related to reduced satisfaction and confidence in parenting skills, fear of social stigma and tendency to conceal a child's diagnosis, as well as to severe emotional symptoms (Finzi- Dottan, Triwitz & Golubchik, 2011). Parents also experience a lack of support in coping and managing, which contributes to already increased stress levels. The aim of the research was to evaluate the short training program for parents of children with ADHD. The program includes eight 120- minutes workshops, addressing the topics of communication skills, information on ADHD, coping with anger and stress, and supporting the child’s learning. The evaluation included 20 parents in the intervention group and 18 parents in the control group (68% female / mothers). The intervention group reported positive outcomes on measures of emotional self- regulation, parental stress and general knowledge on ADHD (p < .05). There was also a significant increase in positive parenting behaviors (p < .05). The results suggest that even a short training program provides good support in coping and managing for parents of children with ADHD.

Parental competence ; Emotional self-regulation ; Parental stress ; Evaluation ; ADHD

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