Multimodal Treatment For Children With ADHD

How can TTP meet the need of providing a multimodal treatment program to these
children and teens with ADHD and disruptive behavior disorders?

[Editor’s Note: TTP stands for Total Transformation Program.]

While most pediatricians can say that they understand the need for a multimodal program
for the treatment of children with ADHD and coexisting conditions, they are at a loss of
how to assist parents in acquiring the skills necessary to carry out such a program. The
behavior management component of the MTA program has been shown to be an ideal
program for obtaining positive outcomes for children with ADHD and coexisting
behavioral disorders, but few communities offer the support received in this program to
parents and their children with ADHD. Most parents must then “go it alone” or seek out
expensive mental health support within the community knowing the majority of these
services are not covered by health insurance.

Given the limited time available to clinicians to interact with patients and their parents,
how can professionals teach parents to more effectively deal with their children with
ADHD and ODD/CD and provide these services in a way that is both cost and time
effective? An “at home” training program like the TTP program seems ideal. Through a
series of compact disks, DVDs and an interactive parent workbook, the TTP can be used
by parents and professionals to decode a child’s behavior and understand why a child or
teen is acting in a dysfunctional way. The main focus of this non-judgmental structured
program is on teaching parents exactly how to react to and better understand their
children or teens with behavior disorders such as ODD/CD and then effectively empower
them to change.

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