HOPS Study: A Conceptual Replication
Executive Dysfunction, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
About this trial
This is an interventional other trial for Executive Dysfunction
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male or female students in grades 6 through 8.
- Student is in a general education classroom.
- Student is nominated for the study by at least one academic teacher who reports regularly assigning homework to this student.
- Nominating teacher(s) rates the student's OTMP skills deficits as having a negative impact on academic performance (rating > 3 on a 4-point scale on at least one of four interference items of COSS-T),
- Parental/guardian permission (informed consent) and student assent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Students will be excluded if they are in a pull-out special education classroom for more than 50% of the day, because the organizational demands for these students may differ from those placed mostly in general education.
- Students with a one-to-one aide will be excluded because the presence of an aide substantially alters how an organizational intervention is implemented.
- Students from families in which both caregivers do not speak English will be excluded because the program has not yet been developed for non-English speakers.
- Students from a family in which one student has already been enrolled in the study will be excluded. Only one student per family will be included in the study.
Sites / Locations
- Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Other
No Intervention
Homework, Organization, and Planning Skills (HOPS)
Treatment-As-Usual Waitlist (WL-TAU)
The Homework, Organization, and Planning Skills (HOPS) intervention is delivered through a series of 16 frequent but brief sessions between the HOPS provider and student. The HOPS intervention will be delivered by either a member of the school team (HOPS-ST), referred to as a "school provider", or a member of the research team (HOPS-RT), referred to as a "research provider". Each session is approximately 20 minutes. The three main skill areas covered as part of the program are: (1) school materials organization, (2) homework management and (3) time management and planning. A reward system is utilized in effort to change behavior patterns by making rewards available when a student engages in productive organizing and planning behaviors. The intervention also includes two parent meetings and one teacher meeting.
The Treatment-As-Usual Waitlist (WL-TAU) will be enacted for study participants attending the enrolled schools assigned to this arm. After providing post data (and in some cases, follow-up data as well), participants will then receive the HOPS intervention.