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In the first study of its kind, researchers found medication alone has no detectable impact on how much children with ADHD learn in the classroom.

Study reports medications for ADHD have little detectable impact on how much a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder learns in the classroom. However, the medications helped children retain attention, improve classroom behavior, and improve seat-time work.

/PRNewswire/ -- For decades, most physicians, parents and teachers have believed that stimulant medications help children with attention deficit hyperactivity...

In the first study of its kind, researchers at FIUs Center for Children and Families found medication has no detectable impact on how much children with ADHD learn in the classroom.

Mackenzie Hupp ’22 Hometown: Willoughby, Ohio Major: Psychology Internship: Summer Treatment Program at Florida International University’s Center for Children and Families

Julie Owens, Ph.D., was recently elected as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association’s Society for Child and Adolescent Psychology for her outstanding contributions.