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The ADHD Kids´ Study for Children 9-12 Years of Age
Sponsor: University of Iceland
Summary
The aim of the study is to compare the efficacy of The OutSMARTers program- an ADHD skills training group program for children aged 9-12 to customized individual counseling provided by a professional, The Kid Counseling Program. Approximately 100 children will be randomly assigned to either intervention or a small wait-list group who will after a five-week-waiting period receive either intervention. Following the intervention, parents, children, and teachers will evaluate the effects on communication skills, well-being, and emotional regulation.
Official title: The ADHD Kids´ Study: Randomized Clinical Trial on the OutSMARTers Program and Individual Counseling for Children Aged 9-12 With ADHD
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
9 Years - 12 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
100
Start Date
2026-01-02
Completion Date
2029-10-01
Last Updated
2026-01-30
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
The OutSMARTers Program
An intervention specifically designed to improve common difficulties that children with ADHD wrestle with daily. The program consists of ten sessions (90 minutes each) conducted by two or three trainers working with a group of six children over the course of five weeks. The children attend four different stations during the intervention: the Emotion station and the Friendship station in sessions one through five, and the Stopping station and the Solution station in the remaining five. The program is fully manualized and was published in Icelandic in 2017 (Hannesdottir et al., 2017b). A small RCT pilot study of the OutSMARTers program delivered in a clinical setting showed beneficial effects on emotion regulation skills, social skills and a reduction in ADHD symptoms as rated by parents (Hannesdottir et al., 2017a).
The Kid Counseling Program
The Kid Counseling Program consists of five 50-minute individual counseling sessions, each delivered by a professional, and based on the book Learning to Slow Down and Pay Attention (Nadeau \& Dixon, 2004). The content closely mirrors that of the OutSMARTers program and shares the same goal; to improve common deficits that children with ADHD face. The key difference is that, unlike the OutSMARTers program, this intervention is individualized and does not include peer-based practice of the skills learned.