Promote-Parents Program adapted for guardians of children and adolescents with ADHDParental educational practices act on the behavioral repertoire of children. This study aimed to verify the effects of the adapted Promote-Parents program on the behavioral repertoire of children and adolescents diagnosed with ADHD and their primary caregivers. Seven schoolchildren and their caregivers participated in the study, and they were evaluated before and after the intervention using the Roteiro de Entrevista de Habilidades Sociais Educativas Parentais (RE-HSE-P, Parental Educational Social Skills Interview Script), the Conners Scale, and the Social Skills Rating System (SSRS-BR). There was an increase in skillful behaviors, a reduction in behavior problems and ADHD symptomatology among the children/adolescents, a decrease in negative educational practices, and an increase in educational social skills among the caregivers. It was concluded that the program generated positive effects, in addition to being of low cost.
Keywords
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder; children; adolescents; parental educational practices; intervention