Mobile Behavioral Parent Training for Childhood ADHD: Pilot Trial

Personalizing Behavioral Parent Training: Improving Reach and Outcomes for Families of Children With ADHD

The goal of the study is to develop and pilot a personalized behavioral parent training intervention for caregivers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The behavioral intervention will teach positive parenting through videos and quizzes that caregivers can access through a smartphone application. The program also gives parents and caregivers in-the-moment feedback their use of parenting strategies.

The main questions to answer are:

Is parenting feedback provided by a smartphone application acceptable to caregivers? Is the phone application usable and acceptable to parents and caregivers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder?

In the pilot trial, participants (parents/caregivers) will be randomly assigned to either (1) use the positive parenting intervention phone application (mobile Behavioral Parent Training: mBPT) or (2) use mBPT and receive brief, personalized phone prompts throughout their participation that target parenting behavior and intervention engagement.

Inclusion Criteria:

• currently meets Diagnostic Statistical Manual 5 diagnostic criteria for ADHD
• ages 7 -12
• has at least one parent or primary caregiver who is willing to participate and is able to access the intervention at home via smartphone.

Exclusion Criteria:

• N/A