ADHD research studies

[Anonymous]

A few weeks ago, some people were interested in ADHD studies NIH was doing doing (we participated) but their child wasn't within the range NIH was recruiting. I attended CHADD's Regional ADHD Conference last Saturday in Reston and Kennedy Krieger Institute had some information about studies they were doing. I don't have any experience with the KKI studies but our experiences at NIH with several studies involving two of our kids were very positive. The staff were clearly experienced working with kids with challenges, our kids liked the evalutors, we got a very good debrief from the team and we got an excellent report that was very useful in the IEP process. I imagine KKI would be similar. Here's a brief summary of the information below.

ADHD Research involving kids ages 5-9 with or without ADHD and focuses on the brain differences.
ADHD Research involving kids ages 4-5 with or without ADHD and focuses on learning and brain differences. It's a longitudinal study.
ADHD Research involving kids ages 9-14 / grades 4-8 with or without ADHD. It involves how ADHD kids learn to read and remember what they've read
Contact Lisa Ferenc 443-923-4469 or [e-mail]

ADHD Research involving kids ages 9-15 with or without ADHD. Involves learning more about how children become good readers. Includes a free individualized IQ and school (reading) testing.
Contact Lindsay Goldberg 443-923-9326 or [e-mail] or www.readingresearch.kennedykrieger.org

The group from KKI published the study found in the link. It's kind of technical but interesting. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20003583 At their booth, they also had some really interesting brain scans of an ADHD preschooler compared with a non-ADHD preschooler. The differences were amazing.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for posting. Do they offer any type of therapy as a result of the studies? What is the purpose of the studies, other than to gather stats?

[Anonymous]

OP here - Sorry but I don't really know any more about the studies than what I posted. You'll need to contact the researchers for additional information.