adhd - ADHD treatment is a systems, multi-faceted process for the whole family

The results of the follow-up study strongly support my clinical impression that caer makes dramatic improvements in all aspects of the constellation of symptoms comprising ADHD/ADD, without the use of medications.

Even though, after treating ADHD children and their families for years it was clear that caer treatment was very effective; In May 2000 it was finally time to do a systematic quantitative follow-up study.

It should be noted that these are some of the most difficult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder children around. Parents don't spend the time and money to fly to Spokane until they have exhausted all closer and cheaper alternatives. Over the prior 2 years (98, 99) I saw 74 children, and their families, who could be clearly diagnosed as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Their ages ranged from 6 to 17 years. Seventy six percent were males, the balance, females. Ninety six percent had previously been treated with psychotropic medications, such as ritalin, Cylert, adderall, dexedrine, Chlonadine, paxil, etc.

We were able to contact 49 parents by telephone to administer a short questionnaire about the effects of CAER treatment on their attention deficit hyperactivity disorder child. Only families 6 months or more post- treatment were contacted to reduce the possibility of the results being distorted in the positive direction by a short-term placebo or honey-moon-effect.

All families were treated with three intensive multi-hour treatment sessions over three days.

These results were achieved before the use of my new online follow-up treatment technologies, WebCAER, homework Messenger and the Goals Program. Though it is still too new to assess the results of the online follow-up technologies, they are likely to improve the effectiveness of my treatment program.

Overall results were:

86% rated it as Very Effective
6% rated it as Effective
8% rated it as No difference
None rated it as harmful.

None of the children in the Very Effective or Effective categories had been placed on psychotropic medications. Of the children rated No difference, 58% in that category had been placed on psychotropic medications, with mixed effectiveness.

Behavior Change At Home:

81% rated their child's behavior as Much Better
11% rated their child's behavior as Better
8% rated their child's behavior as No Different
None rated it as harmful

Behavior Change At school:

76% rated their child's behavior as Much Better
13% rated their child's behavior as Better
11% rated their child's behavior as No Different
None rated it as harmful

Change in Grades:

74% rated their child's grades as Much Better
15% rated their child's grades as Better
11% rated their child's grades as No Different

None felt that their child's grades were worse as a result of treatment