Biofeedback is a “Level 1 — Best Support” Intervention for Attention and Hyperactivity Behaviors

As we announced last Octo­ber, Prac­tice­Wise, the com­pany that main­tains the Amer­i­can Acad­emy of Pedi­atrics “Evi­­dence-based Child and Ado­les­cent Psy­­cho-social Inter­ven­tions,” has ele­vated biofeed­back to “Lev­el 1 — Best Sup­port” as an inter­ven­tion for Atten­tion & Hyper­ac­tiv­ity Behav­iors. Work­ing Mem­ory Train­ing stays at Lev­el 2. It is impor­tant to note that those lev­els do not…

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Biofeedback now a “Level 1 — Best Support” Intervention for Attention & Hyperactivity Behaviors

Prac­tice­Wise, the com­pa­ny that main­tains the Amer­i­can Acad­e­my of Pedi­atrics “Evi­­dence-based Child and Ado­les­cent Psy­­cho-social Inter­ven­tions” (see cur­rent edi­tion here) has just announced it will ele­vate biofeed­back to “Lev­el 1 — Best Sup­port” as an inter­ven­tion for Atten­tion & Hyper­ac­tiv­i­ty Behav­iors in the next edi­tion. Work­ing Mem­o­ry Training 

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Study: Families’ Perspectives on ADHD and its Treatment

In 2005 the Amer­i­can Acad­e­my of Pedi­atrics (AAP) began an ini­tia­tive to pro­mote an approach to care among its mem­bers in which “…the pedi­atric team works in part­ner­ship with a child and a child’s fam­i­ly to assure that all of the med­ical and non-med­i­cal needs of the patient are met.” A crit­i­cal­ly impor­tant focus of…

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