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LW4K: Turning Game-Based Learning into Executive Function and Social-Emotional Learning Skills
Imagine if Minecraft, Fortnite, Roblox, and other popular video games could be used to help children with ADHD improve their executive function and social-emotional learning skills at school, at home, and in life. According to Rhode Island clinical psychologist Randy Kulman, PhD, they actually can—and he developed a program dedicated to doing just that. Known…
Read MoreTechnological Interventions for Youth with ADHD
What is the state OF THE LITERATURE on technological interventions for children with ADHD? This research update examines two review articles published in 2022 of existing studies on this topic. These literature reviews identify a number of technological interventions, such as cognitive training, neurofeedback treatment, telehealth and web-based treatment, mobile interventions, video games, wearables and sensors,…
Read MoreVideo Games in Assessing and Treating ADHD
This research update focuses on one overarching question: what is the role of video games in assessments and interventions for ADHD? The first study described is a systematic review of video games for evaluating and treating ADHD, and the second study discussed is a study of a particular computer game to improve impulsivity for ADHD.…
Read MoreInternet Addiction and ADHD
There’s lots of talk and concern about screen time these days. It’s not uncommon for someone to say “OMG, I’m totally addicted to the internet/my phone/etc.” That’s probably not a medically accurate diagnosis. But can you be addicted to the internet? Can you even be addicted to anything that isn’t a drug? The answer is…
Read MoreGame-Based Learning
An Update on LearningWorks for Kids LIKE SO MANY OTHER EXPERTS, clinical psychologist Randy Kulman long observed children with ADHD who, despite struggling mightily to pay attention at school, paid attention just fine when playing computer games. He began to consider an idea: What if he could design a program that uses popular computer games…
Read MoreA Parent’s Guide to Healthy Video Game and Internet Use for Children with ADHD
THE DIGITAL AGE HAS NOT ONLY ARRIVED, but by now it has settled in. As a child and adolescent psychiatrist specializing in internet and video game addiction, I see the most extreme cases of problematic internet and video game use, leading to catastrophic consequences in grades, social life, emotional well-being, and relationships with family members.…
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