Akili is a video game that helps train the brain in focus and ignoring distractions. It is not pbeing recognized as a form of treatment with research to back up their claims: https://www.akiliinteractive.com/ https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210929005457/en/PureTech-Founded-Entity-Akili-Announces-Topline-Results-from-Shionogi-Phase-2-Study-in-Japan
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Attention and recess time
A school in Texas school has found that increasing the recess time of kindergartners and first graders has led to improvements in sitting still and attention: https://returntonow.net/2017/11/21/texas-school-beaths-adhd-tripling-recess-time/
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A new app to help kids with learning disabilities interfere with written homework: SnapType makes it easy for kids with learning disabilities to do their homework
Read More »ADHD and medication
A summary on ADHD and meds: http://www.berkeleywellness.com/healthy-mind/mood/article/adhd-medication-what-parents-should-know
Read More »ADHD and sleep
A new study suggests that kids with ADHD are likely to also have a variety of sleep issues: http://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/childhood-adhd/news/20160608/sound-sleep-elusive-for-many-kids-with-adhd
Read More »Telepsychiatry and ADHD med management
A new study found that managing medications for ADHD via telepsychiatry was more effective than the more common practice of transferring med management to primary care: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26258927
Read More »CDC Recommends Behavior Therapy as First Line of Treatment for Young Children with ADHD
http://www.chadd.org/Understanding-ADHD/About-ADHD/ADHD-Weekly-Archive/Newsletter-Article.aspx?id=52#sthash.OnaQjIjy.dpuf
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