Dr. Stephen Hinshaw is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Hinshaw’s work focuses on developmental psychopathology, with particular emphasis on psychological interventions, assessment and evaluation of children with ADHD. He has authored over 170 articles, chapters and reviews on child psychopathology and has directed summer research camps and conducted longitudinal studies for boys with ADHD and associated disorders for over 20 years.

In a recent review of The Total Focus Program, Dr. Hinshaw writes, “I am most impressed with this program, which incorporates a wealth of extremely helpful information and programming, derived largely from evidence-based practice presented in an extremely user-friendly format for the families of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Dr. Hinshaw sees Total Focus as a way for pediatricians and parents to work together to best serve the needs of the child with ADHD: “Total Focus presents its curriculum in an extremely engaging and user-friendly format, which could easily be shared between a family and a pediatrician.

In a world where theories abound as to the best approach to working with children with ADHD, Dr. Hinshaw maintains that the strategies behind Total Focus are more than theory. “The components of Total Focus are straightforward, involving behavioral and cognitive-behavioral components, focusing on the child (relaxation training, social skills training, attention training, self-control exercises), the family (behaviorally-oriented parent management training), and the school (improved communication between home and school via a daily report card mechanism.). These evidence-based strategies, particularly in combination with medication, are the kinds that have been shown in the scientific literature to enhance overall functioning for the child with ADHD.”

“In short, I believe that The Total Focus Program of Dr. Myers is extremely worthwhile, feeding as it does off recent data that document the superiority of multimodal treatment for children and families with ADHD—and emerging at a time when numerous professional associations are issuing practice guidelines emphasizing the need for multimodal interventions.”

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