Information for Parents

The Children’s Learning Clinic at FSU invites families of children ages 5-12 to participate in Project WoMBAT, our clinical trials of non-medication treatments for ADHD. WoMBAT stands for "working memory and behavioral ADHD training." The goal of these clinical trials is to evaluate how to best combine non-medication treatments for ADHD in clinical practice.

We are currently accepting children ages 5-12 who meet any of the following criteria:

1. Children with suspected attention, hyperactive, impulse control, and related concerns.
2. Children diagnosed with ADHD.

Children may be eligible even if they are taking certain ADHD medications.

Participating families receive treatment and a comprehensive psychological-educational evaluation at no cost. This evaluation covers their child's attention, learning, behavior, memory, and emotional functioning.

Children diagnosed with ADHD through our clinic will receive one or more non-medication treatments that have been previously shown to be effective for ADHD: (1) behavioral management training (sometimes called “parent training”), and/or (2) central executive training.

Behavioral management training involves working with the parent to manage and reduce their child’s ADHD behaviors. Central executive training involves working with the child using a computerized neurocognitive training program designed to strengthen brain abilities called “executive functions.” The central executive training program is designed to look and feel like a video game.

All eligible families will receive treatment. The purpose of the study is to compare the benefits of each program and determine how to best combine these treatments.

There is currently no cost for our services (costs are covered through our grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the support of the FSU Psychology Department). Families may qualify for CLC assessment and treatment services regardless of insurance or ability to pay. CLC services are provided within the context of our scientist-practitioner research training clinic.

A telephone interview (~10 minutes) asks questions about your child’s behavior to determine initial project eligibility and provide more information about the study.

If you are interested in participating in our treatment study, or for more information about the project, please Contact Us.