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A central theme in
our research is studying the long-term functioning of children with
Attention-Deficit/
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) through adolescence
and into adulthood. We are
following several samples of
children diagnosed with ADHD to
determine the course, and reasons for, differential outcomes for
this commonly
diagnosed condition. It is our hope that the results of
these studies will inform future treatment efforts and
maximize
beneficial outcomes for children diagnosed with ADHD and other
behavior problems. To this end, we
also study treatments for
these conditions with a focus on adolescents. Clinical trials
focus on psychosocial
(e.g., after school treatment programs, parent
training, family therapy) and pharmacologic (medicinal) treatments
for disruptive behavior problems and substance use and abuse in
children and adolescents.
The Youth and Family Research Program
began
as the Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) Program in 1987
under the
leadership of William
E. Pelham, Jr., Ph.D. For ten years, it was a clinical research
program focusing
on the treatment and study of behavior problems in
children. From 1987 to 1996, The ADD Program conducted
the
Children’s Summer Day Treatment Program (STP), an eight week partial
hospitalization program for children
and adolescents with ADHD. In
1993, the STP was named as a model program in Service Delivery in
Child and
Family Mental Health by the American Psychological
Association. In 1996, Dr. Pelham left the University of
Pittsburgh
and now directs the
Center for Children and Families
at the State University of New York
at Buffalo.
Since that time, the program has been a research program
under the direction of Brooke Molina, Ph.D. The
name Youth and Family
Research Program was adopted in 2005 to encompass a broader scope of
research.
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