title: The "RAPID" cognitive-behavioral therapy program for inattentive children: preliminary findings.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objectives of the current study were to ascertain feasibility and acceptability of directly delivering a cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) group intervention for inattentive children in a school setting, to examine the reliability of the RATE-CQuestionnaires that accompany the program, and to determine whether they can be used to measure outcome.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-eight parents/carers, their children (age 8-11), and teachers at mainstream primary schools in London participated by completing the RATE-C Questionnaires; 48 participated in the group treatment following which the Questionnaires were readministered together with a semistructured interview.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The intervention had a completion rate of 92%. Postgroup interviews supported the acceptability of a direct intervention with young children. Reliability of the RATE-C Total scores was excellent for parent/carer, child, and teacher ratings; postintervention parent/carer ratings indicated significant improvement on scales of attention, emotion, and conduct with medium to large effect.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results support the reliability of the RATE-C Scales, and feasibility and acceptability of the RAPID intervention.
authors.affiliation: King's College London, United Kingdom. susan.young@kcl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*