ADHD: Medication and Achievement
John Wills Lloyd, Ph.D. (University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education) had an interesting post early this week on the relationship between ADHD meds and achievement in math and reading.
Writing in Pediatrics Richard M. Scheffler and colleagues reported that elementary-aged children who took medication for ADHD had higher mathematics and reading scores than their unmedicated peers with ADHD.
Dr. Lloyd looks briefly at the strengths and flaws of the study. I guessing there will be more to come on this issue (both information and controversy), though research will take time.
