| Interactive metronome therapy is one of the | | | | Interactive Metronome program were simply too |
| many ADHD treatments that have a history of | | | | tedious for most children with ADHD to complete. |
| mixed results. I had a friend whose children went | | | | I was surprised by her response so I did a |
| through the program and she found that it helped | | | | literature search on the treatment. I only found |
| her children tremendously. The treatment consists | | | | two studies in the literature about ADHD and |
| of a computer program that gives you cues that | | | | Metronome therapy. One study performed on |
| you must respond to in a set amount of time. | | | | about 50 boys in 2001 found that the "Interactive |
| The response time is assessed and the patient is | | | | Metronome training appears to facilitate a number |
| given feedback in order to improve their response | | | | of capacities, including attention, motor control, |
| time. | | | | and selected academic skills, in boys with ADHD." |
| Occupational Therapist (OT) are trained to | | | | Another study done on about 12 children with |
| administer the Interactive Metronome therapy | | | | mixed attention and motor coordination disorders |
| and while many swear by the program, there are | | | | found that the Interactive Metronome training |
| other OTs who feel that other computer based | | | | may improve deficits in visual motor control and |
| cognitive programs, such as Cogmed, are more | | | | speed, but appeared to have little effect on |
| effective for the treatment of ADHD. One OT | | | | sustained attention. Both of these studies were |
| that I spoke with felt that, for many children with | | | | small and the patients were not categorized as |
| ADHD, the 30 minute sessions, several times a | | | | primarily Hyperactive/Impulsive, combined type, |
| week that were required to complete the | | | | or Primarily Inattentive. |