May 2000
ADHD/ADD Treatment
Follow-Up Study
Even though, after treating ADHD children and their families for years it was clear that CAER treatment was very effective; it was finally time to do a systematic quantitative follow-up study. The results strongly support my clinical impression that CAER makes dramatic improvements in all aspects of the constellation of symptoms comprising ADHD/ADD, without the use of medications. It should be noted that these are some of the most difficult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder children around. Parents don't spend the time and money to fly to Spokane until they have exhausted all closer and cheaper alternatives. Over the last 2 years (98, 99) I saw 74 children, and their families, who could be clearly diagnosed as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Their ages ranged from 6 to 17 years. Seventy six percent were males the balance females. Ninety six percent had previously been treated with psychotropic medications, such as Ritalin, Cylert, Adderall, Dexedrine, Chlonadine, Paxil, etc. We were able to contact 49 parents by telephone to administer a short questionnaire about the effects of CAER treatment on their attention deficit hyperactivity disorder child. Only families 6 months or more post- treatment were contacted to reduce the possibility of the results being distorted in the positive direction a short-term placebo or honey-moon-effect. All families were treated with three intensive multi-hour treatment sessions over three days.
These results were achieved before the use of my new online follow-up treatment technology for the whole family, WebCAER. Though it is still too new to assess the results of WebCAER, it is very likely to significantly improve the effectiveness of my treatment program.
