Program Profile: Challenging Horizons Program - Mentoring Version (CHP-Mentoring)

This is a school-based intervention designed to help students with ADHD develop, practice, and generalize academic and social skills by using volunteer mentors to deliver skills training to students.

Evidence Rating: Ineffective | One study

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This is a school-based intervention designed to help students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) develop, practice, and generalize academic and social skills by using volunteer mentors to deliver skills training to students. This program is rated as Ineffective. Academic functioning and parent/teacher ratings of student behavior reflecting ADHD symptoms did not differ statistically significantly for youths in the intervention group, compared with the control group.

An Ineffective rating implies that implementing the program is unlikely to result in the intended outcome(s).

This program's rating is based on evidence that includes at least one high-quality randomized controlled trial.

Date Created: July 17, 2024
Program Snapshot

Age: 10 - 14

Gender: Male, Female

Race/Ethnicity: White, Black, Hispanic, Other

Geography: Suburban Urban Rural

Setting (Delivery): School

Program Type: Academic Skills Enhancement, Conflict Resolution/Interpersonal Skills, Mentoring

Current Program Status: Active