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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

EEG neurofeedback, adolescents ADHD, family dynamic, trail-blazing

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Psychology

Abstract

I received an ORCA award in December of 1999. At the time, my proposal dealt with family dynamic influences on EEG neurofeedback treatement of adolescents with ADHD. This was a multidisciplinary effort, and, to my knowledge, research of this sort had not been conducted before. Though I felt a genuine excitement at the beginning, I soon realized that I had bitten off a coordination and research effort bigger than I could chew. I had to rely on a local psychologist that I was working with for help in recruiting patients, as well as for use of his facilities and equipment, and I soon realized that he had become disinterested in the project and was not willing to further pursue collaborating with me. The final obstacle in completing the project was that my thesis advisor, Rosalie Pratt, on whom I was heavily relying for support and direction, experience kidney failure, and became unable to continue advising me on the project. Dr. Pratt was undoubtedly the support that I needed to overcome the blow from the psychologist with whom I was working. I therefore felt that I was paralyzed in my efforts and began talking with the ORCA office in pursuit of another project.

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