Many children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) also have sensory processing difficulties, yet there are few evidence-based interventions that target both. We explored the feasibility of a 4-week group intervention using “How Does Your Engine Run?”^®—The Alert Program for Self-Regulation (AP) for children with ADHD and sensory processing difficulties. Sixteen children (aged 8–12 years) and their parents were randomly assigned to an active treatment or a delayed treatment control group. The AP taught families to recognize child arousal states and to use sensorimotor strategies to manage levels of alertness. Parent-reported ratings of child outcomes were completed at pre-treatment, post-treatment, and 3-month follow-up. Treatment acceptability and satisfaction were high. Compared to pre-treatment and control group, large effects were found in which families increased their knowledge and use of sensorimotor strategies, and improved child ADHD symptoms after participating in the AP, and these effects were maintained at 3-month follow-up. Families that reported greater knowledge and use of strategies were those with children that had greater underresponsive/sensory seeking profiles and those with children with greater conduct problems. This study shows preliminary support for the AP for children with ADHD and sensory processing difficulties, to be further examined with larger sample sizes and methodological enhancements.

许多患有注意力缺陷/多动障碍（ADHD）的儿童也有感觉处理困难，但是很少有针对两者的循证干预措施。我们使用“您的引擎如何运行？”探讨了为期4周的小组干预的可行性。^®-针对患有多动症和感觉处理困难的儿童的自我调节警报程序（AP）。16名儿童（8至12岁）及其父母被随机分配为积极治疗或延迟治疗对照组。美联社教会家庭认识儿童的唤醒状态，并运用感觉运动策略来管理警觉水平。在治疗前，治疗后和3个月的随访中完成了父母报告的对儿童结局的评估。治疗的可接受性和满意度很高。与治疗前和对照组相比，发现较大的效果是，家庭在参加AP后增加了他们的知识和感觉运动策略的使用，并改善了儿童ADHD症状，并在随访3个月后保持了这些效果。报告了更多知识和使用策略的家庭是那些孩子的儿童的反应不足/感觉寻求特征更大，而那些孩子的行为问题更大。这项研究显示了对患有多动症和感官加工困难的儿童的AP的初步支持，将通过更大的样本量和方法上的改进来进一步检查。