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Abstract Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has more than doubled since 1990 leading to a boom in the disorder or a high rate of misdiagnosed patients. Much controversy has surfaced about the way this disorder is diagnosed and the medication used to control it. Even though Ritalin has shown success in treating the disorder, other approaches like parent training and behavior modification should be tried to reduce the use of Ritalin or to cut the use of the drug completely. Evidence does show that behavior programs are effective when combined with Ritalin. Since the exact cause of this disorder is not known, this research intends to examine different treatment approaches. What will be done in this study is an observation of the participants’ behavior according to their stimulus to find which shows the most improvement in controlling the symptoms of ADHD. It is hypothesized that the results will show that behavior modification, along with a dosage of medication every other day, will be the most effective form of treatment to solving ADHD. Introduction Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder once known as MBD (minimal brain dysfunction) is now more commonly known as ADHD. ADHD is a disorder in which a person