Cogmed have been used to training ADHD children.

the game should be interesting, and it should be short I suppose.

I would recommed  to include go-nogo task (or other tasks tapping inhibition, cognitive control)   as an alternativetraining task in the training program.

Dear Zsuzsanna Farcas:

I think there is one important issue you shoul consider in your investigation. It is the concept of "point of performance"  (Barkley, 2006) in describing ADHD difficulties. Most of them, including deficits in working memory are context and task dependent. So i think it is important in investigation to decide what variables are we going to measure, because maybe there can be a lot of imrpvmentas in working memory (measured in laboratory tasks) and the daily diffciulties continue the same. 

Trainnig working memory may not imporved those difficulties. So, in my opinio, all programms of trainnig this ou other executive function sgoul inlcude trannig parents and teachers to help in "the point of perfomrmance". 

Kind regards

Ana 

Working memory training has been shown to have effective near transfer (so individuals improve at similar working memory tasks), and even to favourably change neural networks associated with working memory (see the work of Duncan Astle), however so far there is little evidence that these effects have any positive impact on day-to-day functioning. 

Regarding types of working memory, the literature generally shows visuo-spatial working memory to have a greater relationship with ADHD symptoms than verbal working memory.

You may want to review the attached, most comprehensive review of WM training for children with ADHD. It also provides a conceptual background for understanding why particular programs like Cogmed fail to improve far transfer measures (the most important ones) other than those reported by unblinded observers. The central executive functions of WM appear to be much more important to target relative to the subcomponent short-term PH/VS storage/rehearsal processes targeted by current training programs. Best wishes with your research.

In addition to these excellent comments, you might also be interested in reading the outcome of a meta-analysis from a letter to the editor we send to PLOS ONE titled: "Does Cogmed Working Memory Training Really Improve Inattention in Daily Life? A Reanalysis" (see first link below).

For the use of game techniques in WM training you might want to read this article: "Improving Executive Functioning in Children with ADHD: Training Multiple Executive Functions within the Context of a Computer Game. A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo Controlled Trial" (see second link below)

Best wishes

http://www.plosone.org/annotation/listThread.action?root=85992

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0121651

Thank you, the articles you sent me are very helpful. 

No problem,  my pleasure. 

I would also recommend this article in addition to the others mentioned above.

Kind regards, Per

Article RCT of working memory training in ADHD: long-term near-trans...