This isn't defunct in any way. To the contrary. I've been diagnosed with ADHD myself and creating an environment that is accommodating to my individual needs has absolutely been in line with what experts recommended to be, and it's been a corner stone of my success.
CBT teaches you to evaluate how to shape the environments your living in so that you can benefit the most from your resources and weaknesses and suffer the least from your weaknesses. For some people, this can include taking stimulants, and this is where I do not condone your parent comment's undertone. Nevertheless, it's been proven over and over again that the rigid system that we call schools does not welcome neuro-atypical students and that we could do a lot more to help those who do not react well to stimulants, who do not want to use them (for whatever individual reason), or simply haven't been diagnosed yet! Allowing for movement instead of forcing to suppress it is a very good example for what could be done. One shouldn't make the mistake to think that this alone would be enough for every single child with ADHD, though. But for some, it could be enough.
CBT teaches you to evaluate how to shape the environments your living in so that you can benefit the most from your resources and weaknesses and suffer the least from your weaknesses. For some people, this can include taking stimulants, and this is where I do not condone your parent comment's undertone. Nevertheless, it's been proven over and over again that the rigid system that we call schools does not welcome neuro-atypical students and that we could do a lot more to help those who do not react well to stimulants, who do not want to use them (for whatever individual reason), or simply haven't been diagnosed yet! Allowing for movement instead of forcing to suppress it is a very good example for what could be done. One shouldn't make the mistake to think that this alone would be enough for every single child with ADHD, though. But for some, it could be enough.