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ATTENTION DEFICIT / HYPERACTIVITY DISorder (ADHD)Only 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
ADHD is considered to be a disorder that interferes with a child’s ability to do well at school. The National Institute of Mental Health indicates that 20%-30% of children with ADHD have a learning disability. Learning Disabilities can appear in preschool children as problems in understanding sounds or words or having a hard time using words to express themselves. School age children with learning disabilities can have difficulty in reading, spelling, writing and/or arithmetic. One of the most well known learning disability is dyslexia, a reading disability ( Bailey, 2009 ).
Aim of the work :The aim of this work is to evaluate the role of rehabilitation programs of learning disabilities on children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD ) children, and compare the effect of pharmacological treatment, rehabilitation program of learning disabilities, and both together on children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD ) children.
Subjects and Methods
Subjects: This study was conducted on a sample of 30 ADHD children between the ages of 5.5 to 8.5 years, attending the Units of Phoniatrics in Ain Shams University Hospital and Zagazig University Hospital.
These children demonstrated skills below the performance range expected for their age on pretest measures and school assessments.
A group of 30 children in the same age range was serve as a normal control group. These children had normal cognitive abilities, average literacy development, and no history of speech or language difficulties. They were divided as 10 children in the age range 5.5 to 6.5 years, 10 children in the age range 6.5 to 7.5 years, and 10 children in the age range 7.5 to 8.5 years.
The ADHD children were divided as follows:
1. 10 children received pharmacological treatment .
2. 10 children received the language-based training program.
3. 10 children received both the language-based training program and pharmacological treatment.
They were trained or treated or both for 6 months then the results were compared.
Patients meet the DSM-IV criteria for ADHD (American Psychiatric Association, 1994)
Results
After testing the control groups with age ranged (5.5-8.5y) (mean =7) with dividing them in to 3 equal groups in age , and recording their testing as normal , the ADHD children tested per/ post study.
The 1st group exposed for pharmacological treatment; their pretest was low in comparison for same age groups.
There were increased result of post test by about 10-30%(mean=20) in their tests .
In group 2 children remediated by rehabilitation program and pretests were done and were low for normal control group in same age.
The posttests were elevated by about 20-30%(mean=25%) .
In group 3 children remediated by rehabilitation program and pretests were done and were low for normal control group in same age.
The posttests were elevated by about 30-40%(mean=30%).
After comparing the results of 3 groups ; there were no significant deference in pretests result. There was high significant deffernece in post-tests result except in Stanford Binnet Intelligence Scale “4th Arabic version”.
There were no significant deference between male and female children.
Interpretation : The rehabilitation programs of learning disabilities on children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD ) children produce better result in treatment especially after adding pharmacological treatment.
Recommendations : The rehabilitation programs of learning disabilities and pharmacological treatment were recommended for treating children with ADHD, but further studies were recommended for more evaluation.