Games as a Method of Neuropsychological Correction in Preschool Children with ADDH

Abstract

According to psychological and neuropsychological research of pre-school age is the age of significant changes and transformations. Attention deficit disorder is one of developmental syndromes frequently detected at pre-school age. The present study shows the results of neuropsychological correction based on the method of game activity designed for individual therapeutic sessions. The method of qualitative neuropsychological clinical analysis is applied. The subjects of the study were Mexican pre-school children with diagnostic of ADDH. The previous neuropsychological assessment showed the necessity of inclusion of specific methods of correction for formation not only of strategies of regulation and control but also of spatial functions in population of children with ADDH at pre-school age. The assessment accomplished after program application showed significant positive differences in psychological activity of the children. We discuss the possibility of the usage of game paradigm as an alternative method instead of common medication in cases of ADDH.