More than child’s play: the potential benefits of play-based interventions for young children with ADHD
More than child’s play: the potential benefits of play-based interventions for young children with ADHD By: Nina Giancola December 31st, 2020 With 'play-based interventions' children learn to express their feelings and learn better strategies in order to manage their disability and improve their developmental functions. Engaging in play serves a critical role in children's social and cognitive development. Since ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder, it causes slower brain development. Engaging in direct play could serve a potential role in advancing these children's development as well as serve a role in improving ADHD's long-term issues. Instead of playing with a therapist, treatment for children with ADHD should facilitate neural and social development through play with parents, siblings, and peers. Programs of play have been developed for these children that target skills such as inhibitory control, working memory, and motor coordination. The way children pla...
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ReplyDeleteThe research that I conducted, helped me learn that not only can play, be physical but it can also be an educational video game. And, within that, video games can also aid in the behavioral change in kids and help them eat better, or be more physically active.
ReplyDeleteThis will allow me to realize that kids are more difficult than we expected. And that their play has a major impact on their development and happiness. In the future, this will help me not only with my children, but also with my siblings and the children I work with when it comes down to babysitting.
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