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Literature Review of Play Therapy Intervention for Children with ADHD

2012; Volume: 50; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.6115/khea.2012.50.5.125

2234-2818

Jinah Choi,

Children's Physical and Motor Development

The purpose of this study was to analyze the research literature on play therapy intervention for children with ADHD.Thirty-nine studies, conducted from 1995 to 2010, were analyzed.The results of the literature review are as follows: The most commonly studied subjects were elementary school children in grades 1-3.The most common subject selection method was to select ADHD tendency children.The most typical intervention setting used was a counseling center.The most frequent intervention was 11-15 sessions of group counseling.Pre-post experimentalcontrol research designs were the most commonly used.In the analyzed studies, play therapy-game play therapy, CBPT, CCPT, sand play therapy, and theraplay-was used for ADHD children.The studies found that game play therapy and cognitive-behavior play therapy are effective for improving ADHD children's attention, impulsiveness, and self-control.The major game play therapy activities used were dart games, "Simon says" games, fishing games, dominoes, Jenga, Beat the Clock, the board game "Stop," and "Ice, break., ice, break."Based on these findings, this article presents implications and discussion for play therapy intervention for ADHD children.