The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of clay plastic activity on ADHD children who tend to get out of their seats and have inattentive problems at the same time.
ADHD children were selected by 9 items regarding attention deficit of...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of clay plastic activity on ADHD children who tend to get out of their seats and have inattentive problems at the same time.
ADHD children were selected by 9 items regarding attention deficit of DSM-IV and over 6 items among 9 items regarding hyperactivity disorder and impulse, who continued at least six months in existence, according to the DSM-IV diagnostic standard published by APA in 1994. After DSM-IV testing, three of many children were sampled to have characteristics of ADHD children. They showed problems in 9 out of 14 items in an assessment paper which Asher created and ayoo Mun-wha reconstructed.
The subjects were three ADHD children in the first grade of B elementary school in Jeongeub, Jeonbuk. They were given 22 kinds of clay plastic activity projects 4 times a week from May 13, 2004 to July 13, 2004. During these projects, subjects were measured for 20 minutes of the early part of every second class by the researcher and the two general teachers.
The conclusions of this study were as follows:
First, the clay Plastic activities decreased getting out of their seats of all subjects and disturbing the class.
Second, the clay plastic activities made the children pay attention in class instead of wandering around as they used to do. Of the children studied, two of them showed decreased frequency of playing and talking to friends nearby while the other showed no behavioral change, but kept bothering students as he had done before the study.
As a result of the study, suggestions can be drawn as follows:
First, Clay plastic activity improved ADHD children's classroom behavior. Further study in this area can lead to better ways to deal with ADHD classroom behavioral problems.
Second, although the clay plastic activity was effective on decreasing classroom behavioral problems other programs must be created to improve ADHD children in a classroom of regular students.
Third, It is known that ADHD children have many classroom problems, but the parents of these children don't understand it completely and the teaching methods associated with it. New programs need to be created for both the parents and teachers rather than for only the ADHD child, so he can be successful in school.