PSY 375 Project One Milestone (2) (1)

.docx

School

Southern New Hampshire University *

*We aren’t endorsed by this school

Course

375

Subject

Psychology

Date

Dec 6, 2023

Type

docx

Pages

Uploaded by AgentSummer13194

PSY 375 Project One Milestone ● S pecialty: The clinical specialty that I chose is attention. I chose this because my attention has changed because I am currently in school and working full time. There are many people in my life who have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). I also picked this because working in a school system as an occupational therapy assistant I see a lot of children with an inability to attend. I would like to know more about this and provide my knowledge to increase awareness. ● T arget P opulation: The target population that my clinic will provide services for is school-aged children. I decided to focus on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children ages three to ten. “ ADHD is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood” (CDC, 2023). This disorder can hinder the child's ability to learn, control impulsive behaviors, and attend to tasks. ● The p rimary source provided: “ Attention Training for School-Aged Children With ADHD: Results of an Open Trial” (Tamm et al., 2010) focuses on whether Pay Attention! is an effective intervention that tests sustained, selective, alternative, and divided attention in a clinical setting on children diagnosed with ADHD. With ADHD being the most known for child behavior,

the most important goal is to find ways to enhance the attention of these children. 23 school-aged children with ADHD participated in 16 sessions of Pay Attention! They used measurements of a rating scale such as a 4-point Likert-type scale, a behavior rating inventory of executive function, a consumer satisfaction rating scale, and neurological measures (Tamm et al., 2010). The results of this study were that the intervention was attainable and accepted by the children who participated. Each child showed fewer ADHD symptoms after the intervention and parents reported improvements in executive and working memory. In conclusion, this study has shown that the intervention of Pay Attention! shows no improvements in areas such as attention and executive functioning deficits in ADHD (Tamm et al., 2010). ● The primary source of your choice: The article “Sleep and Attention in Children With ADHD and Typically Developing Peers” (Waldon et al., 2015) discusses about the relationship between sleep and attention in both typically developing (TD) children and children with ADHD. 50 children (25 with ADHD and 25 without) from ages 6 to 12 were studied in sleep and attention (Waldon et al., 2015). The measurements that were used to measure attention were Conners’ Parent Rating-Scale-Revised: Long Version and the Attention Network Test-Interaction (ANT-I). ANT-I objectively measures alerting, orienting, and executive attention (Waldon et al., 2015). As for sleep it was objectively measured by using actigraphy. The results of this study were that children with ADHD showed poor alerting and executive attention on the ANT-I, and also poor parent-reported attention. “ In addition, poor sleep predicted performance on alerting attention for children with ADHD

Your preview ends here

Eager to read complete document? Join bartleby learn and gain access to the full version

Access to all documents
Unlimited textbook solutions
24/7 expert homework help

Recommended textbooks for you

Ciccarelli: Psychology_5 (5th Edition)

Psychology

ISBN:9780134477961

Author:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White

Publisher:PEARSON

Cognitive Psychology

Psychology

ISBN:9781337408271

Author:Goldstein, E. Bruce.

Publisher:Cengage Learning,

Introduction to Psychology: Gateways to Mind and ...

Psychology

ISBN:9781337565691

Author:Dennis Coon, John O. Mitterer, Tanya S. Martini

Publisher:Cengage Learning

Psychology in Your Life (Second Edition)

Psychology

ISBN:9780393265156

Author:Sarah Grison, Michael Gazzaniga

Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company

Cognitive Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research a...

Psychology

ISBN:9781285763880

Author:E. Bruce Goldstein

Publisher:Cengage Learning

Theories of Personality (MindTap Course List)

Psychology

ISBN:9781305652958

Author:Duane P. Schultz, Sydney Ellen Schultz

Publisher:Cengage Learning

SEE MORE TEXTBOOKS

Recommended textbooks for you

Ciccarelli: Psychology_5 (5th Edition)
Psychology
ISBN:9780134477961
Author:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White
Publisher:PEARSON
Cognitive Psychology
Psychology
ISBN:9781337408271
Author:Goldstein, E. Bruce.
Publisher:Cengage Learning,
Introduction to Psychology: Gateways to Mind and ...
Psychology
ISBN:9781337565691
Author:Dennis Coon, John O. Mitterer, Tanya S. Martini
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Psychology in Your Life (Second Edition)
Psychology
ISBN:9780393265156
Author:Sarah Grison, Michael Gazzaniga
Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company
Cognitive Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research a...
Psychology
ISBN:9781285763880
Author:E. Bruce Goldstein
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Theories of Personality (MindTap Course List)
Psychology
ISBN:9781305652958
Author:Duane P. Schultz, Sydney Ellen Schultz
Publisher:Cengage Learning