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PSY 375 Project One Hope & Wellness Center Here at the Hope & Wellness Center, we work with children and families who suffer from Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) and other attention disorders. Our mission is to provide training and support to reduce symptoms of ADHD outside of medication therapy. These other therapies include technology-based cognitive interventions, physical interventions, motor skills, and executive functioning in children with ADHD and other attention disorders. School-aged children with ADHD and other attention disorders often suffer from a lack of impulse control, ability to learn, fidgeting, forgetfulness, behavior outbursts, and much more. These can have long-term effects that can last long into adulthood if not treated properly. One's executive functioning, processing time, and reaction time are all cognitive processes hindered by ADHD and other attention disorders (Coghill et al., 2018). Interventions outside of medication therapy can help improve these cognitive processes by increasing the child’s executive

functioning and attention. By increasing these cognitive processing skills children can make great improvements in their overall quality of life throughout childhood and adulthood. According to a recent study, called Pay Attention! it focuses on improving many areas of attention like selective, alternative, and divided attention in a clinical setting for children diagnosed with ADHD and other attention disorders. Another study shows that sleep and attention go hand in hand in children suffering from ADHD and those who are not. Showing the importance of a proper night's sleep for school- aged children to learn and attend school. “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 article “Sleep and Attention in Children With ADHD and Typically Developing Peers” (Waldon et al., 2015) discusses 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 and TD children, whereas the interaction between poor sleep and ADHD diagnosis predicted executive attention scores” (Waldon et al., 2015) . In conclusion, it is important to be sure that children get the proper amount of sleep to optimize their attention span, it is especially important for children with ADHD. Pay Attention! is based on information processing theory. Information processing theory is a cognitive development study that explains how information is processed into our memory (Bouchrika, 2023). We can look past other important information while we are focused on one spacific thing. For a child with ADHD, their attention is hindered by many things. We can lessen

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this impact of ADHD by applying attention training and knowing the importance of information processing training. References Bouchrika, I. (2023, November 10). What is information processing theory? stages, models & limitations . Research.com. https://research.com/education/what-is-information-processing- theory Coghill, D. R., Banaschewski, T., Bliss, C., Robertson, B., & Zuddas, A. (2018, January). Cognitive function of children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in a 2-year open-label study of Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate . CNS drugs. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5843702/ Tamm, L., Hughes, C., Ames, L., Pickering, J., Silver, C. H., Stavinoha, P., Castillo, C. L., Rintelmann, J., Moore, J., Foxwell, A., Bolanos, S. G., Hines, T., Nakonezny, P. A., & Emslie, G. (2010). Attention training for school-aged children with ADHD: Results of an open trial. Journal of Attention Disorders , 14 (1), 86–94. https://doi.org/10.1177/1087054709347446 Waldon, J., Vriend, J., Davidson, F., & Corkum, P. (2015). Sleep and attention in children with ADHD and typically ... - sage journals . Sage Jounals. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1087054715575064

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