The Family-Centered Efficacy of Cognitive-Behavioural and Motor Treatment on Clinical Symptoms and Executive Functions In ADHD Children

Abstract

This study was to investigated the efficacy of the family base-integrative program designing of cognitive behavioral and motor therapy on clinical symptoms and executive functions in elementary school children with (ADHD). Thereafter 44 children (22 experimental group, 22 control group) were selected through purposive sampling method and parents of experimental group underwent 40 sessions of integrative therapy. CANTAB and IVA tests were administered as the pre-test and post-test for the children in experimental and control groups. The results which were supported by MANCOVA revealed that applying the family base-integrative therapy was effective in the reduction of the symptoms of hyperactivity and attention deficit (of clinical symptoms) and improve of the shifting and flexibility of attention, spatial span, spatial working memory and spatial planning (of executive functions), but there was not effective impulsiveness of clinical symptoms and motor control and planning of executive functions. This study confirmed that the family-centered integrative program of cognitive behavioral and motor therapy has a positive effect on clinical symptoms and executive functions in children with ADHD.