The Effectiveness of Behavioral Therapy Programs in Improving Social Interaction for Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Kindergarten

Abstract

This research aims to determine the impact of the behavioral therapy program on the development of social interaction for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in kindergarten, using the quasi-experimental method, based on a pre- and post-experiment design for one group, and the research sample consists of (14) children, and they were chosen on nonrandomly , children diagnosed with ADHD were distributed into two groups based on their mental age (intelligence). The first group contains (6) children in the early childhood center (Narjis) in Sulaymaniyah, the second group contains (8) children in the primary school (Sarshaqm) from special classes.‏ The Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Scale (prepared by the researcher) was used to determine the level of disorder for the research model, then a behavioural treatment program consisting of 22 sessions was implemented, and after the program they were also measured in terms of attention deficit and hyperactivity to determine the difference in levels of disorder before and after the program.‏ The ( SPSS) program was also used to analyze the results.  The results showed that the behavioral treatment program had a high impact on the social development of the research example, and it had a high effect in reducing the symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder