The Effects of Family-centered Structured Games using Lego Bricks on the Impulsiveness of Children with Attention Deficit and Hayperactivity disorder

Background and Aim : One of The most common symptoms of Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder is lack of impulsivity, due to the inactivity of behavioral inhibition system that is associated with the ability to self-regulation, analysis and synthesis of behavior, goal-directed behavior, problem solving, and cross-temporal organization.so the aim of this study was to study the effectiveness of family-centered structured games using Lego bricks on the impulsiveness of Children with Attention Deficit and HyperactivityMethods : The research method was a pretest-posttest test with control group in this study. The statistical society of this study included all children aged 7 to 9 are at a rehabilitation center in Tehran. For this purpose, 30 children were selected by available sampling. Child Behavior Checklist (Achenbach, 2001) was used to evaluate the impulsiveness. The experimental group participated in family-centered structured games using Lego bricks in 16 sessions for 60 minutes.Results : The obtained data were analyzed by using Analysis of Covariance. The results showed that family-centered structured games using Lego bricks had a significant effect(EF=0.82)on the impulsiveness of the participating children (P< 0.01).Conclusion : At the end, using Family-centered Structured Games using Lego Bricks for improving resiliency of Children with Attention Deficit and Hayperactivity was discussed. Further discussions as well as suggestions for future research were presented.

Keywords:

family-centered , Lego bricks , Impulsiveness , Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder