Cognitive behavioral intervention programs for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Description

This book attempts to alleviate the scarcity of information on cognitive-behavioral intervention programs for children with ADHD, applicable to the school setting.

In the first part of this book you will find a list of some of the cognitive-behavioral programs designed for the treatment of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

In the second part you will have a complete and detailed manual of a cognitive-behavioral intervention program specially designed for application in the school setting for children with ADHD from 6 to 12 years of age.

This program has been designed to be applied in 30 individual and group sessions in which techniques such as:

– Self-instructional training – Self-reporting

– Self-assessment of the initial situation, sessions and progress made

– Attributional training

– Positive individual and collective self-reinforcement

– Token economy and social reinforcement

– Cognitive and academic problem-solving training

– Training in discrimination of feelings

– Training in interpretation and social problem solving

– Relaxation training

– Turtle Technique

– Star of the week

– Cotherapists

– Program for generalization of learned strategies to the classroom.

The book includes a detailed description of each of the sessions with three models of worksheets and materials for their application at three different levels of difficulty, the therapist’s instructions, self-evaluation and self-reinforcement sheets, a list of the materials to be used and a summary table of the sessions.

Text in Spanish.