Child Centered Play Therapy
The Effectiveness of Child Centered Play Therapy: A Non-Pharmaceutical Treatment Option for School-Aged Children Diagnosed with ADHD. William Wilson
Wilmington University
SOC 340-B1D02
August 19, 2011
Abstract
Two research methods - an experiment and survey - were used to answer the research question asked: “How effective is Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT)? A non-pharmaceutical treatment option for school-aged children diagnosed with ADHD”. This paper is set up to show an example of the possible result of a research conducted to show the effectiveness of CCPT. Within the experiment a host of 20 school-aged children were to be used with 10 variables being boys and 10 variables being girls. All variables used were between 7 - 14 years of age.
The second method selected - a survey - was a written questionnaire that would be distributed by a physician’s office that treats children with ADHD. The written questionnaire would consist of a host of questions pertaining to children and their current treatments of ADHD.
Introduction
What is ADHD? ADHD is – Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder -, a disorder that can be prevalent in children as well as adults. ADHD is known as an emotional & behavioral disorder with hyperactivity. According to Golden (2009), ADHD - Attention - Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is "the most common emotional, cognitive, and behavioral disorder treated in youth" (p. 325). Ehrlich and Schroeder (2004), argues ADHD is characterized by a short attention span and impulsive behavior (p. 292). Furthermore, Borg (2009) found that ADHD effects 3 to 5 percent of school-aged children, the majority of children effected are boys (p. 325). Furthermore, the CDC (2011) argues that the state of Delaware has the highest prevalent ADHD cases with 14.1% of children suffering from ADHD state wide while Arizona and Idaho have the lowest prevalent cases of ADHD in
Wilmington University
SOC 340-B1D02
August 19, 2011
Abstract
Two research methods - an experiment and survey - were used to answer the research question asked: “How effective is Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT)? A non-pharmaceutical treatment option for school-aged children diagnosed with ADHD”. This paper is set up to show an example of the possible result of a research conducted to show the effectiveness of CCPT. Within the experiment a host of 20 school-aged children were to be used with 10 variables being boys and 10 variables being girls. All variables used were between 7 - 14 years of age.
The second method selected - a survey - was a written questionnaire that would be distributed by a physician’s office that treats children with ADHD. The written questionnaire would consist of a host of questions pertaining to children and their current treatments of ADHD.
Introduction
What is ADHD? ADHD is – Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder -, a disorder that can be prevalent in children as well as adults. ADHD is known as an emotional & behavioral disorder with hyperactivity. According to Golden (2009), ADHD - Attention - Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is "the most common emotional, cognitive, and behavioral disorder treated in youth" (p. 325). Ehrlich and Schroeder (2004), argues ADHD is characterized by a short attention span and impulsive behavior (p. 292). Furthermore, Borg (2009) found that ADHD effects 3 to 5 percent of school-aged children, the majority of children effected are boys (p. 325). Furthermore, the CDC (2011) argues that the state of Delaware has the highest prevalent ADHD cases with 14.1% of children suffering from ADHD state wide while Arizona and Idaho have the lowest prevalent cases of ADHD in
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