Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-01T18:08:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 luiz_felipe_oliveira_andrade.pdf: 731813 bytes, checksum: f7b31cf46bfa3c538fd7c698bdc7c4e1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-05-30 / It is evident nowadays the over-diagnosis of hyperactivity. Our survey in CAPSi (Center of Psychosocial Care of Children and Adolescents ) found the using of "imperative " or "imperative child " to name these children . The hyperactive functioning can be elucidated by psychoanalysis reading which highlights the various levels at which the imperative reaches the subject. This can be done by the adherence to the sub - line search: Limits, boundaries and addressments between mother and child of Nanette Zmeri Frej. As the Freudian Aufhebung movement presented by Frej (2003), the first boundary will structure the self as distinct from the object and the functions of Attention and Motricity (axes in the diagnosis of hyperactivity disorder). Another limit to this movement can be situated on the Oedipus Complex that interdicts the incest and regulates human relationships. This limit will also have influence on Attenction, Mobility and above all on the conduct, which could be transgressive. (Another diagnosis axe). These considerations have approached us the way professionals understand the CAPSi, a hyperactive child and its treatment. This approach was also possible through semi-structured interviews to professionals who work with children diagnosed asking these professionals about their concept about the problem and how they treat them.We found that hyperactivity of children deal with the problems of the first boundaries that distinguish the self from the external world and self-other as seen in the absence of addressment, since " they don t stop " and many of the hyperactivity and conduct disorders represent conflicts of children and adolescents with Oedipal Law, exemplified in the statements reported by professionals: " Teach me to be quiet ! " "to be obedient! " We identify in one hand the disciplinary interventions, expressed in "setting limits" to the children and on the other hand the CAPSi´s staff attempting to account for the constitutive limits of children, making a subject hypothesis to them and also considering their addressments to their Other. Finally, we note how important is the CAPSi not be guided through imperatives of productivity up to the point of forgetting the limits of their interventions and the need of interdisciplinary and territory networking performance otherwise the CAPSi could become hyperactive itself. / Partimos da evidência no discurso contemporâneo do excesso de diagnóstico de hiperatividade. Nossa pesquisa realizada em CAPSi (Centro de Atenção Psicossocial Infanto-Juvenil) constatou a utilização do termo Imperativo ou criança imperativa para nomear essas crianças. O funcionamento hiperativo pode se beneficiar da leitura da psicanálise, que destaca os diversos níveis em que o imperativo atinge o sujeito. Isto foi possível a partir de nossa adesão a sublinha de pesquisa Limites, fronteiras e endereçamentos entre mãe e criança de Nanette Zmeri Frej. Conforme o movimento da Aufhebung freudiana apresentado por Frej (2003), as primeiras fronteiras vão estruturar o eu como algo distinto do objeto e as funções da Atenção e da Motricidade (eixos no diagnóstico do transtorno da hiperatividade). Outro limite ao movimento pode ser situado no Complexo de Édipo que interdita o incesto e regula as relações humanas. Este limite também terá influência na Atenção, na Motricidade e, sobretudo na conduta, que pode ser transgressiva. (Forma outro eixo diagnóstico). Essas considerações contribuíram para nos aproximar do modo como os profissionais do CAPSi entendem uma criança hiperativa e seu tratamento. A aproximação se deu também através de entrevistas semi-estruturadas às profissionais que trabalham com as crianças que têm o diagnóstico pesquisado sobre a concepção que têm dessas crianças e o tratamento realizados com elas. Constatamos que a hiperatividade das crianças está relacionada aos problemas das primeiras fronteiras que distinguem o eu do mundo externo. Eu-outro como se vê em sua ausência de endereçamento, já que não param e que muito da hiperatividade e dos transtornos de conduta representam conflitos da criança e do adolescente com a Lei Edípica, exemplificados nas falas reportadas pelas profissionais: Me ensine a ficar quieto! A obedecer! Isso nos permite identificar que, ao lado das intervenções disciplinares, expressas no dar limites às crianças, as profissionais tentam dar conta dos limites constitutivos em suas intervenções, fazem hipóteses nas crianças de sujeito e consideram também os endereçamentos nas relações delas a seus Outros. Ao final, constatamos a importância do próprio CAPSi não ceder aos imperativos de produtividade e de esquecer dos limites de suas intervenções que precisa considerar a interdisciplinaridade e a atuação em Rede a fim de que ele próprio não fique hiperativo.

TITLE Physical activity and its impact on pupils with specific learning disabilities and behavior disabilities in normal education at primary school AUTHOR Lucie Muráriková SUPERVISOR PhDr. Martin Dlouhý, Ph.D. ABSTRACT This work is focusing on the specific learning and behavioral disabilities. The aim is to create several activity plans and exercise plans which could be used to determine the effect of physical activity on the work of students with learning disabilities and ADHD/ADD. My idea is that the physical activity should not only positively affect the overall quality of teaching, but should also serve very well in the reeducation of specific learning disabilities in children with ADHD and ADD. Pupils with specific learning disabilities should, after a certain period of this experiment, be showing significant changes in their results and knowledge. Pupils with the ADHD and ADD should be showing better results and knowledge due to the improving attention and at the same time the physical activity should influence their length of concentration, disturbance during lessons, or tendencies to aggression. I consulted a child psychologist and a special pedagogue during the creation of the plans and activities for reeducation. And during the observations of two groups - experimental and control - I collected...

Background. Emerging evidence suggests that youth with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may engage in sub-optimal health behaviors including high levels of screen time, low physical activity participation, and consumption of poor diets. These are independent risk factors for adverse health outcomes, and health-related behavior patterns established in childhood can track into adulthood. Thus, identifying and addressing dietary and physical activity habits in sub-populations of youth have important implications for health over the lifespan. The specific aims of this dissertation were to: (1) compare screen time between youth with and without ADHD and to assess its relationship to ADHD symptomatology; (2) compare participation in physical activity (PA) between adolescents with and without ADHD and to assess the relationship of PA participation to ADHD symptomatology; and (3) evaluate the association of diet quality and dietary patterns to ADHD symptomatology among youth ages 8-15 years. Methods. The aforementioned outcomes of interest were analyzed using data from the continuous National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2001-2004. These waves of NHANES included a structured DSM-IV-based interview administered to parents that identified youth with ADHD and also yielded symptom counts for hyperactivity/impulsivity and inattention. Screen time and physical activity data were obtained from questionnaires that queried the amount of time spent watching television, playing videos, or using the computer outside of school time, and also surveyed the types, frequency, and duration of PA in which youth participated. Diet quality and dietary patterns, which included consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), total calorie intake, and eating frequency, were obtained by a 24-hour dietary recall using the Automated Multiple Pass Method of interviewing. Linear and logistic regression models adjusted for sociodemographic factors and anxiety/depression were employed to address the specific aims. Results. The findings suggest that youth with ADHD are at the same, if not higher, risk for engaging in suboptimal health behaviors. Overall, youth participating in NHANES engaged in excessive amounts of screen time, failed to acquire sufficient physical activity, and consumed diets of poor quality. However, our findings suggest that ADHD symptomatology places youth at higher risk for sedentary behavior and poor diet quality. Relative to screen time, youth with ADHD showed a trend toward increased screen time, as did youth who took medication. ADHD symptoms were also associated with over two hours of daily TV viewing and overall increased screen time, and this was particularly true for children ages 8-11 years. Relative to physical activity, the outcomes did not differ between youth with and without ADHD, but the majority of youth did not meet the recommended guidelines of 60 minutes or more of moderate-to-vigorous PA each day. Diet quality was poor across the population of youth who participated in NHANES, and hyperactive/impulsive symptoms were associated with an even greater decrease in diet quality in both children and adolescents. In males, the presence of hyperactive/impulsive symptoms was associated with a decrease in diet quality, whereas in females, inattentive symptoms accounted for a decrease in diet quality. No differences in the other dietary patterns (i.e., SSB consumption, total energy intake, and eating frequency) were observed. Conclusions. The diagnosis of ADHD and/or its symptoms are associated with less-than-recommended levels of screen time and poor diet quality, though youth in general were found to be engaging in suboptimal sedentary, physical activity, and dietary behaviors. The mechanisms for why youth with ADHD may have increased vulnerability to poorer health behaviors are not yet well understood. The findings from this dissertation support the need for ongoing efforts to address lifestyle factors among the nation’s youth generally, but may also stimulate new hypotheses about the needs of youth with ADHD from both public health and clinical perspectives, and encourage research on the implications of ADHD symptomatology on health-related behaviors and lifestyle factors.

Problems of education of pupils with Attention Deficit Disorder from the view of their teachers Lenka Kny Primary school education is influenced by many factors, such as the composition of the team at school, the inclusion of pupils with special educational needs, the presence of a teaching assistent The diploma thesis focuses on the education of students with Attention Deficit Disorder. Diagnoses of ADHD (Hyperactivity) and ADD are presented mainly in terms of manifestations that affect the course of lessons. The issue of education pupils with Attention Deficit Disorder is approached from the point of view of teachers who have expressed how they perceive work with ADHD and ADD. The factors that influence the teaching of these pupils were also summarized and the teachers named support that could, according to them, make the whole teaching proces more efficient. Four case studies presented specific examples of the education of two pupils with ADHD and two with ADD and associated problems who are often educated with the support of a teaching assistant.Teachers, using the example of these pupils, summarized their findings, which can be applied in a wider range of education of pupils with Attention Deficit Disorder. The presence of selected pupils in teaching has slowed down the pace of education, it...

Le décrochage scolaire est un enjeu social important au Québec. En 2017, le taux de diplomation au secondaire était de 75 %. Même si ce rapport peut paraître élevé, il n’en demeure pas moins que près de 20 % des jeunes ne détiennent pas de diplôme d’études secondaires (DES) et que la cible de diplomation de 80 % du ministère de l’Éducation du Québec n’est toujours pas atteinte. Depuis 1994, 64 % des nouveaux emplois créés au Canada exigent un minimum de douze années de scolarité et plus de la moitié de ceux-ci en demande dix-sept. Afin de soutenir la réussite jusqu’à l’obtention d’un DES, il importe de prendre en compte le caractère complexe et multifactoriel du décrochage scolaire. À ce sujet, certains facteurs semblent jouer un rôle plus déterminant, notamment pour les jeunes présentant un TDA/H. En effet, certaines études ont rapporté des associations possibles entre le TDA/H et des trajectoires difficiles, pouvant aller jusqu’à l’incarcération. La présente recherche a pour objectif d’explorer le rôle des particularités de jeunes ayant un TDA/H dans le processus ayant mené au décrochage scolaire. Cette recherche exploratoire est basée sur des entretiens semi-dirigés effectués auprès de six adultes âgés de 18 à 30 ans qui ont un TDA/H et qui ont vécu une situation de décrochage scolaire. Les résultats indiquent qu’aucune particularité ne peut être ciblée comme l’unique cause du décrochage scolaire. Il s’agit plutôt d’une interaction entre : l’inattention, les difficultés scolaires, l’anxiété, la consommation, les pairs, les comportements violents, l’absentéisme, la perception de soi, la motivation et l’isolement. Néanmoins, la manifestation de l’inattention semble être la pierre angulaire du parcours menant au décrochage scolaire ainsi que celle à cibler chez ces élèves ayant un TDA/H. Bien qu’insuffisante pour répertorier toutes les particularités de cette population et leur rôle dans ce processus, cette recherche offre des propos intéressants quant à la compréhension du rôle de ces dernières ainsi que des recommandations pour les élèves à risque de décrochage scolaire. / School dropout is considered an important social issue in Quebec. In 2017, the high school graduation rate was 75 %. Although this ratio may seem high, the Quebec Ministry of Education’s graduation target of 80 % is still not reached while nearly 20 % of adolescents do not have a high school diploma. Since 1994, 64 % of new jobs created in Canada require a minimum of twelve years of schooling and more than half of them require seventeen. In order to support the academic achievement up to the obtention of a high school diploma, it is important to consider the multifactorial and complex nature of school dropout. Therefore, some factors seem to play a substantial role, especially for adolescents with ADHD. Indeed, some studies have reported possible associations between ADHD and difficult trajectories, which can go as far as incarceration. Thus, this research aims to better understand the role of particularities of adolescents with ADHD in the school dropout process. This exploratory research is based on semi-structured interviews of six adults aged 18 to 30 years who have ADHD and have experienced a school dropout situation. The results show that no single particularity can explain this phenomenon on its own. It is s rather an interaction between inattention, school difficulties, anxiety, drug use, peers, violent behaviour, absenteeism, self-perception, motivation, and isolation. However, inattention in ADHD seems to play a key role as well as being the one to be targeted for preventing school dropout. Although the scope of this research is insufficient to list all particularties of this population and their role in this process, it nevertheless offers interesting insights into the understanding of the role of these as well as recommendations for students at risk of school dropout.

Background. Adolescent antisocial behaviors are versatile in terms of their onset, severity, pervasiveness, continuity, and developmental outcomes. A substantial body of literature on developmental pathway of antisocial behaviors indicates that meaningful subtypes exist within these heterogeneous antisocial behaviors, rendering important implications to their etiology, causal mechanism and intervention. This study tests a taxonomy of antisocial behavior by examining whether different offending groups can be distinguished by their different group features including background risks and external correlates. First, two broad offending groups, i.e., the early-onset group and the adolescent-onset group were identified in a clinical sample of 118 adjudicated male adolescents based on age of onset of symptoms of Conduct Disorder. Further, two distinct subtypes, i.e. antisocial behavior associated with symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and antisocial behavior associated with callous-unemotional traits ii (CD traits), a defining feature of psychopathy, were hypothesized to coexist within the broad early-onset offending group, based on two lines of recent studies indicating ADHD and CD traits as important correlates of antisocial behaviors. These two subgroups were identified within the sample in this current study. / Conclusion. Different offending groups could be discerned by their distinctive associated group risks and deficits, giving evidence to different developmental pathways to antisocial behaviors. Implications to understanding and intervention of antisocial behaviors were discussed. / Method. Data were collected from 118 adjudicated male adolescents from a centralized probation facility in Hong Kong and 63 non-delinquent male control subjects from mainstream secondary schools, all aged between 12 and 17. Group comparisons and multinominal logistic regression were performed to test whether these offending groups could be distinguished by different background risks and deficits including variables pertaining to cognitive processes, family, parenting, and deviant peers, etc. / Results. The early-onset offending group could be differentiated from the adolescent-onset offending group by their association with adolescent adjustment iii difficulties, more background risks, ADHD diagnosis, and callous unemotional traits. The two early-onset subgroups, early-onset ADHD and early-onset CU traits group, shared similarities of having severer delinquency and poorer adolescent adjustment, but demonstrated differences in terms of disinhibitory processes. / Law, Yuen Wah Sonya. / Adviser: Patrick Wing-leung Leung. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 73-04, Section: B, page: . / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 265-289). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [201-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstract also in Chinese; appendix in Chinese.

A qualitative case study research design is used to investigate the results of a neuropsychological test battery, collated and used with four individual cases. A literature study consisting of research with respect to AS as well as neuropsychological assessments provides the theoretical framework from which existing theory is tested and expanded on. The cases are analysed individually and then by cross case analysis to ascertain any patterns of strength and weaknesses which could result in a "typical" profile of a learner with AS. Findings conclude confusions with respect to diagnostic criteria for AS and a distinction of DSM-IV-TR criteria is used. The neuropsychological test battery includes questionnaires (personal history, Gilliam Asperger's disorder scale, Conners' parent and teacher questionnaire, Dunn's sensory profile) interviews (parents, teachers), observations (classroom and playground) and formal testing (intelligence, motor functions, academic achievement, theory of mind and executive functions). Findings from the literature show similarities between AS children and children with non verbal learning disabilities. Evidence of AS differing from individuals with high functioning autism is conclusive in all previous research using theory of mind tests. Evidence from the literature shows many children had been given another diagnosis, typically ADHD, before being given the diagnosis of AS. Additional disorders such as anxiety and depression were also given. AS children had consistent difficulties with social interaction. A typical neuropsychological profile of AS is not identified, but rather a "personality type" that is dominated by anxiety and individual "quirks" of personality which affects responses to the formal test battery - thereby influencing the scores obtained. Two of the cases presented with an academic profile similar to that of a non verbal learning disability and one presented with similarities with a semantic pragmatic disorder. The thesis concludes with a proposed differentiating model of behavioural, communication and learning disorders in which AS is defined in terms of that originally described by Hans Asperger himself, and specifically treated within the education environment. / Educational Studies / D.Ed. (Psychology of Education)

The motivation for this study was to challenge the Indigo Child phenomenon and to view it from a Christian perspective. Throughout the study the focus was on the researcher's opinion of Christianity, supported by other authors and the Bible. The assumption of the study was that Indigo Children were ordinary children whose behaviour was formed and reinforced by societal and parental influences and guidance. The purpose of the study was to set up guidelines for parents and caretakers in order to facilitate and recommend strategic action regarding the management of these children. Guidelines were set up by using a combination of Gestalt philosophy, a Christian perspective and existing guidelines for so-called Indigo Children. For the purpose of this study Thomas's developmental research and utilization model was applied to the intervention research approach. Semi-structured interviews were used in order to gain information regarding parental styles. The information gained was combined with information found in literature in order to set up guidelines for parents. / Social Work / M.Diac. (Play Therapy)

The different reactions of parents to the discovery that their children had ADD/ADHD has an effect on the primary relationship established between mother and child. This is essential in the later involvement, experience and meaning attribution of the child with respect to all subsequent relationship formation on the child's journey towards his ultimate target, namely self-actualisation. It was felt that psychological intervention could help parents to bond, communicate with and relate to their children without experiencing negative feelings which would enhance parental acceptance. In this study, ten mothers were used to participate in an adapted group Filial Therapy programme. This unique therapy involves parents as the primary agents to resolve child-related problems and to encourage children's healthy psycho-social development. Results were positive. The mothers felt that they had formed better relationship with their children. They were empowered with knowledge and coping mechanisms, such as reflective listening, setting limits and providing choices. For the first time they were enjoying their ADD/ADHD children. / Psychology of Education / M. Ed. (Guidance and Counselling)

Although thet:e has been gradual awat:eness of leat:ning disabilities aftet: Wodd Wat: II, it was in the late 1960's that compt:ehensive assessment and special education wet:e provided in schools. Specifically, in the at:ea of services for families, a reaffirmation of the fundamental rights of chilruen and families emerges. Although stress associated with the presence of a learning disabled child is an important consideration, its impact on the family is related to the family members' cognitive appraisal of the stress situation and thett copmg resources. Parents of learning disabled chilruen experience more stress, often exacerbated by faulty, misunderstood coping efforts that increase conflict in the family. Reseat:chers have investigated how: families manage stress; and cope with the multiple stt:esses of rearing a learning disabled children. It has been found that while many families cope, others cannot. Stress theory has dttected our attention to circumstances that weaken families and exacerbate distress. Preventative and ameliorative services at:e needed to assist such families. Stress and coping theory suggest that differences in families' reactions to learning disabilities may be related to amount and quality of resources available to pat:ents. This involves cognitive adaptation using coping skills, enabling them to t:e-evaluate stressful events positively. Another resource would be professionals, whose role would be of a facilitator, strengthening the ability of the family to gain access to needed services while increasing the family's mastery of coping with learning disability. Research has shown that parents' initial contact with learning disability and how to assist their learning disabled child was stressful. After parents received counselling on coping with their stress and stress management, and after the child's psycho-educational assessment and remedial measures were implemented, there has been significant positive feedback from parents and children. Research would embrace relationships between perceptions and family well-being using Ellis's rational-emotive therapy, thereby contributing to better understanding of how families cope with stress. Ayurvedic principles would be used to adopt a holistic approach to life. By using RET and A yurvedics the researcher was able to assist parents with learning disabled children to cope better with their stresses and effectively manage their child's learning disability. / Psychology of Education / D. Ed. (Psychology of Education)