Methods and Procedures of Neuropsychological Correction in Preschool Children with ADDH

According to psychological and neuropsychological research, the pre-school age is the age of
significant changes and transformations. Attention deficit disorder is one of developmental syndromes
frequently detected at pre-school age. The present study shows the methods and procedures of
neuropsychological assessment and correction. Methods and procedures of correction are based on
the conception of activity applied to game activity. The study includes results of neuropsychological
correction obtained in the group of Mexican pre-school children with diagnosis of deficit of attention.
Neuropsychological correction was designed and applied in individual therapeutic sessions. The
method of qualitative neuropsychological clinical analysis based on Luria’s neuropychological theory
was applied. The subjects of the study were Mexican pre-school children with diagnostic of ADDH
from private urban zone. The previous neuropsychological assessment showed the necessity of
inclusion of specific methods of correction for formation not only of strategies of regulation and
control, but also of spatial functions in population of children with ADDH at pre-school age. Both
aspects, programming and control and spatial functions were included in the program of games with
objects, symbols, rules and roles. All games were attractive for participants and produced high
motivation and positive emotional involvement. Neuropsychological assessment accomplished after
program application showed significant positive differences in psychological activity of the children
and in brain functional mechanisms. The authors discuss the possibility of the usage of interactive
guided activities such as games with structure and objective as an alternative method instead of
common medication in cases of ADDH.