| Summary: | ADHD is a neuro-biological disorder which is characterized by the child’s levels of attention concentration, absentmindedness and impulsiveness inadequate to the natural development. This is one of the most frequently occurring psychical disorders among children (APA, 1994).
Although doctors described ADHD many years ago, its wide spreading has been acknowledged only recently. There is no exact data, but it is considered that from 3 to 10 per cent of pre-schooling age children and from 4 to 5 per cent adults have ADHD. ADHD is frequently related to learning disorders in reading, writing and doing calculations; other behavioral disorders are also possible (Wender, 2000).
In Lithuania, in almost any group of any kindergarten there are one or more impulsive or/and hyperactive children. It has been observed that such children are hard to teach, they do not react the way other children do and frequently disturb work. It is understandable that children with officially recognized attention disorders and hyperactivity (ADH) cause multiple problems to their parents and pedagogues. The available information on ADHD is not sufficient presently. Besides, it is frequently controversial (Sinkevičienė, 1998).
Scientists exploring the area of applied physical activity face difficulties in planning explorations and analyses dealing with the motoric activity of children with ADHD. There is little information on proper exploration methods usable when analyzing the applied physical activity of... [to full text]
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