A play-based intervention for children with ADHD: A pilot study

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 231-240

  Wilkes, Sarah ^a   Cordier, Reinie ^a   Bundy, Anita ^a   Docking, Kimberley ^a   Munro, Natalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decentering; Empathy; Peer modelling; Social problems; Video self modelling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; RECREATION; VIDEORECORDING;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PILOT PROJECTS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 79960557281     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: 14401630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2011.00928.x     Document Type: Article

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