Intervenção psicopedagógica no transtorno do déficit de atenção/hiperatividade: um estudo de caso

Abstract

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder, whose symptoms are expressed before the child enters school, with deficit aspects related to inattention and/or impulsivity/hyperactivity. Given the difficulties that individuals with ADHD have regarding learning, especially in acquiring reading and writing, a psychopedagogical intervention is essential in accordance with the difficulties presented by the patient. In view of the above, the present study has the following research problem: what is the importance of clinical psychopedagogical action in Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)? To answer it, the general objective is to present a psychopedagogical intervention in a case of ADHD and the specific objectives are to list the learning difficulties presented by a teenager with ADHD and to present materials to be used in clinical psychopedagogical therapy in cases of ADHD. The research has a qualitative character and is classified as a case study, developed with a patient with ADHD, which was based on psychopedagogical intervention in phonological awareness deficits. In total, the psychopedagogy intervention had 21 sessions. The results obtained emphasize how much the psychopedagogical intervention brings benefits to the patient. Finally, it is concluded that the intervention activities/games used in psychopedagogical therapy, aimed at the difficulties that the patient presents, bring significant advances for the subject in their process of learning to read and write.