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Review of an alternative seating for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) children

One of the reasons for a child's academic success is his or her ability to attend to tasks given by the teacher in the classroom and meet the expectation with minimal distraction. For children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), one of the biggest issues faced by them is the...

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Main Authors: Abdul Rahman, Julaila, Mohd Zahari, Nurul Zafirah, Jasmani, Ismail, Kamaruddin, Zumahiran
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Published: Zes Rokman Resources 2018
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H10 Societies
NA2545.A1 Architecture and people with disabilities
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spelling my.iium.irep.632232019-07-12T02:03:13Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/63223/ Review of an alternative seating for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) children Abdul Rahman, Julaila Mohd Zahari, Nurul Zafirah Jasmani, Ismail Kamaruddin, Zumahiran H10 Societies NA2545.A1 Architecture and people with disabilities One of the reasons for a child's academic success is his or her ability to attend to tasks given by the teacher in the classroom and meet the expectation with minimal distraction. For children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), one of the biggest issues faced by them is their inability to sit focus and pay attention in the classroom. Without the treatment, ADHD children will face the serious physical injuries and also may impact his or her individual's life, including academic difficulties, social skills problems, and strained parent-child relationships. No treatment has been found to cure this disorder, but many available treatments can reduce the symptoms of ADHD. However, studies that examine the alternative treatment such as seating therapy for ADHD children are still very minimal. The aim of this study is to review various existing alternative seating use in the classroom for ADHD children. The objective of this study is to identify the existing alternative seating and analyze how they use the alternative seating as an intervention for children with ADHD. The study is conducted through a literature review of books, journal articles, and online resources, focusing on the intervention, improvement and treatment of ADHD children. The findings outline the effectiveness of alternative seating in treating ADHD children in reducing their behavior problem such as in-class sleeping behavior and hyperactivity levels. The findings also showed increasing in safety levels and ontask behavior. In addition, there is an increased the class environment in monitoring teaching and learning. Currently, there is still no National Policy specifically for children with disabilities. Therefore, the significant contribution of this study is towards the establishment of the National Policy specifically for children with disabilities; ADHD. The application of therapy treatments for the ADHD children should be spell in the National Policy for Children with Disabilities, to change the conventional treatment using medication that comes with side effects to their health. Zes Rokman Resources 2018-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/63223/1/IJCWED3_32.pdf Abdul Rahman, Julaila and Mohd Zahari, Nurul Zafirah and Jasmani, Ismail and Kamaruddin, Zumahiran (2018) Review of an alternative seating for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) children. International Journal for Studies on Children, Women, Elderly And Disabled, 3. pp. 103-109. ISSN 0128-309X http://www.ijcwed.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IJCWED3_32.pdf
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NA2545.A1 Architecture and people with disabilities
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NA2545.A1 Architecture and people with disabilities
Abdul Rahman, Julaila
Mohd Zahari, Nurul Zafirah
Jasmani, Ismail
Kamaruddin, Zumahiran
Review of an alternative seating for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) children
description One of the reasons for a child's academic success is his or her ability to attend to tasks given by the teacher in the classroom and meet the expectation with minimal distraction. For children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), one of the biggest issues faced by them is their inability to sit focus and pay attention in the classroom. Without the treatment, ADHD children will face the serious physical injuries and also may impact his or her individual's life, including academic difficulties, social skills problems, and strained parent-child relationships. No treatment has been found to cure this disorder, but many available treatments can reduce the symptoms of ADHD. However, studies that examine the alternative treatment such as seating therapy for ADHD children are still very minimal. The aim of this study is to review various existing alternative seating use in the classroom for ADHD children. The objective of this study is to identify the existing alternative seating and analyze how they use the alternative seating as an intervention for children with ADHD. The study is conducted through a literature review of books, journal articles, and online resources, focusing on the intervention, improvement and treatment of ADHD children. The findings outline the effectiveness of alternative seating in treating ADHD children in reducing their behavior problem such as in-class sleeping behavior and hyperactivity levels. The findings also showed increasing in safety levels and ontask behavior. In addition, there is an increased the class environment in monitoring teaching and learning. Currently, there is still no National Policy specifically for children with disabilities. Therefore, the significant contribution of this study is towards the establishment of the National Policy specifically for children with disabilities; ADHD. The application of therapy treatments for the ADHD children should be spell in the National Policy for Children with Disabilities, to change the conventional treatment using medication that comes with side effects to their health.
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author Abdul Rahman, Julaila
Mohd Zahari, Nurul Zafirah
Jasmani, Ismail
Kamaruddin, Zumahiran
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Jasmani, Ismail
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title Review of an alternative seating for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) children
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