An Interactive Guide Based on Learning Objects to Train Teachers on the Detection and Support of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Karina Parra-Luzuriaga, Yaroslava Robles-Bykbaev, Vladimir Robles-Bykbaev, Paúl León-Goméz

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Abstract

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that interferes with normal children's functioning or development. Children with ADHD show difficulties related to their behavior and school performance. Due to this situation, their teachers must develop assertive communication with the parents and, at the same time, deepen the children's diagnosis. However, in Ecuador, there are no real estimates about ADHD that can help conduct early and appropriate interventions on patients who present this disorder. For these reasons, school teachers do not have therapeutic and pedagogical tools to address students' needs with ADHD. In this line, it is important mentioning that teachers are the second most important educational agents in the child's life, occupying most of their time after the parents. Therefore, it is essential for providing Ecuadorian school teachers with the knowledge and skills to carry out early detection and the consequent management and support of children with ADHD (educational inclusion). Thus, the teachers will develop pedagogical techniques based on psychoeducational guides that facilitate understanding students' special educational needs. In this paper, we present an interactive educational guide for school teachers because of the foregoing. This guide relies on expert systems and quasi-experimental research to train teachers of the “La Salle” Educational Unit (Azogues city) through the application of psychoeducational workshops. The guide address the following topics: recognition, functioning, behavioral control, emotional self-regulation, and social area of children with ADHD. The pilot experiment show encouraging results and high satisfaction levels on the teachers' side.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Human Factors in Training, Education, and Learning Sciences - Proceedings of the AHFE 2021
EditorsSalman Nazir, Tareq Z. Ahram, Waldemar Karwowski
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages78-83
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9783030799991
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
EventAHFE Conference on Human Factors in Training, Education, and Learning Sciences, 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 25 Jul 202129 Jul 2021

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Volume269
ISSN (Print)2367-3370
ISSN (Electronic)2367-3389

Conference

ConferenceAHFE Conference on Human Factors in Training, Education, and Learning Sciences, 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period25/07/2129/07/21

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Keywords

  • Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
  • Educational inclusion
  • Learning objects
  • School

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