A relação dos jogos na aprendizagem dos alunos com transtorno de déficit de atenção e hiperatividade

Abstract

A lot is said about ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder); however, parents, teachers and citizens still face difficulties and unanswered questions regarding the symptoms, forms of treatment and how to live with people who have this disorder. Before these facts, this project has the objective of presenting the importance of working with fun activities and games for the development of students with ADHD. First, a bibliographic research was done in order to clarify the meaning of ADHD, the symptoms, to present forms of treatment and to point out some pedagogical actions geared to the special needs of the hyperactive child, integrated in a psychological counseling with medication if necessary. After, a research of previous experiments in the teaching and learning process using fun activities was carried out, emphasizing the importance of applying recreational activities towards the behavior and learning of students with ADHD and that games give opportunities for the child with ADHD to find out information about their own environment that will contribute to their perspective of the world and the various forms of learning. A child with ADHD with the inclusion of recreational activities in the classroom can learn to cope better with the acceptance of limits and demonstrate interest in learning. It is necessary that the school environment for these students provide a well-structured classroom so that the student has pleasure in learning, and the teacher pleasure in teaching, and that through these strategies, the teacher can reverse the condition of academic failure of these students.