The Effect of Play-based Music Activities on the Attention of a Young Child with ADHD Tendency

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Play-based Music Activities on the attention of a young child with ADHD tendency. For this purpose, one young child with ADHD tendency who attended at a public kindergarten in elementary school was selected based on the Conners Teacher Rating Scale and the Abbreviated Symptom Questionnaire. In this study, ABAB reversal single subject design was used to test the effect of the intervention, and maintenance was conducted after one week after the intervention, and also intervention validity and social validity was measured. The results of this study were derived as follows. First, play-based music activities increased attentional behaviors and decreased distractions in young child with ADHD tendency. In addition, attentional and distractive behaviors were maintained even after the termination of play-based music activities. This study is meaningful in that it emphasizes the importance of not only the music activity itself but also the play-based activity method by using play-based music activity considering the characteristics of childhood development and interest as an intervention.