Cognitive Intervention in Children with ADHD

I’m an educational psychologist at Psico 360, and I work mainly with children and adolescents. Many of my patients have Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). People with ADHD, whether children or adults, face many difficulties in their daily lives, in personal relationships, and when interacting in groups. They are easily distracted and find it hard to keep their attention on the same stimulus for a certain amount of time. They move constantly and don’t know how to stop in a situation or during an exercise; their thinking is impulsive rather than reflective.

Work with these children focuses on helping them:

• “Stop and think,”
• control their impulses,
• follow an individualized cognitive stimulation program designed for each child,
• and improve their attention span.

That’s why NeuronUP is a great tool for working on these children’s cognitive deficits: it allows me to work in a dynamic, personalized, and engaging way. It offers a lot of variety in the intervention and many resources to use. There are a large number of worksheets for working on attention, planning, reasoning, memory, language, and more. And because they are leveled, it’s easier to assign them to each patient according to their age or abilities.

Another thing I value about NeuronUP is that it saves time: you select the search criteria you want for your patient (age, difficulty, type of worksheet, work area, language, etc.), and the platform shows you all the resources available for your selection. All NeuronUP materials are classified by area, which makes it easier to pursue specific goals. For professionals, it’s a very structured tool that is easy to use and makes it possible to organize a large number of variables. This opens up a wide range of resources for working quickly and effectively.

Motivating exercises for children with ADHD

Children, like adults, look for change and progress and want to feel a sense of achievement. NeuronUP brings a dynamism and motivation to children that is very different from what we are used to with traditional worksheets and games. It’s amazing to see how they play while they learn and compete to beat their own scores or in groups. They can check their results and progress and see what they need to do to improve.

I also want to highlight the computer games, which let me work on cognitive functions in a more engaging and fun way. These games are very visually appealing; children love them, and they end up becoming their positive reinforcement.

Another advantage is that I can manage my patients directly from the platform and store all of each patient’s personal information, reports, and clinical history, as well as save the activities I’ve done and even the ones I plan to use.

It has become an indispensable tool in my daily work. I encourage you to try it.

of children affected by ADHD, NeuronUP will suggest cognitive rehabilitation activities for children with ADHD next Tuesday.