Tom and Max are both experiencing cognitive development issues, which are affecting their success at school. Tom is struggling with paying attention in class and his cognitive load capacity is lower than other children his age. On the other hand, Max has poor executive functioning skills and struggles to plan and organise himself. The information processing theory may be able to explain why Max and Tom are doing poorly at school. According to this theory, working memory is where thinking occurs and where information is temporarily held for processing (Bergin & Bergin, 2015). Tom’s inattention due to his ADHD is having an effect on his working memory and he experiences cognitive load as he often receives too much information to process. Executive
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Parents who are depressed and stressed are less likely to effectively discipline or supervise their children, and they are four times more likely to have ADHD (Bergin & Bergin, 2015). This may mean that Tom may not know how to behave appropriately or control his hyperactivity. Therefore, Tom’s ADHD combined with his mum’s parenting skills may be influencing his poor social skills. In Max’s case, his dad has ADHD and he also had trouble with conversational skills when he was younger. Tom’s difficulties with conversational skills may therefore be down to genetics, rather than environmental …show more content…
This may account for his improvement in his social skills. M. de Boo & Prins (2007) suggest that social skills training is very effective at improving the social skills of children with ADHD when utilising cognitive and behavioural therapy techniques. Therefore, social skills training may be an effective technique to help children with ADHD improve their social skills. This therapy may be an effective for technique to improve Tom’s social skills. Therefore, environmental and genetic factors may have an influence on social development. An ‘in their shoes’/ role play task is a way that a teacher could help students with ADHD improve their social skills. The teacher could demonstrate the effects of distracting behaviour on other students, to help them realise this type of behaviour is unpleasant for others and why it makes them
Parents who are depressed and stressed are less likely to effectively discipline or supervise their children, and they are four times more likely to have ADHD (Bergin & Bergin, 2015). This may mean that Tom may not know how to behave appropriately or control his hyperactivity. Therefore, Tom’s ADHD combined with his mum’s parenting skills may be influencing his poor social skills. In Max’s case, his dad has ADHD and he also had trouble with conversational skills when he was younger. Tom’s difficulties with conversational skills may therefore be down to genetics, rather than environmental …show more content…
This may account for his improvement in his social skills. M. de Boo & Prins (2007) suggest that social skills training is very effective at improving the social skills of children with ADHD when utilising cognitive and behavioural therapy techniques. Therefore, social skills training may be an effective technique to help children with ADHD improve their social skills. This therapy may be an effective for technique to improve Tom’s social skills. Therefore, environmental and genetic factors may have an influence on social development. An ‘in their shoes’/ role play task is a way that a teacher could help students with ADHD improve their social skills. The teacher could demonstrate the effects of distracting behaviour on other students, to help them realise this type of behaviour is unpleasant for others and why it makes them