Document Type : Research Article
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of play therapy and clay therapy, and difference between them in improving of attention deficit disorder in treatment of children in elementary school. In this study whole experiments design with posttest – pretest control group was used. Research populations was include female students at the elementary school which were 7-10 years old, who had attention deficit disorder in one of schools in Shiraz, that is full of population. After completing the questionnaire about attention deficit disorder (CSI-4) by teachers for students, 45 students were selected who earned the highest scores in this questionnaire, and finally they were placed in two groups of clay therapy and play therapy and control group by simple random sampling. After completing these forms Jordan’s attention deficit disorder, by teachers and parents of students, 8 individual session of 60 minutes, and two groups sessions of 90 minutes of clay therapy and play therapies received by tests groups, which researches were designed based on marks attention deficit disorder, which includes audio visual attention, sequence of procedures, audio and visual memory, Speed of operation, and understanding organizations. After running the Therapeutic intervention program these Jordan’s Index forms were completed by teachers and parents, again. The results of one way ANCOVA showed a significant difference between test groups of clay therapy and play therapy and control groups of attention deficit disorders. In addition, the results of independent sample of T-Test, didn’t showed a significant difference between the methods of clay therapy and play therapy in treatment of attention deficit disorders. The finding of this research showed that clay therapy and play therapies can be and effective methods in increasing the focus and attention for students in the course of their works, and the symptoms of increasing attention deficit disorder can be prevented in higher ages in life by this method.
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