Assessment of Issues of Care Givers and Effectiveness of Nurse Led Interventional Programme on Social Skills and Self Esteem of School Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder

Abstract

Children experience a wide range of opportunities extending from being at home to exploring the World Wide Web through Internet services. Childhood period plays an important role in the life of an individual as it is the fundamental period where the child adopts itself to the environment to grow as an adult. Schools nurture the development of the child psychologically and socially. It provides a platform for the individual to be a social animal. But modern world has bombarded the child s life with duties and commitment that separates them from innocence and laughter. The child faces crisis physically, emotionally, and sociologically. This in turn causes the child to develop neurodevelopmental disorders. This study focuses on one such problem ADHD and addresses the issues of socialisation and self-esteem in school children identified to have symptoms of ADHD. newlineThe study was conducted with an aim to assess the issues in caring for the children with ADHD and to evaluate the impact of structured intervention programme on improving social skills and self-esteem among ADHD school children in Kancheepuram District. A mixed methodology research approach focusing on quantitative and qualitative data with multilevel mixed model design was employed in this study newline