| This qualitative thesis uses a hermeneutic research methodology to explore the effect of using mindfulness to work with ADHD children. Mindfulness has been used to treat a wide variety of mental illnesses: it has also been used with children over the past several years quite extensively. Rarely, though, has mindfulness been used with ADHD children. Analysis of research involving mindfulness and children as well as research regarding ADHD will show that mindfulness is indeed a valid option in treating ADHD in children. At the heart of this thesis is a lesson plan that one could use to work with children with ADHD. The lesson plan is drawn from previous lessons plans incorporating mindfulness with children, and accommodations are made for children with ADHD. Using this lesson plan, one could help mitigate the symptoms of ADHD in children in a school or home setting. |
