FEATURES OF AFFECTIVE-PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ITS CORRECTION IN YOUNGER SCHOOLCHILDREN WITH ATTENTION DEFICIENCY AND HYPERACTIVITY SYNDROME
This article is devoted to the problem of the development of the affective-personal sphere of younger schoolchildren with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The emotional sphere is an important component in the development of children. One of the problems of children of primary school age is the problem of emotional instability and anxiety. This problem is especially pronounced in children with ADHD. Specific features of hyperactive children are their fussiness, excessive mobility, and the inability to concentrate for a long time. The main defect is associated with a lack of mechanisms of attention and inhibitory control, self-regulation, therefore, such disorders are classified as "attention deficit syndromes". Recently, in science, the problems of the development of children in this category have begun to be actively studied. However, the problems of correcting the development of such children remain insufficiently developed in science. The article summarizes the results of a study of the affective-personal characteristics of younger schoolchildren with ADHD and their normally developing peers. Based on the results obtained, conclusions and tasks of correctional and developmental work are formulated. A description is given of a program for junior schoolchildren with ADHD, aimed at harmonizing emotional states, correcting aggressive behavior and reducing interpersonal anxiety. Based on the results of the control experiment, it is noted that the implemented program has shown its effectiveness. In younger schoolchildren with ADHD, the emotional state somewhat stabilized, however, tendencies to aggressive behavior persisted, and the level of anxiety in the interpersonal sphere associated with communication with peers decreased. The results obtained confirm the need for targeted, comprehensive and systematic correction of the affective-personal characteristics of children with ADHD.