Sakineh Soltani Kouhbanani1, Mohammad Hossein Soltani Kouhbanani2
The present essay attempts to effectiveness of Neurofeedback (NFB), Pilates and Medication in reducing attention problems related to school-age children with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Along with the national preschool children assessment done by the Department of Education of Iran, a set of tests were conducted to detect different types of attention problems in school-age children. To assess children’s attention problems, 25 examiners, who had been trained sufficiently, went to different preschool assessment centers in the city of Tehran, Iran. To collect data, a set of attention tracking software such as the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test [1], the Stroop color and word test [2],the Continuous Performance Test [3] and the Digit Span Test [4] were used. Out of the whole population, 4197 children with attention problems were detected. The results showed that out of the whole 18602 school-age children, 4197 had attention problems; the first and the second most common attention problems were Selective Attention Deficits and Sustained Attention Deficit respectively. According to the results, Pilates was the most effective way to reduce attention problems in children, while NFB was the least effective treatment.
