Assess and use creativity as a compensatory strength in ADHD children¶

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Evidence · 5 claims (5 for) · 1 study (1 associational), q3 · 1 of 1 report an effect size · 5 claims rest on one study

Description¶

The authors recommend that educators and clinicians evaluate creative potential in children with ADHD and build on it, rather than focusing only on deficits. They write that creativity "could be evaluated and used as compensatory features of its habitual difficulties", and that identifying greater creative ability could improve traditional evaluation systems that "usually only focus on the deficits presented", inform intervention plans, improve diagnosis, and guide treatment choices including pharmacological decisions.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Correct identification of ADHD children and assessment of their creative potential alongside deficit-focused evaluation

Constraints¶

• The article notes ADHD does not possess this characteristic uniformly and above the rest of the population, and methylphenidate may decrease fluency, originality, creative strengths and the overall creativity index

Target Learners¶

• children aged 8-13 diagnosed with ADHD

Target Learning Goals¶

• creative potential, school integration and adaptation

Claims¶

• 21% of the ADHD sample scored at or above the 70th percentile on the overall creativity index [+W]
• Unmedicated children with ADHD score higher than controls on TTCT Creative Strengths [+W]
• Unmedicated children with ADHD obtain a higher overall TTCT Creativity Index than controls [+W]
• Unmedicated children with ADHD aged 8-13 score higher than matched controls on TTCT-Figurative Fluency [+W]
• Unmedicated children with ADHD score higher than controls on TTCT-Figurative Originality [+W]

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Key Sources¶

• Gonzalez-Carpio, G., Serrano, J. P., & Nieto, M. (2017). Creativity in Children with Attention Déficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Psychology, 8, 319-334. https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2017.83019