Abstract

MARCON, Gabrielli Teresa Gadens; SARDAGNA, Helena Venites  and  SCHUSSLER, Dolores. The SNAP-IV QUestionnaire as an psychopedagogic auxiliary in the preliminary diagnosis on the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Constr. psicopedag. [online]. 2016, vol.24, n.25, pp.99-118. ISSN 1415-6954.

This paper is a literature review with the function of increasing knowledge about the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and whose methodological axis focuses on psychopedagogical intervention focused on the diagnosis of learning problems related to symptoms ADHD, by using the SNAP-IV questionnaire by the education professionals. Throughout the text, were consulted scientific works both professionals in the health field as the field of education, in order to verify the most varied views on the main features, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of ADHD. This study aimed to find, in the scientific literature, diagnostic tools that would permit to education professionals perform a pre-diagnosis of the possible presence of this disorder in children or young people placed in the school context. As a result, the use of the SNAP-IV questionnaire as an auxiliary tool in the diagnosis of ADHD, especially by psychopedagogists, is highly recommended, towards making the diagnosis of the symptoms of this disorder as early as possible, resulting in a clinical and pedagogical intervention more effective.

Keywords : Psychiatric disorders of childhood; Learning disabilities; Psychopedagogical intervention.

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