Abstract

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a childhood disorder characterized by symptoms of inattentiveness, impulsivity, and hyperactivity. It is well known for causing deficits in academic and social functioning manifesting in off-task behaviors. Self-monitoring helps reduce off-task behaviors for children with ADHD but is less effective when those children are asked to split their attention from their task to self-reflection. The participant is a second grade student who was diagnosed as having ADHD. She has demonstrated difficulty in reading on her own. The current study used prompted self-monitoring to reduce her off-task behavior during silent reading time. The participant was given a prompt before the task, which was reading to herself, then asked to reflect on her behavior after the task was finished. The results indicated that self-monitoring did reduce the number of off-task behaviors, however, asking the participant to rate herself produced less accurate results. Future research should continue to examine alternative treatments to ADHD that could replace or coincide with medication.