ABSTRACT
Working with a child with a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can be a challenge to a dramatherapist. Current thinking is that these children need clear, boundaried work that helps to contain their behaviour and structure their thought processes. It is recognized that there needs to be different interventions to address different symptoms (Kapalka 2008), but children are usually offered a mixture of medication and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Some children may be offered group work to develop listening, concentration and impulse control; however, children with ADHD can also be creative and in this chapter I intend to use a case study to demonstrate that dramatherapy is an important intervention, enabling the creation of a symbolic and metaphoric reality that they can explore (Jones 2007).
