Solovey O. Psychological peculiarities of speech activity of children with ADHD

The thesis focuses on speech activity of children with ADHD. Among its basic features are linguistic (lexical, grammatical and phonetic levels), psychological (action and cognitive levels) and psycholinguistic (levels of speech perception, comprehension and production). All scholarly approaches and views have systemized and generalized. The author has suggested her own definition of pre-school child's speech portrait and determined its basic structural components. Relevant correlations among pre-school child's speech activity and his/her cognitive sphere have been established. The indices caused the development of the program aimed at speech and all psychic processes improvement . The author's program containing elements of psychological correction influence has been substantiated and empirically proved .