ABSTRACT
This study aimed to investigate the effect of counseling intervention on parents having children with Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder [ADHD], to help parents to cope with their children's problem; through improving their knowledge, practices and attitudes toward their children. The sample included 100 parents' caregivers accompanying their children with ADHD, aged 6-12 years, who attended to the Out- Patient Clinic of the Institute of Psychiatry, Ain Sams University. The tool used in the study was an interviewing questionnaire which covered demographic data about parents and their ADHD children such as; age and sex, rank of child in family, marital status, educational level and occupation of parents, statements to assess the knowledge of parents about ADHD, statements to assess positive and negative attitudes toward their children and statements to measure their practice toward child's inattentive, impulsivity and hyperactivity behaviors. This scale was applied before and after the counseling sessions. The results of this study showed improvements, with highly statistically significant differences between before and after application of the counseling intervention program regarding to parents' knowledge, attitudes and practices toward their ADHD children. The study recommended that counseling clinic for parents of ADHD is needed to offer appropriate care and support through open dialogues between parents and mental health professionals in order to plan for intervention and guide families to know how to cope with their children's problems and difficulties. Further research is to be undertaken, for parents that emphasizes on assertive training to deal with their ADHD children and how to provide them opportunities for enhancing learning potentials