This study aimed to apply New-sports Program which was not experienced by students and examined its influences on maladjustment behaviors of children with ADHD by satisfying their desires for hyperactivity in affirmative ways. Subjects of this research were 12 ADHD students in the 3rd and 4th grades of G elementary school at Damyang-Gun, Jeonnam. And they were divided into control group and experimental group, each of them included 6 students. Pretest by Conners Rating Scale, ADHD were conducted to examine homogeneity between experimental group and control group before experiment, New-sports Program made by the researchers was conducted children with ADHD of experimental group once a week for 40 min a session through total 8 sessions. Post-test was conducted 4 weeks after administration of New-sports Program with the same methods as pretest. Conclusion from results and discussions of this study was as follows; Children with ADHD of experimental group performing New-sports Program showed improvement of attention and significant decrease of impulsiveness and hyperactivity. To sum up the results, it was confirmed that New-sports Program was an effective approach in the field of education to improve and to reduce their impulsiveness and hyperactivity attention of Children with ADHD. Therefor, it is expected that it will be helpful in intervention of ADHD.
Key words : ADHD, New-sports Program, Maladjustment Behaviors