Children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) experience a variety of difficulties related to three primary symptoms: hyperactivity, inattention and impulsivity. The most common type of ADHD has a combination of all three symptom areas. These core symptoms may negatively impact the academic and social performance of children throughout their school life. The AHA (ADHD-Augmented) project focused specifically on the impact of digital technologies’ intervention on literacy skills of children that participated in the pilot study and were diagnosed with ADHD prior to the intervention. Existing research has shown that augmented reality (AR) can improve academic outcomes by stimulating pupils’ attention. AHA project aimed at implementing an evidence-based intervention to improve ADHD children’s reading and spelling abilities through the enhancement of an existing literacy programme with AR functionality. The present paper reports preliminary findings of the pilot study aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of the AHA system in promoting the acquisition of literacy skills in a sample of children diagnosed with ADHD compared to the literacy programme as usual. Background information on the main characteristics and difficulties related to the teaching and learning process associated with children diagnosed with ADHD are first introduced; the design and methodology of the AHA project intervention are also described. The preliminary findings have shown that AHA project succeeded in delivering an AR solution within an existing online literacy programme, which integrates a set of specific technologies and supports interactive educational content, services, assessment, and feedback.

被诊断为注意力缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）的儿童会遇到与三种主要症状有关的各种困难：多动，注意力不集中和冲动。ADHD最常见的类型是所有三个症状区域的组合。这些核心症状可能会对孩子在整个学校生活中的学业和社会表现产生负面影响。AHA（ADHD增强）项目特别关注数字技术干预对参加该试验研究并在干预之前被诊断出患有ADHD的儿童的识字能力的影响。现有研究表明，增强现实（AR）可以通过激发学生的注意力来改善学业。AHA项目旨在实施基于证据的干预措施，以通过增强具有AR功能的现有扫盲计划来提高ADHD儿童的阅读和拼写能力。本论文报告了该初步研究的初步结果，旨在评估AHA系统与通常的识字计划相比，在诊断为ADHD的儿童样本中促进识字技能获取的有效性。首先介绍了与被诊断为多动症的儿童有关的教学过程的主要特征和困难的背景信息；还介绍了AHA项目干预措施的设计和方法。初步调查结果表明，AHA项目成功地在现有的在线扫盲计划中提供了AR解决方案，