Teaching children with ADHD can sometimes be a challenge. Their short attention span and difficulty to organize their tasks make them fail completing them. Their constant fidgeting or running about can be disruptive in class.
Most children are always busy moving around, swiveling in their chair or fiddling with pencils and toys. But they can sit quietly and stay focused as well, like when watching a favorite TV show.
Children with ADHD on the other hand never seem to be able to relax. Their constant wriggling can drive parents crazy. Teachers often try to make them sit still because they believe they will be more concentrated on the task at hand.
Recent studies show that this constant movement is actually helping kids with attention-deficit/hyperactivity-disorder to stay focused. They seem to be able to learn better when they are not forced to settle down.
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My son is effectively managing his ADHD without medications. He is 11 years old. We have a set schedule for most everything. That way he doesn’t have to waste energy trying to remember what he is supposed to be doing at what time.
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I wonder if eating healthy or drinking energy drinks reduce ADD/ADHD symptoms Or having a good night’s sleep?
From my own observations, it seems that I tend to be more focused and pay attention better after eating or doing certain things.
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ADD and ADHD is a disorder within the prefrontal cortex. It is believed that the brain wiring differs from other people. Many people view ADD as both a gift and a disorder, having a direct effect on all human functions. However, it mainly affects the executing, planning, and organizations areas of the brain.
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Disabilities of Learning
ADHD is accompanied in 30-40% of the cases by a disability in learning, specific for this disease.
Before school age, it manifests itself through the fact that the child has obviously some problems in the understanding and perception of some speech elements such as words, sounds , or even pronunciation , doubled at school age by writing and mathematical lack of organization, disorder, reading and spelling problems. Dyslexia, a kind of reading disorder appears in 8 % of the cases.
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