We just stumbled upon an article that offers a new perspective on why students need to keep moving during the school day. A pediatric occupational therapist weighs in and says that kids are sitting too long, affecting kid’s ability to learn and also leading to incorrect ADHD diagnoses. Children need to move in a variety of different ways in order to create the changes needed in the sensory system to improve attention. Lack of movement actually hinders attention, which leads many doctors to incorrectly diagnose children with ADHD when that is not the true problem.
Very interesting! Read the whole article here :)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/10/07/the-right-and-surprisingly-wrong-ways-to-get-kids-to-sit-still-in-class/
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