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also people really seem to think that specifically children with adhd will suddenly become not distractable if you remove distractors like phones which is very much not the case lol they just zone out you idiots.
my parents did this with homework and i would sit there zoned out till 10 pm not doing shit because they turned the internet off
Neurotypical people tend to not understand that my ability to focus on something I’m not particularly motivated to do will increase tenfold if I can have a secondary task or background distraction with which to pair it. So, for example, if I’m in a boring meeting or have to listen to a webinar or something, my ability to stay tuned in to what’s being said will actually improve greatly if I’m simultaneously allowed to play a game or colour. Likewise, if I have a boring work project that involves inputting data into spreadsheets or something of that nature, I absolutely need to be able to listen to a podcast whilst I work. People think these sorts of things are signs of not being invested, but for me, it’s the difference between engagement and zoning out.
Also see: why I need music to work.
……oh.
When I started my online program to become a pharmacist, I was a bit worried (and sundry family members were a LOT worried) that I wouldn’t be able to focus enough to keep up with recorded lectures.
As it turns out I did *better* than I ever had with face-to-face education because I could do low-focus things like knit or play World of Warcraft while listening to lectures. (Also, canned lectures can be stopped or rewound as many times as you need to, which is rarely the case with live professors.)
The best way to ensure that a child pays attention is to remove environmental distractions, like some big flapping noisy paper model hanging from your ceilings or a seatmate who kicks and pokes them. But then you give them the tools they need to self-regulate; they can determine what level of sensory input they need to obtain the best possible focus, whether that’s folding their legs up in their chair, putting on headphones, or playing with a fidget toy. Because if they’re not focusing as well, they can do something else. They can take the headphones off, put the toy down, shift their legs.
If a child can’t control a distraction? Yes, handle it for them. Shut the door to block out loud noise, turn off commercial radio, adjust the air conditioning. If they can control it? Leave it up to them.
A terrible thing to put an ADHD child: the isolation cubicle (for testing..) it’s essentially a ¾ cardboard box they use so you can’t look at anything. 90% of the time I could not focus and comprehend what I was reading and failed those tests. Pretty sure that shitty thing is why I’m claustrophobic
I went to a business meeting some years back and the guy giving the lecture gave out a whole bunch of stimulation toys and say ‘I don’t like people doodling, so please play with these while I’m talking’.
sailoryue:
star-anise:
doomhamster:
sith-shenanigans:
allthemarvelousrage:
tikkunolamorgtfo:
iswearimnotbutch:
bugluminosity:
also people really seem to think that specifically children with adhd will suddenly become not distractable if you remove distractors like phones which is very much not the case lol they just zone out you idiots.
my parents did this with homework and i would sit there zoned out till 10 pm not doing shit because they turned the internet off
Neurotypical people tend to not understand that my ability to focus on something I’m not particularly motivated to do will increase tenfold if I can have a secondary task or background distraction with which to pair it. So, for example, if I’m in a boring meeting or have to listen to a webinar or something, my ability to stay tuned in to what’s being said will actually improve greatly if I’m simultaneously allowed to play a game or colour. Likewise, if I have a boring work project that involves inputting data into spreadsheets or something of that nature, I absolutely need to be able to listen to a podcast whilst I work. People think these sorts of things are signs of not being invested, but for me, it’s the difference between engagement and zoning out.
Also see: why I need music to work.
……oh.
When I started my online program to become a pharmacist, I was a bit worried (and sundry family members were a LOT worried) that I wouldn’t be able to focus enough to keep up with recorded lectures.
As it turns out I did *better* than I ever had with face-to-face education because I could do low-focus things like knit or play World of Warcraft while listening to lectures. (Also, canned lectures can be stopped or rewound as many times as you need to, which is rarely the case with live professors.)
The best way to ensure that a child pays attention is to remove environmental distractions, like some big flapping noisy paper model hanging from your ceilings or a seatmate who kicks and pokes them. But then you give them the tools they need to self-regulate; they can determine what level of sensory input they need to obtain the best possible focus, whether that’s folding their legs up in their chair, putting on headphones, or playing with a fidget toy. Because if they’re not focusing as well, they can do something else. They can take the headphones off, put the toy down, shift their legs.
If a child can’t control a distraction? Yes, handle it for them. Shut the door to block out loud noise, turn off commercial radio, adjust the air conditioning. If they can control it? Leave it up to them.
A terrible thing to put an ADHD child: the isolation cubicle (for testing..) it’s essentially a ¾ cardboard box they use so you can’t look at anything. 90% of the time I could not focus and comprehend what I was reading and failed those tests. Pretty sure that shitty thing is why I’m claustrophobic
I went to a business meeting some years back and the guy giving the lecture gave out a whole bunch of stimulation toys and say ‘I don’t like people doodling, so please play with these while I’m talking’.
