Breaks
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Breaks
Children with ADD/ADHD benefit from breaking their work into sections by providing a 'short break' between activities. A good rule of thumb is 20 minutes of work time followed by a 5 minute "active" break. The 5 minute break time should be spent playing jump-rope, running in place, bouncing a ball, blowing bubbles, playing jacks, or some other active movement.
It is ironic that most schools do will not allow this simple behavior management procedure since even the average adult's attention span is only 20 minutes. A 5 minute break will increase learning and lessen misbehavior by ridding the body of stress and tension through the generation of blood! To learn more about working with ADHD, visit ADHD.
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