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How To Deal With ADHD Children In The Preschool Classroom
Myths About Coffee...
Coffee Causes Dehydra- tion - There’s little truth be- hind the claim that coffee dehydrates you. Drinking a moderate amount of coffee (1– 3 cups) is not going to cause dehydration and the water used to make the coffee ab- solutely counts toward fluid intake.
Coffee prevents all kinds of diseases - Coffee drinkers, compared to those who do not drink coffee, are less likely to have type 2 dia- betes, dementia, Parkinson’s disease, and certain types of cancer.
Coffee’s benefits are ex- aggerated - Moderate con- sumption of coffee (around 2 cups a day) — and possibly other caffeinated beverages — protects against cognitive de- cline. The limit to this advan- tage: people who consume large amounts may have in- creased risk.
The effects aren’t lasting
If you’re quitting, go cold turkey - Caffeine can have quite a few side effects, includ- ing sleep impairment, irritabil- ity, rapid heart rate, dizzy spells, and jitteriness. If you’re experiencing these, by all means, quit — just don’t do it in a day. Abruptly stopping caffeine intake can cause headaches, irritability, and loss of concentration, so it is recommended to slowly cut back on coffee intake.
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BY VINEA HURDLE CEO, A Brighter Future
Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disor- der (ADHD) typically exhibit symptoms of inattention, where they are unable to fix their minds to one particular task or activity and become easily distracted by other happenings around them; hyperactivity, meaning they find it hard to keep still; and impulsiveness, mean- ing that they are unable to think before they act, often getting into dangerous situa- tions.
As a result, there will be occasions when the situation is going to be inappropriate and difficult to manage. Plus, their behaviors take time away from instruction and disrupt the whole class.
Children with ADHD are energizing. They are often passionate, enthusiastic, and active children that want to succeed, make friends, and do well in group situations, though they often have a dif- ficult time doing so and pay the price for their problems in low grades, scolding and pun- ishment, teasing from peers, and low self-esteem, that can turn into disruptive behav- iors, which, if not addressed properly, may quickly deteri- orate and become a negative group experience for these children and the other chil-
dren within the group.
So how do you teach chil-
dren who won’t settle down and listen? The answer is that first, we must believe that ADHD is a genuine disorder that results in unintended be- haviors and consequences; then we have to have a lot of patience, creativity, and con- sistency.
As teachers, our role is to evaluate each child’s individ- ual needs and strengths. Then we can develop strategies that will help students with ADHD focus, stay on task, and learn to their full capabilities. To accomplish this, we have to make learning easier for them, we have to think about what methods of teaching to use and how we head off be- haviors that disrupt concen- tration or distract other students.
However, our most effec- tive tool in helping students with ADHD is a positive, ma- ture, patient and calm atti- tude; making them our partner; assuring them that we’ll be looking for good be- havior and quality work and when we see it, reinforcing it with immediate and sincere praise; finally, looking for ways to motivate them by of- fering rewards on a point or token system, always remem- bering that our approach as teachers can make a big dif- ference in a child’s experi- ence.
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