Kids With ADHD in School | Classroom Movement
Hear from David Flink, cofounder and CEO of Eye to Eye, about kids with ADHD in school and why they often have trouble sitting still. Plus, he discusses the importance of classroom movement...
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[David Flink on Pacing in the Back of the Room][Understood, for learning & attention issues] [David Flink - Cofounder and CEO, Eye to Eye] There's a lot of research emerging that movement, fidgeting, you know — taking sometimes a real big break where there's a lot of physical movement — actually helps kids be able to focus for longer periods of time. So we have to build into our schools and our home life opportunity to just be really physical if that's what a kid needs. Now, not every kid needs lots of physical movement. But for those kids who need it, they'll show you. They're the ones falling out of their seats all the time. I had a moment in school when one of my teachers said, "Look, you know, you fall out of your seat...
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[David Flink on Pacing in the Back of the Room][Understood, for learning & attention issues] [David Flink - Cofounder and CEO, Eye to Eye] There's a lot of research emerging that movement, fidgeting, you know — taking sometimes a real big break where there's a lot of physical movement — actually helps kids be able to focus for longer periods of time. So we have to build into our schools and our home life opportunity to just be really physical if that's what a kid needs. Now, not every kid needs lots of physical movement. But for those kids who need it, they'll show you. They're the ones falling out of their seats all the time. I had a moment in school when one of my teachers said, "Look, you know, you fall out of your seat...
