Association Between Screen Time and Children’s Performance on a Developmental Screening Test.

Excessive screen time is associated with delays in development; however, it is unclear if greater screen time predicts lower performance scores on developmental screening tests or if children with poor developmental performance receive added screen time as a way to modulate challenging behavior. Excessive screen time can impinge on children’s ability to develop optimally; it… Continuar lendo Association Between Screen Time and Children’s Performance on a Developmental Screening Test.

Unhappy People Are Rarely Productive People: ADHD Self-Esteem Strategies.

It’s a chicken-and-egg question: Does happiness lead to productivity? Or vice versa? Regardless of the answer, we know that emotional health and personal productivity are inextricably linked. Here, an ADHD professional offers strategies for improving your self-esteem as an adult with ADHD, and explains how positivity begets success at work and at home. https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-diagnosis-happiness-productivity/?utm_source=eletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=best_february_2019&utm_content=020119&goal=0_d9446392d6-a73126b15d-293139369

Fidget Toys and ADHD: Still Paying Attention?

Last summer, the spinners were all marked 75 percent off and the craze seemed over. But was there something to the idea that a fidget toy could help a person—especially one who struggles with ADHD symptoms—maintain attention and do better with his work? “My worry is that they’re very much a distraction, not only to… Continuar lendo Fidget Toys and ADHD: Still Paying Attention?