Nature, An ADHD Natural Treatment

Written by Jeannine Virtue


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Based onrepparttar results of this ADHD natural treatment study, researchers recommend that children with ADHD spend quality after-school hours and weekend time outdoors enjoying nature.

Study authors Frances E. Kuo and Andrea Faber Taylor suggested that daily doses of ''green time'' might supplement medications and behavioral approaches to ADHD if clinical trials and additional research confirmrepparttar 110890 value of nature as a natural treatment for ADHD.

The study findings indicate that exposure to ordinary natural settings inrepparttar 110891 course of common after-school and weekend activities may be widely effective in reducing attention deficit symptoms in children.

In each comparison (there were 56 in all), green outdoor activities received more positive ratings overrepparttar 110892 activities taking place in other settings. In 54 ofrepparttar 110893 56,repparttar 110894 difference was significant, signaling thatrepparttar 110895 findings were consistent.

Researchers said that exposing ADHD children to nature is an affordable, healthy method of controlling symptoms. Researchers also suggested that daily doses of "green time" can supplement medications and other traditional treatments of ADHD.

Simply using nature may offer a way to help manage ADHD symptoms that is readily available, doesn't have any stigma associated with it, doesn't cost anything, and doesn't have any side effects.

ADHD natural “green” treatment has endless possibilities, many of which might closely resemble childhoods from years long past.

Here are just a few ideas for increasing "green time": _ Play in a green yard or ball field at recess and after school. _ Take after-dinner walks. _ Make a scarecrow. _ Doing class work or homework outside or at a window with a relatively green view. _ Build a birdhouse. _ Grow an outdoor garden. _ Bike, ski, sled, inline skate... _ Visit a nature center. _ Choose a greener route forrepparttar 110896 walk to school. _ Participate in local nature clean-ups. _ Take up bird watching. _ Star gaze.

Jeannine Virtue is a freelance writer with a focus on issues relating to Attention Deficit Disorder. For research-based information about Attention Deficit Disorder, practical tips to help parents survive the task of raising Attention Deficit children and information about effective Ritalin alternatives, please visit http://www.add-adhd-help-center.com.


Overextended Infants

Written by Crystal Smith


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We hear a lot inrepparttar media about overextended children who are faced with pressures to be involved in sports and other pursuits, and to do homework, and to get good marks. I see from these products that this push to engage children in some sort of activity, to make them excel and stand out, begins at a startlingly young age. It is only natural for parents to wantrepparttar 110889 best for their children. There is nothing wrong with some educational media and toys. And, in my opinion, a child can never have enough books. But I have to wonder if we have lost sight ofrepparttar 110890 simplest method of developing language in children – face to face interaction . Isn’t it obvious? The best way to teach your child to communicate is to communicate with your child. You do not need a video, CD, or flashcard as an intermediary. Touch your child, talk to your child, let your child see your face and your mouth moving.

Next time you think about picking up a Baby Shakespeare or Bath Math video, think twice. Why not go home and read some nursery rhymes to your child or play a counting game with his fingers and toes? I guarantee a much more rewarding experience for you both.

©Crystal Smith. Crystal is a technical writer and novice freelance writer. Her new web site is under construction but she can be reached at goatfish1968@hotmail.com.


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