Blog Post #13

The article is about how the rate of young people being diagnosed with ADHD or Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder.  There is an eleven percent increase in 2011. The reasons for this is changes in how children are being diagnosed and new guidelines for the diagnosing ADHD. Also, different medications and treatment, and the simple awareness of ADHD.  There is an author that has her own view on why the rise in ADHD has occurred, and the article discusses her view. She starts off talking about a mother who called her talking about her six year old son. She discussed how her son would come home from school with a yellow sticker while others had a green one, and how this was effecting the child's view of himself. The author goes on to discuss how there are demands on time, and students are being forced to stay seated for a longer period of time. Also, there recess times are begin cut because of the demand  on education.  Children are not getting enough time to go out and play and explore the world they study about. Hanscon states that children are loosing their strength and balance because of all the sitting they do. She says that recess time needs to be extended so that children can learn.

There is a problem because children are being put under more and more stress at younger ages. Children need to learn effectively and learn all they need to go on to the next stage in there academic career, but there children they need fun. Children need to go outside and play , and run off the bound up energy they carry around. It can be a break from all the learning children must do now a days.  As a future educator I know this is a major problem so I will implement stretching times. So when children are doing activities they have time to stretch and just get there energy flowing rather than to continue to set and get  bored. Also, have reading time and other actives where the children can set on the floor, read and listen. I will just work to make the subjects more interesting to keep the children attention, and have more hands on learning to get them involved so they want care that they are setting down. The major this is to let kids be kids , but make sure they have order while they do it. Make sure children are having fun while learning is the best way I can help them to not focus on the time they are setting down.