Treatment Of ADHD With Outdoor Exercise
They took children with ADHD out on walks. One of the walks was in the woods, one down a regular neighborhood street, and a third, down to a strip mall. Batches of children went on these walks, in different orders. And after each one, they were given a test that all ADHD children usually take – it’s called the Digit Span Backwards test. The tester says a few numbers out loud to the child, and if the child has the concentration to follow what is said, she should be able to recite those numbers backwards. According to the test, the children who had been on a walk to the park, found their Digit Span Backwards particularly easy. And if you’re thinking that maybe the tester just wanted to see things this way, you’ll need to know that they adjusted for this. The tester had no idea what walk each child had just come back from. What a grand way now to go about the treatment of ADHD in your child.
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