{"id":9892,"date":"2013-08-16T06:42:27","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T11:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/?p=9892"},"modified":"2019-03-27T14:24:57","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T19:24:57","slug":"how-can-i-help-students-with-adhd-to-visually-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/how-can-i-help-students-with-adhd-to-visually-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can I Help Students with ADHD to Visually Focus?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/professionallearningboard.com\/blog\/\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"check_out_the_new_blog\" title=\"Check Out the New Blog\" alt=\"Check Out the New Blog\"  src=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/images\/check_out_the_new_blog.jpg\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/HowcanIhelpstudentswithADHDtovisuallyfocus.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9893\" style=\"border: 4px solid black; margin: 10px;\" alt=\"HowcanIhelpstudentswithADHDtovisuallyfocus\" src=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/HowcanIhelpstudentswithADHDtovisuallyfocus.png\" width=\"312\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/HowcanIhelpstudentswithADHDtovisuallyfocus.png 312w, https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/HowcanIhelpstudentswithADHDtovisuallyfocus-279x300.png 279w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><\/a>Students with ADHD often have weak visual focus and weak muscles in the eyes can also make visual focus more difficult.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When eyes focus, they usually lead the <em>ears<\/em> to focus.<\/strong> <em>This is why we often want students to look at us when giving instruction.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For younger students, try to get to their level and look them in the eye when speaking. For older students, ask them to look at you when speaking and stop speaking if they look away. When eyes drift, listening and minds drift.<\/p>\n<p><em>To strengthen eye muscles, some classrooms do eye calisthenics like the ones suggested below to prepare for reading, writing and math work.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eye Push Ups<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Hold thumb up 8 to 12 inches from the nose. Focus on the thumb and see one thumb.`<\/p>\n<p>2. Slowly push the thumb away from the face to arm\u2019s length.<\/p>\n<p>3. Slowly bring the thumb back toward the nose until it is again 8 to 12 inches away.<\/p>\n<p>4. Repeat 3 to 12 times. Stop if uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Look Through My Thumb<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Hold the thumb up 8 to 12 inches from the nose. Focus on the thumb and see one thumb. Student holds for 7 to 15 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>2. The coach names someone or something in the environment. The student looks through the thumb to focus on the distant person or object. The student will now see two thumbs. Student holds for 7 to 15 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>3. The student looks back at the thumb and sees one, but sees two of the object in the background. Student holds for 7 to 15 seconds.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Discuss here<\/span>:\u00a0<\/strong>What are some strategies that you use to encourage students to look at you while you are speaking?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Take a course<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>  Students with ADHD often have weak visual focus and weak muscles in the eyes can also make visual focus more difficult.<br \/>\nWhen eyes focus, they usually lead the ears to focus. This is why we often want students to look at us when giving instruction.<br \/>\nFor younger students, try to get to their level and [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[527,1018,1019],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9892"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9892"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24443,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9892\/revisions\/24443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}