| Steven Nissen, a prominent Cleveland Ohio
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| | TV and games that have lots of flashing
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| Cardiologist recently prodded the FDA's
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| | lights.
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| Advisory committee to put a black box
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| | 3. Help them get organized. Keep a
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| warning on Ritalin, warning of potential
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| | schedule and be consistent.
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| heart danger. Why? From 1999 to 2003, 81
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| | 4. To help with reading focus, let kids
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| deaths and 54 nonfatal cardiovascular
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| | read aloud and record their voice. You
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| events such as heart attacks have
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| | could read something yourself or purchase
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| possible links to Ritalin and similar
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| | a "book on tape." Now they can read along
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| drugs.
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| | while listening. If they can't sit still
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| During the same period 78 million
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| | for the whole tape, let them listen while
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| prescriptions were written for children
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| | moving around. Listening skills are a
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| up to the age of 18. Today two million
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| | necessary ingredient for good reading.
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| kids a month take these drugs.
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| | 5. Practice deep breathing. Kids can even
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| These are startling statistics to put it
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| | be taught a simple form of meditation
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| mildly! Assuming Nissen is correct,
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| | which is nothing more than watching one's
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| Ritalin is a pretty dangerous method of
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| | breath.Even getting more oxygen to the
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| improving brain-based learning.
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| | brain is a brain-based learning
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| Now before I go any further with this
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| | technique.
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| story, please do not take a child off
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| | 6. Cross right ankle over left and then
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| their ADD medication or suggest to a
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| | give yourself a hug by crossing arms
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| parent that such should be done. I am not
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| | across the body, left over right. Reduces
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| a medical doctor. I do not prescribe. If
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| | the stress in the central nervous system.
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| you want to look into lowering a dosage
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| | Try it yourself.
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| or stopping a child's medications, you
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| | 7. Decrease visual distractions in
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| must talk to a doctor.
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| | children's rooms and at school. Fewer
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| What does this story mean in terms of ADD
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| | pictures, mobiles, toys. Less stuff.
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| behavior at home and in the classroom?
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| | 8. Exercise: play, run, skip, insist on
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| How does it affect brain-based learning?
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| | recess at school.
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| I predict that anxious parents and
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| | 9. Do Brain Gym(R). See Some kids have
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| doctors are going to take kids off their
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| | gone off their meds or at least had doses
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| meds. Now what are we going do with 2
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| | reduced by doing Brain Gym. Another very
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| million hyperactive kids!
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| | effective brain-based learning strategy.
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| For years, we haven't had to take
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| | 10. Eat more foods with Omega-3 fatty
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| responsibility for helping these kids or
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| | acids like wild salmon, sardines, tuna,
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| keeping ourselves from going crazy trying
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| | flaxseed, flaxseed oil. Take fish-oil
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| to keep some kind of order in the
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| | supplements. Omega-3 fatty acids increase
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| classroom and at home. The drugs did it
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| | the production of neurotransmitter
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| for us. Now we may be on our own.
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| | chemicals just as Ritalin does.
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| Here are ten brain-based learning
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| | Brain-based learning strategies include
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| strategies to help you and your kids
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| | attention to what we feed our brains and
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| cope:
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| | how that food affects the brain's
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| 1. Decrease sugar including drinking
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| | neurotransmitters.
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| fruit juice. Cut down on bread and pasta,
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| | Using these teacher resources and
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| esp. that made with white, processed
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| | parenting tips will help you help
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| flour.
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| | children get control over ADD/ADHD,
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| 2. Limit TV and video games, especially
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| | settle down, and learn more easily.
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