For a child with ADHD, trying to focus on a dry math lecture is not unlike stabbing small needles in his eyes. Luckily, when insufficient dopamine hampers focus, there are tools designed to help tune into the things that aren’t naturally interesting.
For a child with ADHD, trying to focus intently on a dry math lecture is not unlike stabbing small needles in his eyes. It hurts. Yet that same child may be able to hyperfocus for hours on a video game or comic book that grabs his attention.
“People who think ADHD means having a short attention span misunderstand what ADHD is,” says Kathleen Nadeau, Ph.D.
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