Demanding tasks like school and homework triggers fidgeting, foot-tapping and chair-swiveling in kids with ADHD. When kids with ADHD are accessing their brain’s executive functions they need to move. In a study of a math video where a child with ADHD swiveled in their chairs and tapped their feet, but when watching the Star Wars clip they were almost motionless.
“Star Wars” has an appeal to students with ADHD.
It depends on the cognitive demands of the task. With the Star Wars clip they didn’t have to think, but with the math video, they had to use their thinking and memory. When kids are working on tasks that require working memory parents and teachers should not label them as unmotivated.
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