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Episode 11 – Attention Learning & Your Child Part 2

December 19, 2018 By Sonia Bestulic

Attention is such an important element of a child’s quality of life that it deserves a second conversation. And that’s what we’re going to give you in this part two of our series Attention, Learning & Your Child. If you haven’t had the chance to listen to the first part, please do so by following this link. It is an important episode where we set the ground for this second part. In part one, we talked about what attention is, what the different types of attention are, how attention develops early in life, and how attention difficulties can be detected and managed as early as possible.

In part two, we bring back Jacky Peile to talk more about attention and the different interventions available for children with attention difficulties. Jacky is the founder of EarlyLinks, an occupational therapy clinic for children at Sutherland Shire, Sydney, Australia. She leads a team of occupational therapists who support children, teens, and young adults challenged by anxiety and sensory-processing difficulties to improve their daily life through practical strategies.

Key Learnings

  • How attention develops in the early years of a child
  • A working definition of attention
  • Specific strategies to cultivate the attention skills of babies and toddlers (0-2 years old)
  • What changes in children’s attention as they transition to school age and how parents can continue to cultivate their attention at this point
  • How going down to the level of the child can help communicate what he or she needs to be focusing on at particular moments
  • The role of breaking down a task into small steps that a child can follow in building attention in schoolchildren
  • How to encourage children to ask for help when they need it
  • The key difference between ordinary attention difficulties and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
  • Jacky’s thoughts on medication for ADHD and working with health professionals
  • What parents need to expect when they visit Jacky for an assessment of their children’s attention issues
  • How therapy looks like and how long it will take

Jacky’s guide questions for parents who want to integrate attention training in their child’s day-to-day life

  • What does the child need to be focusing their attention on right now?
  • And can I use that as a scaffolding or a conversation with my child to help them realize what they need to focus on?

Quote

“Attention is something that closely is so ingrained in our day-to-day experience of the world.

. . . once you know a little bit about the theory, you can really start to create your own practical strategy and your own ways to develop that attention system without needing to do it as a specific additional exercise or activity. It can be just embedded in the day-to-day.”

Links:

  • Episode 10 – Attention, Learning & Your Child Part 1
  • EarlyLinks Mobile Occupational Therapy Services
  • Don’t forget to subscribe: https://chataboutchildren.com/subscribe

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: attention, learning

Episode 10 – Attention, Learning & Your Child Part 1

December 5, 2018 By Sonia Bestulic

Attention is a very basic skill for human beings, so basic that we don’t usually talk about it.

But for some, attention is not a skill that comes easily and this problem can emanate early in childhood. This is where occupational therapists like Jacky Peile enter. They help children with attention difficulties live a better life. In this first episode of a two-part series, we chat with Jacky about attention, learning, and your child.

Jacky Peile is an occupational therapist who established EarlyLinks at Sutherland Shire, Sydney, Australia in 2010. Today, she leads a team of occupational therapists who support children, teens, and young adults with anxiety and sensory-processing difficulties through practical strategies that make their daily life easier. Jacky has also presented at National Occupational Therapy conferences and is a member of several organisations advocating for greater support and understanding for children who are usually overlooked.

Key Learnings

  • What exactly is an occupational therapist and why Jacky fits the job well
  • What attention is and how it develops early in life
  • How attention problems arise in childhood
  • How a shift in a child’s social environment (i.e. pre-school to school) affects attention
  • The different subtypes of attention: shared attention, sustained attention, selective attention, alternating attention, and divided attention
  • The relationship between motivation and attention
  • How a child develops divided attention
  • How parents can identify attention issues in their child and when they should get professional help
  • What sensory-processing difficulties are and how they are related to a child’s ability to sustain attention
  • The “Purple Mat” technique to teach your child selective attention

Jacky’s guide questions for parents who want to test children for attention difficulties before consulting a professional:

  • Can your child maintain attention on something that is important or motivating to him or her?
  • Can your child achieve basic short periods of attention?

Quote

“If you can make the environment and the activity really simple and something that is motivationally there for your child and they still have issues or difficulties with attention, that’s the time to speak to somebody about it.”

Links:

  • Don’t forget to subscribe: chataboutchildren.com/subscribe
  • EarlyLinks Mobile Occupational Therapy Services

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: attention, childrendevelopment, learning

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