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isPermaLink="false">http://playattention.com/attention-deficit/articles/adhd-the-fountain-of-youth/</guid> <description><![CDATA[A recent study published in the journal PLoS ONE reveals how we can all look younger and decrease cognitive deficits like ADHD. The secret:&#160; exercise! That&#8217;s probably not what you want to hear, but it makes sense. Scientists at Tel Aviv University found that &#34;endurance exercises,&#34; aerobic exercise like running or cardio kickboxing not only [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.playattention.com/adhd-the-fountain-of-youth/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Texting and ADHD</title><link>http://www.playattention.com/texting-and-adhd/</link> <comments>http://www.playattention.com/texting-and-adhd/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:10:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Children]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Health]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Parents]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Research]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: sleep]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Texting]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Video Games]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: web surfing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[JFK Medical Center]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Medical News Today]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Texting]]></category> <category><![CDATA[web surfing]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://playattention.com/attention-deficit/articles/texting-and-adhd/</guid> <description><![CDATA[How much has information and communication technology (ICT) affected our lives? Researchers say that the average teenager sends a total of over 3,400 electronic [text] messages every month or surfs the Internet at bedtime. Could texting and bedtime web time influence the severity of your child&#8217;s ADHD symptoms? In a study by the JFK Medical [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.playattention.com/texting-and-adhd/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>So Is My ADHD Child Covered by Section 504?</title><link>http://www.playattention.com/so-is-my-adhd-child-covered-by-section-504/</link> <comments>http://www.playattention.com/so-is-my-adhd-child-covered-by-section-504/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:52:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[504]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Children]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: IQ]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Parents]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Treatment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IEP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Individualized Education Program]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://playattention.com/attention-deficit/articles/so-is-my-adhd-child-covered-by-section-504/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Your child may qualify to receive accommodations under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Section 504 states that: “No otherwise qualified individual with a disability in the United States, as defined in section 706(8) of this title, shall, solely by reason of her or his disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.playattention.com/so-is-my-adhd-child-covered-by-section-504/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ADHD and the Western diet</title><link>http://www.playattention.com/adhd-and-the-western-diet/</link> <comments>http://www.playattention.com/adhd-and-the-western-diet/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:15:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[ADHD]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Children]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Diet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Fatty Acids]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Food Additives]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Food Colors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Health]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Parents]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Journal of Attention Disorders]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://playattention.com/attention-deficit/articles/adhd-and-the-western-diet/</guid> <description><![CDATA[A study published online in the international Journal of Attention Disorders examines the possible link between ADHD and a ‘Western-style’ diet in children. The study was conducted by Perth’s Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Australia. The researchers found that a diet typically consumed in the Western world consisting of ‘fast foods,’ sugar/corn syrup, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.playattention.com/adhd-and-the-western-diet/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ADHD and dropout rates</title><link>http://www.playattention.com/adhd-and-dropout-rates/</link> <comments>http://www.playattention.com/adhd-and-dropout-rates/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:15:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[ADHD]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Alcohol Abuse]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Children]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Adhd: Drug Abuse]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Drugs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Health]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Parents]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Tobacco]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cognitive Therapy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unviersity of California, Davis]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://playattention.com/attention-deficit/articles/adhd-and-dropout-rates/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The July issue of the Journal of Psychiatric Research reports a study by the University of California, Davis. The researchers examined whether ADHD could be predictive of failure to graduate high school on time. When the UC Davis scientists reviewed different types of ADHD, they found all of the types of ADHD are associated with [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.playattention.com/adhd-and-dropout-rates/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Is ADHD all in your head?</title><link>http://www.playattention.com/is-adhd-all-in-your-head/</link> <comments>http://www.playattention.com/is-adhd-all-in-your-head/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:53:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[ADHD]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Adderall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Children]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Concerta]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Diagnosis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Drugs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Health]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Medications]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Modafinil]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Parents]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Research]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Ritalin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Strattera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Symptoms]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Treatment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brain Development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brain Plasticity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cognitive Therapy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dr. Adrian Sandler]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Journal Pediatrics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Training the Brain]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://playattention.com/attention-deficit/articles/is-adhd-all-in-your-head/</guid> <description><![CDATA[A study published in the June 14 edition of the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics has sparked controversy regarding ADHD medication and the brain’s power to regulate itself. The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health and conducted by Dr. Adrian Sandler, a developmental-behavioral pediatrician and medical director of the Olson Huff [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.playattention.com/is-adhd-all-in-your-head/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>New research on attention and video games</title><link>http://www.playattention.com/new-research-on-attention-and-video-games/</link> <comments>http://www.playattention.com/new-research-on-attention-and-video-games/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:32:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[ADHD]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Children]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Health]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Parents]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Research]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Video Games]]></category> <category><![CDATA[American Academy of Pediatrics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Journal Pediatrics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://playattention.com/attention-deficit/articles/new-research-on-attention-and-video-games/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Research published in the July issue of Pediatrics reveals that too much time spent watching television and playing video games can cause attention problems. A graduate student at Iowa State University, Edward Swing, found that excessive screen time, whether in front of a computer or TV, could double the risk of attention problems in children [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.playattention.com/new-research-on-attention-and-video-games/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The ADHD link to social dynamics</title><link>http://www.playattention.com/the-adhd-link-to-social-dynamics/</link> <comments>http://www.playattention.com/the-adhd-link-to-social-dynamics/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:20:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[ADHD]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Adderall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Children]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Concerta]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Diagnosis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Drugs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Genetics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Girls and Women]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Medications]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Modafinil]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Parents]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Research]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Ritalin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Strattera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Vyvanse]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brain Development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brain Plasticity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Neuroplasticity]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://playattention.com/attention-deficit/articles/the-adhd-link-to-social-dynamics/</guid> <description><![CDATA[If I told you that women who received only basic education were 130 % more likely to have a child on ADHD medication than women with university degrees, you’d see a link, wouldn’t you?&#160; Well, that’s what a&#160; study published this month in Acta Paediatrica found.&#160; That implies that nearly half of the serious cases [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.playattention.com/the-adhd-link-to-social-dynamics/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Summer ADHD brain drain</title><link>http://www.playattention.com/summer-adhd-brain-drain/</link> <comments>http://www.playattention.com/summer-adhd-brain-drain/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 19:55:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[ADHD]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Children]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Diet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Health]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Medications]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Parents]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Video Games]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brain Development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brain Plasticity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Ratey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Neurogenesis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Neuroplasticity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sleep]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Training the Brain]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://playattention.com/attention-deficit/articles/summer-adhd-brain-drain/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Research tells us that during the summer, the average student loses one to three month’s math and reading gains made over the prior year. Academic losses are so common among students that educators have given the phenomena a name: Summer Brain Drain. Summer Brain Drain may even be worse for ADHD students already having trouble [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.playattention.com/summer-adhd-brain-drain/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Should I play or should I grow?</title><link>http://www.playattention.com/should-i-play-or-should-i-grow/</link> <comments>http://www.playattention.com/should-i-play-or-should-i-grow/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:27:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[ADHD]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Children]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Parents]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Research]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Video Games]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brain Development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://playattention.com/attention-deficit/articles/should-i-play-or-should-i-grow/</guid> <description><![CDATA[PART ONE OF THREE This blog is partially based on material I presented to the International Atomic Energy Agency of the United Nations in Vienna, Austria. Playing vs. learning What’s the difference between playing and learning? Sometimes there is no difference. People can learn through play. Educators have known this for years. Grade school teachers [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.playattention.com/should-i-play-or-should-i-grow/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
