| In the past the treatment of ADHD and ADD has | | | | chair was used every day. Instead of becoming bored |
| been pretty advanced. It has involved specialized | | | | so quickly, schools are seeing the children stay |
| medicine and various types of physical therapy. But | | | | dedicated to their studies for longer periods of time. |
| doctors are starting to lean to more traditional | | | | The success of rocking chair therapy is making its |
| methods, such as rocking chair therapy. The rocking | | | | way into the home front as well. Where once there |
| motion has such a calming effect on kids, that the | | | | was a deficit in reading amongst children with ADD |
| medical field began to experiment on children with | | | | ADHD, this unique way of therapy is growing a desire |
| ADD. They use this special chair in classrooms across | | | | of reading in the kid. Parents now have the option to |
| this world. It is known as the ADHD chair. Children are | | | | use a rocker chair for more purposes than just |
| benefiting from this old-fashioned chair at school, in their | | | | decoration in a child's bedroom. |
| home, and most importantly, in their attention span. | | | | The attention of any child can often be hard to reign in, |
| The chair is being implemented into the "specialty | | | | especially for children who can't focus for long periods |
| needs" classrooms to relax students with the slow, | | | | of time. This is why parents are jumping at any new |
| calming rocking motion while they listen to lectures and | | | | idea or method that can help them keep their child's |
| work in their workbooks. Some studies have seen a | | | | concentration. The rocking motion is definitely a piece |
| higher increase in completed school assignments as | | | | of this puzzle and should help families enjoy focused |
| well as a higher grade point average when the rocking | | | | learning in the evenings or on the weekends. |