[nabs-l] attention span and concentration

[Domonique Lawless]

Hi,

I was listening to a presentation on autism the other day and the lady
who was giving the presentation told my class about this thing she
uses with her son called a motivaider. Its shaped kind of like a pager
and clips onto your belt or slides into your pocket. You could set it
for adjustable periods of time  like 5 or 30 minutes. I thought this
was really coold and like some of you guys, I have a difficult time
keeping focused. If yo used something like this and set it to every
half hour or hour you could work for an hour  and then when it
vibrates you have an hour of free time. This way you work until the
alarm goes off and then take a break, and then get back to work. It
just seemed really cool to me and everyone in my class was taken with
the idea.

Domonique

On 5/1/09, Nathan Clark <troubleclark at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Sarah
> Just take one task at a time.
>
>
> On 5/1/09, Antonio Guimaraes <aguimaraes at nbp.org> wrote:
>> Here is what you can do to avoid distraction:
>>
>> No messenger, facebook, cell phone, and other ways to contact people.
>>
>> No television, or even news.
>>
>> These are things that distract me, and that are best not used, avoided,
>> turned off, or even uninstalled if you need to.
>>
>> Take it from Stephen King, who writes much the same advice in his book On
>> Writing.
>>
>> Oh yeah, no books either, the kind you need not be reading right now.
>>
>> If music helps you relax, and clear your mind, and still work on your
>> stuff,
>> use it.
>>
>> That's all for now.
>>
>> Antonio M. Guimaraes Jr.
>>
>>
>>
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