ADHD Weekly -- Including Exercise with Behavioral Interventions Can Increase Benefits

[KarenADHDWeekly]

Exercise is good for the body and the brain! More research is emerging that daily exercise combine with behavioral treatment can help to reduce ADHD symptoms for some people. Read more at "Including Exercise with Behavioral Interventions Can Increase Benefits" bit.ly/nrcexercisestudy .

Do you combine exercise with your ADHD lifestyle supports?

[RichSeitzOceanNJ]

The most studied and effective classroom intervention, Pax Good Behavior Game, uses brief physical activities as rewards several times a day. This not only gives kids a break from sitting all day long, it actively gets the kids excited, e.g. doing the chicken dance for 30 seconds. When the reward is done, the kids have to sit back down and return to working, thereby exercising their self-control circuits of the prefrontal cortex. Pax GBG is the only intervention that actually allows kids tp practice self-control and self-regulation, which is why clinical studies have shown amazing improvements in everything from increasing grades to reducing substance abuse years later. The study below used stickers and smiley faces instead of physical activity rewards but still showed great results. Other studies using Pax GBG were even more effective. Google Pax GBG and Dr. Dennis Embry.

1NIDA Notes. “Behavior Game Played in Primary Grades Reduces Later Drug-Related Problems.” Volume 23, Number 1, April 2010. National Institute on Drug Abuse.

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While the Pax activities don't take the place of outside sports and exercise, they do exercise the brain, and that's where the biggest impact is.

Here is a generic reference on GBG pertaining to ADHD:

Bates, Mary. “Calm Down Boys, Adolescent Girls have ADHD, too.” Psychology Today, June 2012.

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And lastly to learn more about the science of PAX GBG, go to the National Library of Medicine to read the research.

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You can also watch a video of interviews of teachers and students to learn more. bit.ly/What-Is-PAX-Video-Intro