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Use Of Public Open Space Faber Taylor, A., & Kuo, F. E. M. (2011). Could exposure to everyday green spaces help treat ADHD? Evidence from children's play settings. Applied Psychology: Health and Well‐Being, 3(3), 281-303. (David) Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is common in children (8 percent). Results in poor grades, poor social interaction, more rejection by peers, and less friends. Most would of these children would benefit from a low-cost and easy way to manage their extreme symptoms. Previous studies show green spaces aiding these symptoms and reducing them. Study investigates whether routinely visiting green spaces have effects on children’s ADHD symptoms. Methodology: Sample size/ survey collected from 421 parents or legal guardians of children (5–18 years) formally diagnosed with ADHD by a physician, psychologist, or psychiatrist. In …show more content…

The data for this study were derived from two separate datasets. The health data and data on stressful life events were collected within the framework of the second Dutch National Survey of General Practice (DNSGP-2), conducted in the Netherlands in 2000–2002 (Westert et al., 2005). The DNSGP-2 included a nationwide representative sample of 104 general practitioners practices with nearly 400,000 patients on their list. Results/Conclusion: After the investigation of whether the presence of green space in people’s living environment can buffer the adverse impacts of stressful life events on three self-reported health outcomes: number of health complaints, perceived mental health, and perceived general health. Results/conclusions determined and supported that green space can provide a buffer against negative health

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Children are not experiencing the outdoors the way they used to. It used to be that children would look out the window at the world when they went on road trips but now they are constantly absorbed by their electronic devices. The Last Child in the Wood by Richard Louv is making a very strong argument on this topic. Richard Louv is concerned with making sure children make the same connections about nature that many generations have made before them. In this piece Louv used rhetorical questioning to draw attention to his most crucial points.

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Egan provides 2 pieces of evidence to support his claim: "The number of boys age 6 to 12 who engage in outdoor activities is declining" and "Kids who do play outside are less likely to get sick, be stressed or become aggressive, and more adaptable to life's unpredictable turns." After reading those 2 examples who would be persuaded of the pros of realizing Americans have Nature-Deficit Disorder? Richard Louv's book provides an abundance of examples that reveal the positives of realizing Americans have Nature Deficit Disorder and how being involved in nature can effectively cure the disorder. Egan's choice of examples shows that his research was skimpy and he probably did not read the book. Louv fills the first part of his book with evidence from his personal life, research, and data from other sources.

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The lush forests, babbling brooks, and soaring mountains provide an opportunity for introspection that they would not have found elsewhere. As they explore this untamed wilderness, they begin to shed their old selves and embrace a new way of thinking. According to environmental psychologist David Strayer, spending time in nature can significantly improve cognitive function (qtd. in Bratman et al.) .

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As we reflect on the past, we always ask ourselves what things have changed since I was a kid? Was nature deficit disorder even a thing 20 years ago? 50 years ago? This “sickness” was recently coined by Richard Louv in his 2005 book, Last Child in the Woods. Throughout the book this disorder is summarized as a lack of time spent outdoors or immersed in nature and can be a contributing factor to many problems which are also affecting today 's children, such as obesity, attention deficit disorder or depression.

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I have been faced with many challenges with ADHD. It affects every aspect of my life including my behavior, my mood and most of all my cognitive and organizational skills. My late diagnosis made it difficult to accept and understand what was happening. First I was diagnosed with defiant child syndrome because I was not respecting my teachers at school, fighting and just being disrespectful.

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Therefore, a child is more likely to be curious and explore the environment should there be a haven to return to which is given by the primary caregiver and by allow the child to do this, they will develop

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Today’s children are cooped inside all day playing video games, this would give them a chance to enjoy the outdoors more. On average children needs about an hour of vigorous activity to remain healthy

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ADHD is a hyperactivity disorder with many symptoms that can be treated through therapy, emotional counselling, and use of

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Did you know that if you are inside too much that you stress level will go up but just getting outside and getting fresh air your stress level will go down. I believe that kids should go outside and play for a least 20 minutes pure day. I think that kids should go outside for 20 minutes pure day because they will get exercise,be able to use their imagination,getting out of the house and prevent people for getting over weight. Getting outside will help lots of people for getting overweight and will give an opportunity for kids getting exercise in a fun way. Exercise is great for your body and just by raking leaves for an hour you can lose 250 calories.

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ADHD is a disorder that affects a person's attention and behavioral control. There are prescription medications that can be used to help control behavioral outbreaks and help the person(s) maintain attention, but is the diagnosis of ADHD, helping or hurting kids?     The question of whether the diagnosis of ADHD helping kids or not has a few points of view.  The diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is seen as harmful to students because, the diagnosis  is typically followed by the prescription of new medicine and behavioral therapy. This is not helpful  to the students because they become dependant on the medicine, when they should be learning techniques to help with attention and behavioral control.

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Many children have been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD), and the amount of those children being prescribed a medication for their disorder has grown largely in the last couple of years. This caused concern to arise in doctors; some of them went as far to say that most children diagnosed and treated for ADHD are really just immature and undisciplined (Koplewicz). Even if this is untrue, they say that the children would do better if treated with alternative options. Children diagnosed with ADHD are in serious distress, but not because of bad teaching or parenting. It is because their brains work differently than others, and they need to be treated properly.

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These are very bad habits that could lead to mental unhealthiness. Going outside in general is very important for your health. Spending at least fifteen minutes a day in nature can boost focus and ease anxiety. It can also relieve stress and restore mental energy. Believe it or not, going outdoors can improve your vision.

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Children with ADHD Attention Psychiatric Association says that up to 11% of children in the U.S have been diagnosed with ADHD. This is a concerning percentage considering the possibility for misdiagnosis. Many children have been misdiagnosed with ADHD due to parents being overwhelmed by their high energy children, Schools not questioning a misdiagnosis because they get more funding for a child with a mental handicap, and because doctors choose the easy way out when treating a child with high energy. The first reason why children are being misdiagnosed for ADHD because parents are being overwhelmed by their high energy children.

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Understanding the environmental and behavioural predictors of wellbeing is a key driver of health and social care research. Research set in the social world examines the relationships between behavioural, cognitive, emotional and environmental factors, linking these to disease or social ills with the aim of providing better preventive or treatment services. Much of this research is based on retrospective measurement tools, such as questionnaires or interviews. However, retrospective accounts are prone to bias arising from the influence of the participant's current affective state on autobiographical memory and error-inducing heuristic strategies related to memory. Participant introspection also biases self-reports of behaviour and symptoms.

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Part C - Disability affects development and learning because disability affects children's development in different ways. That can be physically and sensory, social, emotional and behavioural and learning or cognitive. So say a child with Hearing impairment affects language and communication in that they may struggle to understand words in a book and get stressed at trying to read aloud.

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