ADHD - Why Reducing Transitioning Is So Important with Kim Raine (ADHD Series)

Name: ADHD - Why Reducing Transitioning Is So Important with Kim Raine (ADHD Series)
Uploaded: 2023-05-05T18:00:12+00:00
Duration: 36 s
Channel: Claudia von Boeselager
Description: Kim Raine explains how ADHD makes transitions between tasks harder because of executive functioning deficits. People with ADHD aren't inattentive…

5 May 2023 · 1 min

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Kim Raine explains how ADHD makes transitions between tasks harder because of executive functioning deficits. People with ADHD aren't inattentive, they're hyperaware of their surroundings, so constant interruptions in busy environments compound the problem. Reducing transitions and managing environmental stimuli are key strategies.

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If you're sat next to the photocopier and people are coming and going all day long, the ADHD part may be like, brilliant, I'll be chatting to everyone. But actually, every time we have to stop. One of the problems our lack of executive functioning causes is the ability to transition from one task to another. So it's also looking at, okay, how often are you having to transition? So if you are somewhere where everyone's coming or you're the tea and coffee place or something's going on, it's, it's not even distraction, it's observation. We're highly, highly observant, you know, the same is we don't have a deficit of attention. That is not our problem. It's completely the opposite.