Orange County, CA (1888PressRelease)
January 19, 2008 - On Saturday morning Feb 9, Stowell Learning Center in Diamond Bar, CA will offer a 2 hour simulation experience that helps parents, teachers, and other professionals feel what it is like to actually have attention challenges (ADD/ADHD).
More and more parents and professionals are getting training in dealing with students who have ADD/ADHD. But what is it like to actually HAVE the condition...to live each and every day fighting to focus your attention on what is happening in the school day? That's the critical piece that training generally lacks.
After attending an Attention Challenges Simulation, one parent of a sixth grade student said, "I couldn't believe what it was like just to get through an activity. Now I really understand what my son is going through each and every day. This will make me a better mom."
This is a fun, but eye-opening experience that can help anyone working with children with attention problems to better understand and help remove or at least diminish the frustration these children feel.
Developed by Drs. Joe and Carl Utay from Pittsburg, the simulation will place participants in a classroom setting and it will have them focus through a series of distractions. Throughout the simulation, participants can ask questions and discuss their experience.
The purpose of the simulation is for participants to experience, first-hand, the daily challenges facing children with AD/HD.
The simulation will be held on Saturday, February 9th from 9:30 am to 12 Noon at the Stowell Learning Center, 20955 Pathfinder Road Suite 332, Diamond Bar, CA 91765
While the event is held as a free service to parent and professionals, they request that you make a reservation so that materials can be ready for all who attend.
Jill Stowell, owner of Stowell Learning Center says, "Once we can feel what these kids are feeling we can help them in a much kinder, accepting, and more effective way. Let's give these kids all the help we can."
For more information and to make a reservation, call Stowell Learning Center at (909) 598-2482.
