Ocd In Classroom

In schools some children have problems paying attention. Most people would just link it to ADHD, but ADHD the problem every time? When teachers see a certain student struggling to pay attention time after time in class, they may or may not link it to ADHD. Teachers who automatically assume ADHD is the cause of the child not being able to pay attention could be putting a label on the child. Once a label is put on a certain child in the classroom, it could be hard to see past that label. The child may not have ADHD, they could have a much bigger problem such as anxiety. Anxiety can often distract children like ADHD can, but it happens differently. According to Dr. Schuster, “anxiety tends to lock up the brain, which makes school harder for anxious …show more content…
If the issue isn’t ADHD or anxiety, then it could be OCD. OCD stands for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, like anxiety there are a multitude of different types/ versions of OCD. The most common types in schools would be the ritual types and the tapping. Children that have to do certain rituals believe that if they do not do this ritual, bad things will happen. Children that just tap may have to tap a certain amount of times “Kids with OCD, which often starts in the grade-school years, have an added source of distraction: They not only have obsessive thoughts, but feel they must perform rituals, or compulsions, to prevent bad things from happening” …show more content…
Add that with the lackluster of colors and it was nearly impossible for me to concentrate. I did everything I could to thwart away the boring aspects of the room to hone my attention towards the teacher.
I plan to kill two birds with one stone with the proposal I am about to present. We could prevent students with ADHD, anxiety, and OCD from getting off topic, by giving them special help in or outside of class so they get the extra one on one time with the teacher. That would help to increase their attention and their productivity in the classroom setting.
And for the children without ADHD, anxiety, or OCD we could change the color in the classrooms, and allow the students to get up and move. When children are surrounded by jocund colors, they tend to pay more attention to what is going on since they are no longer surrounded by four white walls.
This could make a big difference for children all across the nation to get the help they need to pay better attention to what is going on. Whether they have a deeper issue than what meets the eye, or if they are just simply bored and need a change. This is what we need to do to help the future leaders of