Mindfulness Skills Useful in Addressing ADHD
By Lynda McCullough
Mindfulness meditation for people with ADHD? It may seem like a stretch, since difficulty with mindfulness is the very challenge for those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. And yet recent research shows that mindfulness training can be adapted for this condition and that it can improve concentration.
Various clinicians and educators are already teaching mindfulness to people with ADHD as well as to overly stressed school children.Scientists have been trying for several decades to understand how attention works. Recent studies on mindfulness and attention have demonstrated that with a little work, participants can develop greater ability to focus and self-regulate.