Nancy Young
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Yes.
Sorry, what was the?
Oh, children can have writing difficulty.
And for some children, it's tied to
attention difficulties.
So some children, pretty well most children with ADHD will have difficulties with writing because ADHD is difficulty with self-regulation.
And when you look at writing, it requires so much self-regulation.
And so some children do have difficulties learning to write.
They may be an advanced reader.
And again, we want to provide the steps that they need, the support they need in order to not just become proficient but excel.
But the research has also shown, and it's interesting because I really don't want children to spend more time on computers.
computers than they need to because there's a lot of concern about screens.
But for some children, the actual motor skills involved with writing are very difficult.
And for those children, we might want to introduce keyboarding earlier and actually help them learn through a program to have good keyboarding skills.
Which I don't have myself.
Yes, that's right.
That's kind of a different thing.
But yes, movement is very important.
And children, I would say in a lot of Western countries right now, they're indications children.