Does your child have difficulties when sitting still? Concentrating? Staying focused? Are there any challenges when learning at school or at home?
Is your child easily distracted and sitting restlessly on the chair?
The ability to learn is very much dependent on the ability to concentrate and stay focused when learning.It is important to emphasize that it is not an indication of intelligence level if your child is restless and has greater difficulty staying calm when learning - it is about concentration and focus when it is time for learning.
Lack of concentration can be a problem for all children, but can be especially challenging for children with ADHD, as the children may have challenges with motor restlessness, increased need for attention, hyperactivity and impulsivity.
Restlessness and difficulty concentrating can have many causes. One of the reasons may be that the child has been diagnosed with ADHD. It is estimated that between 2-6% of all children have ADHD and therefore this is actually a challenge that should be in focus.
A solution or help to sharpen focus can be to use a seat cushion with stimulating points, which at the same time helps to provide a proper sitting position and strengthen body's posture.
The benefits of a seat or balance cushion, as they are often also called, are:
- Stimulates the child's motor skills and concentration
- Strengthens the back, hip and abdomen
- Creates good seating comfort
- Suitable for all children
- Perfect for children in great need of physical activity
With a balance pillow, you can in most cases meet the need for security that often lies behind a restlessness or difficulty concentrating. It can create a feeling of greater security, better body feeling and sharpened concentration. At the same time, the best basis for a correct sitting position is created, where the posture is also strengthened, by correctly positioning the back, abdomen and hips.
When the optimal seating comfort is ensured, it will also give the child the best condition for e.g. learning that requires attention and concentration. Seat cushions are a really good solution, as the framework of e.g. the teaching situation improves.
At the same time, it is a very affordable solution for a child, who experiences restlessness and difficulty concentrating, to implement in everyday life at school or at home. It does not require, for example, replacement of current furniture or the like.
The seat pillow can be used anywhere, such as at home, at school, in the nursery, kindergarten or for example, when having dinner, or in other situations where it may be difficult to sit still for extended periods of time. The seat cushion is lightweight, and therefore easy to carry back and forth between home, school or institution.
The balance pillow is filled with air (can be adjusted according to the child's needs) and uses a standard ball pump (not included).
How should the balance pillow be used?
The child can advantageously use the pillow in e.g. learning situations, history time in kindergarten or at other times when concentration and heightened attention are needed. When the child sits on the seat cushion, the many massaging points will have a calming effect and create calm in the body, so that the optimal framework is created to keep the focus for the child.
The seat cushion is a good solution for children, as the body is stimulated positively during the many hours that children spend in the classroom or during homework. A seat cushion helps the child sit comfortably, while the back muscles move - this is the effect that is created when you choose a seat cushion with air. Exercises are extremely beneficial for a child who experiences lack of concentration.
You get many benefits from using a seat cushion for concentration difficulty:
• Improved concentration - more active participation in e.g. teaching, commitment and attention. It also means that the children learn better and at the same time have more fun.
• The ability to plan, organize and initiate problem solving is significantly improved as the child participates more in the classroom.
• The comfort of a seat cushion is high - most children find the feeling of the massaging points comfortable and pleasant to use.
The sense of touch - Why is it important when it comes to concentration?
Our sense of touch, the tactile sense, is a very fascinating and important sense because the skin is the body's largest organ. Touch and the different instances we find ourself in every day are part of both emotions and communication with others. Just think that you often sort through on how you greet others - hugs to those closest to you, a polite handshake to someone you meet for the first time and so on.
We use the sense of touch to feel the outside world with and recognize surfaces - it is part of the Gnostic sense, which e.g. allows us to identify with our hands the different objects we have in our pocket, without even looking. Through the same nerve pathways as touch, messages about pain, the sensation of objects, and temperature are signalized also to the brain.
The sense of touch is part of our warning system if something that we come in contact with is potentially dangerous.
Moreover the sense of touch helps also to support feelings of closeness, security, love and also survival. It is also here that opposite reactions, the stress reaction or the loving or safe reaction are registered. Pleasant and loving touch has e.g. a good effect on the immune system and stimulates the body's self-healing properties.
Children who are challenged by agitation may experience greater security, better body sensation, and can concentrate better if they use assistive devices to keep the agitation level under control. It can be a gadget for the hands, a soft object to hug, or something that weighs on the lap or on the body. The same goes for a sensory pillow.
It presents challenges in everyday life if you have to go through situations that contribute to discomfort in your daily life, and since the skin is the body's largest organ and our external boundary, touch is part of many of the everyday chores.
Touch contributes also to our humor. There are touches that provide well-being. It can be hugs, running the hand through the hair, kisses or the like, which help to give positive experiences.
Other types of skin contact can hurt or be very uncomfortable. The feeling of certain types of consistency of e.g. food in the mouth can be so uncomfortable that it can cause vomiting reflexes. It can be very specific places on the body and sensations that create discomfort. When the body is massaged and stimulated when seated in the situations where the focus and concentration are necessary, a better framework is created to achieve concentration and focus in a learning situation.
When you meet a child who is challenged when it is necessary to sit still and concentrate, it can be a condition called sensory overreaction. A very clear indication of this may just be a high level of activity and challenges with the ability to concentrate: sitting still can be something near impossible. There may be overreaction in all areas of perception: visual, balance, auditory, taste experiences and last but not least, the tactile system.
A seat cushion for children is a super solution for children with "full speed on", as the body is stimulated positively through the movements that are made when sitting on a cushion that combines massage points with the air.