Why should I do it:
- Some students require the need for outside stimulus to help them maintain focus
- Helps students attend to tasks better
- Focuses students
- Decreases distractibility
- Helps students calm down
- Helps students maintain attention and focus for longer periods
- Increases work production, comprehension, and problem solving
- Improves effort, motivation, and productivity
- Can have a calming effect on students
When should I do it:
- When a student has difficulty staying in seat or is overly fidgety
- When a student is hyperactive
- When a student is on the Autism Spectrum
- When a student has trouble sustaining attention and focus due to high activity levels
- When a student is one who “bounces off the walls”
- After lunch with students who have too much energy to focu
How do I do it:
- Ask if you have any in your school or facility, if not, look at the links below for ideas as to where to get them
- Explain to the student that the disk is a tool, designed to help them stay focused in class
- Allow the student to share it with the class if that is needed but refrain from giving it too much attention
- Keep seating discs in a specific spot and teach students to retrieve and return them to this spot when they need them
- Consider having a check in/out sheet by the seating discs to keep track of them
- If the student wiggles around on the seating disc, this is okay as the student is likely still working better and more focused
Resources & Support for technique:
