MANAGING DISTRACTIONS

When you or your child are finally ready to get some work done, you may find it impossible to focus on what you need to do. “Let me spend a few minutes on Facebook or listen to my favorite song on YouTube then get some psyche to do the work,” you tell yourself. Before you know it, 2 hours are gone and you haven’t even started doing the work. It happens to the best of us.

Good thing is, it doesn’t have to always be this way. There’s a lot that you can do to maintain focus, avoid distractions and finish what you had set out to do. Here’s how you can avoid distractions and get more done with little time.

Focus on the end goal

Knowing why you need to stay focused and achieve the work you set out to do every day is important. It gives you the strength to push through even when distracted. Do you want to learn a new computer program? Do you want to get the job done and make extra income? Are you contemplating quitting your job in order to work from home? Think about your vision/goals and it will help you to remain focused.

Breakdown tasks in order of importance

When you have more than ten tasks that you need to do in a day, there are definitely a few that are not as important as others. Only handle a few important tasks instead of taking on too much and giving up along the way. You’d rather accomplish less work than none at all because you set too high expectations.

Do tasks early

Don’t wait too long to start working on something. Do it as early in the day as you can. This will help to avoid the distractions that usually come in the middle of the day. It’s going to be harder to accomplish your goals when you don’t do the tasks as early as possible.

Maintain momentum

Sometimes taking breaks when working on something makes you lose momentum and you waste a lot of time before you get back on track. Work on smaller tasks that you can handle and finish before taking a break. This way, you will leave no room for distractions.

Focus on what you can do and skip what you don’t know

This usually helps you to finish up the work as fast as possible. You may realize that you spend so much time trying to figure out the difficult parts such that you end up losing focus entirely. Choose to work on the difficult area later and focus your attention on the areas that you can handle.

Stay away from distractions

Escape or get rid of external things that often distract you. If you’ll distracted by the TV, work in a different room. If there are kids or coworkers who often distract you, wake up early and do the work before everyone else comes. If you are often distracted by the internet, turn off the connection. This is possibly the simplest form of advice for getting your work done in less time. But many people overlook it.

Dr. Eric Nach, Ph.D., M.Ed., A.S.D. Certified

Developmental and Behavioral Specialist

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Preparing Children With Autism, ADHD, & Other “Special Abilities” To Transition Into Middle School
August 8, 2017 8:30 AM Sponsored By Children’s Services Council of Broward County

Written by Eric Nach, Ph.D., Development and Behavioral Specialist and President of the Support for Students Growth Center.

Making the transition from elementary to middle school is a huge milestone for all children and their parents. For children with Autism, ADHD, and other “special abilities”, this dramatic change of life is even more traumatic than for their NT (neuro-typical) peers. As life is full of many unforeseen challenges, the unpredictability of daily interaction is exceptionally difficult for these children and equally challenging for their families. We can plan and prepare for the change to middle school, however, experience shows that nothing is guaranteed when it comes to realities of life.

View the full article here on CBSMiami.com – Preparing Children With Autism, ADHD, & Other “Special Abilities” To Transition Into Middle School

5 Reasons To Meet People In Person

Today, millions of people across the world communicate with each other electronically. This could be through emails, phones, and chats (texts or voice). And all this is well and good. However, one form of communication still trounces all these sophisticated means of communication. And that is face-to-face communication. Below, discover why sometimes it’s better to meet people in person rather than talk electronically or via letters.

1. Personal meets convey more respect and regard
When you agree to meet someone in person, or vice versa, it conveys a great deal of respect and regard for them. It shows that you are willing to pause your busy schedule and go meet them in person. This also places weight on the message being delivered. It signifies that what is to be discussed is quite important, delicate even. This is why most high-level communications, say between government officials or presidents, are carried out in person.

2. Personal contact builds closer bonds
Meeting in person also has the advantage of building closer bonds between people. When you meet someone in person, you get to learn a lot about them. For example, you could notice the bags under their eyes and learn that they haven’t been sleeping well. You could also notice the bump on their belly and learn that they are pregnant. In person meets can also teach you how they like to dress, how they take their coffee, etc. These are things that one cannot learn via the phone or emails.

3. Personal meets are faster
One might think that telephone or email communication is quick. This is true in regards to dispatching messages. However, when it comes to having an entire conversation, personal meets are the fastest. Emails could go on for weeks and phone conversations can be avoided for days. However, in person meetings put both parties in the same space and enable conversations to be started and ended within a very short timeframe.

4. Personal meets allow better delivery and clarity of information
Too many times information is misconceived or delivered incorrectly due to poor diction on emails, foreign accents over the phone or typos on text messages. However, in person, this rarely happens. When you meet someone in person, you are able to clearly deliver the message to them with the right tone and emotion. For example, one is able to convey a somber apology in person rather than through electronic means. In person, you also have more room to seek immediate clarification on matters including via non-verbal means, e.g. photos, diagrams, etc.

5. Personal meets enable you to monitor body language
And lastly, meeting someone in person allows you to utilize body language and decipher communication better. Through body language, you can tell if someone is lying to you, if there are hesitant to tell you something, if they are angry, etc. You can also utilize body language to better convey your message. For example, if you want to convey a stern warning to an employee, you can use body language during an in-person meeting to do so more effectively.

Dr. Eric Nach, Ph.D., M.Ed., A.S.D. Certified
Developmental and Behavioral Specialist
For more information about our online “student success” courses visit our website at: https://drnachonline.com/
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Tips for Students to Balance School and Life by Dr. Eric Nach

As parents, we do not often think of our children as having jobs, but they really do. The Merriam Webster’s dictionary defines a “job” as “a specific, duty, role, or function” (2017). In school and in other facets of their young lives we want our children to learn to be successful. As I have spent nearly 25 years of my life teaching and counseling children, teens, young adults and their families I have found that success in life does not often come without a plan and hard work. That is why we created our Back to School Intensive programs for elementary, middle, and high school aged students to be conducted a couple weeks before school resumes. (See our flyer here for details)

The following are some specifics that will be addressed…

• Keep an updated schedule

It is important to know what you need to get done, so that you can monitor if it is getting done and when. Sometimes, the balance between school and life is lacking because you do not have a clear picture of what you should be doing. Pencil in your tasks in your agenda early on. This is the time to download your calendar app if you haven’t already. Of course, it is important to know which tasks belong in your calendar and which ones aren’t important enough to warrant a mention.

• Don’t procrastinate

Procrastinating is fun when you are doing it-until you actually have to do the task you kept pushing to the last minute. However, tempting it is to hold off until the last minute, it is best to do your tasks when they need to be done so that you can avoid the stress that comes with the eleventh hour.

• Get enough sleep

Being well rested is a key ingredient in performing your tasks well. A good night’s sleep can never be overrated. Sometimes you might not sleep well, but always ensuring that getting enough sleep every night is a priority in your life.

• Prioritize your work

So you have all these tasks that you need to do, but do you really have to do them today? It is important to prioritize your tasks in such a way that you have freedom to leave out certain tasks in your day. Pick three tasks that you need to complete every day. These tasks could be home or school related. After completing this, you are free to spend the rest of your time as you wish.

• Avoid distractions

When you have a busy schedule that involves balancing school and home-life, you have to be careful not to get too distracted in your day to day life. Distractions interfere with the completion of your tasks, which means time allotted for certain tasks gets taken up by others. The end result is that you will end up with some undone tasks which will creep into the next day and the cycle will continue endlessly.

• Learn to say no

It is called school-life balance but it is not actually a perfect balance. Like the saying goes, you can have it all but not all at once. At some point, something will have to take the back bench. Just because you get eight hours of sleep doesn’t mean everything else will require an exact eight hours. This means that sometimes you will have to say no to social events when your friends ask. Maybe when you are done with school, you can recover the lost time by going to as many birthday parties and sporting events as you can.

Dr. Eric Nach, Ph.D., M.Ed., A.S.D. Certified
Developmental and Behavioral Specialist

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Boca Raton, FL- The Support for Students Growth Center, the first facility of its type in South Florida, is pleased to announce the rewarding of the status of; CERTIFIED THERAPY DOG to DAISY “DAWG” NACH.

Daisy is an “English Teddybear Golden Doodle”. She was born on April 11, 2015 and came to live with Dr. Nach and his wife Paula on July 1, 2015. Daisy is our “junior partner” at the Support for Students Growth Center located in Boca Raton, FL. At their center Dr. Nach and his team provide social, behavioral, and academic services to children, teens, young adults and their families.

Daisy’s primary job responsibilities include; greeter, spreading love and affection as she searches out and reduces anxiety, frustration, worry, and fear in our clients and their families. She spreads her time between greeting clients, attending and participating in the many groups and camps we conduct, and being a “junior counselor” as Dr. Nach provides individual and family counseling in his and Daisy’s office.

We hope you come by and get your own “doodle hug” from Daisy.

You can contact them at:

The Support For Students Growth Center
5458 Town Center Road, Ste #7, Boca Raton, FL 33486

Telephone:
561-990-7305 (Boca office)

Email:
DrNach@SupportForStudentsGrowthCenter.com

Website:
http://www.SupportForStudentsGrowthCenter.com