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Do you have a child who struggles with paying attention?
Does your child have difficulty focusing on their school work?
Is your child easily distracted and often getting off-task?
If so, you're definitely not alone! Big Brother, though we have never sought out an official medical diagnosis, is one of the many children who struggle with symptoms of ADD/ADHD.
To help him thrive despite these struggles, we have used many helpful solutions (restricting food dyes, using visual daily schedules and lists, providing motivation and incentives, teaching time management skills, etc.). He is always changing, so we are always using trial and error and coming up with new solutions.
Over Christmas break, my mom, who specializes in working with children who have learning differences and has studied ADD/ADHD issues extensively, introduced me to the RE-vibe ™ Anti-Distraction Wristwear device as something that might be helpful to Big Brother.
Re-vibe ™ is a specially designed vibrating reminder device created by FokusLabs in an effort to help children who have a hard time paying attention get back on-task.
The device is worn on the wrist like a watch, but it has no distracting displays and is silent. Depending on the severity of the child's distraction at any given time, the RE-vibe ™ can be set to one of four different modes. Each mode setting gives the child gentle vibration reminders at a different reminder frequency. The reminders are designed so that the child does not simply dismiss or get accustomed to them.
For the Re-vibe ™ to be helpful, the child should be taught to stop and ask him/her self "Am I doing what I am supposed to be doing? " every time they feel a vibration reminder. If the child is on-task, he/she should keep up the good work! If not, the vibration is a gentle reminder to get back on track.
So now the big question:
DOES IT ACTUALLY WORK?!
I will admit, at first I was slightly skeptical that this device was going to help very much. Big Brother has worn his RE-vibe ™ during school time for over two weeks now. He only wears it until school assignments are finished for the day so as not to have it interfering with his free time in the evenings.
I asked Big Brother if he felt like the RE-vibe ™ had been helpful, but he said he really wasn't sure. So we sat down at the end of the first two weeks with the device to take a look at what he had been able to accomplish.
We were both pleasantly surprised!
The proof of the pudding is in the eating, they say.
He was shocked when I showed him that in the two weeks he has worn this device, he has been able to complete an astounding amount of school work! We realized that Big Brother has very successfully completed in just TWO weeks the amount of work that had been taking him at least THREE weeks to accomplish so far this year!
THEN, we realized that his success was actually even more astounding, because during these two weeks we had actually taken two unplanned days completely off from school due to sickness AND we had been back and forth to no less than four of my OBGYN appointments.
So once we looked at the big picture, we realized that, indeed, the RE-vibe ™ device has most certainly been helpful!
These devices are available with different styles and colors of wristbands. We chose NOT to get the Velcro band because we thought the Velcro might prove to be a distraction of its own (if you have an easily distracted child, you know EXACTLY what I'm talking about!).
We plan to continue using the RE-vibe ™ to help my son stay focused. I would definitely recommend it to anyone else who has a child with similar struggles.
Learn more and order your own RE-vibe ™ device on Amazon!
This post contains affiliate links. I receive a small commission anytime you place an order using these links at absolutely no extra cost to you. Thank you!
Do you have a child who struggles with paying attention?
Does your child have difficulty focusing on their school work?
Is your child easily distracted and often getting off-task?
If so, you're definitely not alone! Big Brother, though we have never sought out an official medical diagnosis, is one of the many children who struggle with symptoms of ADD/ADHD.
To help him thrive despite these struggles, we have used many helpful solutions (restricting food dyes, using visual daily schedules and lists, providing motivation and incentives, teaching time management skills, etc.). He is always changing, so we are always using trial and error and coming up with new solutions.
Over Christmas break, my mom, who specializes in working with children who have learning differences and has studied ADD/ADHD issues extensively, introduced me to the RE-vibe ™ Anti-Distraction Wristwear device as something that might be helpful to Big Brother.
Re-vibe ™ is a specially designed vibrating reminder device created by FokusLabs in an effort to help children who have a hard time paying attention get back on-task.
The device is worn on the wrist like a watch, but it has no distracting displays and is silent. Depending on the severity of the child's distraction at any given time, the RE-vibe ™ can be set to one of four different modes. Each mode setting gives the child gentle vibration reminders at a different reminder frequency. The reminders are designed so that the child does not simply dismiss or get accustomed to them.
For the Re-vibe ™ to be helpful, the child should be taught to stop and ask him/her self "Am I doing what I am supposed to be doing? " every time they feel a vibration reminder. If the child is on-task, he/she should keep up the good work! If not, the vibration is a gentle reminder to get back on track.
So now the big question:
DOES IT ACTUALLY WORK?!
I will admit, at first I was slightly skeptical that this device was going to help very much. Big Brother has worn his RE-vibe ™ during school time for over two weeks now. He only wears it until school assignments are finished for the day so as not to have it interfering with his free time in the evenings.
I asked Big Brother if he felt like the RE-vibe ™ had been helpful, but he said he really wasn't sure. So we sat down at the end of the first two weeks with the device to take a look at what he had been able to accomplish.
We were both pleasantly surprised!
The proof of the pudding is in the eating, they say.
He was shocked when I showed him that in the two weeks he has worn this device, he has been able to complete an astounding amount of school work! We realized that Big Brother has very successfully completed in just TWO weeks the amount of work that had been taking him at least THREE weeks to accomplish so far this year!
THEN, we realized that his success was actually even more astounding, because during these two weeks we had actually taken two unplanned days completely off from school due to sickness AND we had been back and forth to no less than four of my OBGYN appointments.
So once we looked at the big picture, we realized that, indeed, the RE-vibe ™ device has most certainly been helpful!
These devices are available with different styles and colors of wristbands. We chose NOT to get the Velcro band because we thought the Velcro might prove to be a distraction of its own (if you have an easily distracted child, you know EXACTLY what I'm talking about!).
We plan to continue using the RE-vibe ™ to help my son stay focused. I would definitely recommend it to anyone else who has a child with similar struggles.
Learn more and order your own RE-vibe ™ device on Amazon!
This post contains affiliate links. I receive a small commission anytime you place an order using these links at absolutely no extra cost to you. Thank you!
The one thing that's helping me the most is using a standing desk. Working in the Ink for All word processor made a big difference in my productivity as well
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