The child can’t sit still in online class, is it ADHD？

　　Affected by the epidemic, children are taking online classes at home, which unexpectedly gives parents an opportunity to understand their children’s classroom performance. When they saw their children swaying and looking around in class, some parents were in a hurry and even said: Is the child suffering from ADHD? On related issues, the Economic Daily reporter invited Wang Fang, the attending physician of the Department of Psychiatry of Beijing Children’s Hospital, to answer questions for everyone.

　　Some parents have observed that children can’t be quiet when they need to be quiet, such as walking around in class, or climbing up and down, or even like "perpetual motion machine", "as long as they are awake, they keep moving"; Although some people can sit in their seats, they have a lot of small movements, such as kicking and shaking their bodies. Some people have short concentration time, often stay in a daze in class, and even play with toys for only a few minutes and then quickly change to a toy; Some are easily distracted and easily influenced by the external environment; Careless, often careless in study; Avoid tasks that require high concentration, such as homework.

　　However, is it that a child is ADHD as long as he has the above symptoms?

　　"In fact, it is not. To judge whether a child has ADHD, it is necessary to comprehensively evaluate the child’s age, development stage and other factors." Wang Fang pointed out that most people think that ADHD means too much activity, but in fact this view is one-sided. The full name of ADHD is "attention deficit hyperactivity disorder", which is a disease characterized by inattention and excessive activity.

　　"Children’s attention is constantly changing with age. The average attention time of children aged 3 to 6 in kindergarten is 5 to 10 minutes, and they can concentrate for about 20 minutes when they first enter primary school. In addition, when faced with more than two things, children have the problem of attention distribution. For example, there are toys, comics and other things that children are more interested in on the table. When children write homework, they are easily attracted by these things, and there is a problem that they cannot concentrate on their homework. " Wang Fang said.

　　Wang Fang believes that in combination with these laws of attention, it is suggested that children should also set up a special learning environment at home. There should be no distractions on the desktop, and the class time should be arranged reasonably to achieve a combination of work and rest, so as to ensure full attention in class.

　　"Parents should not worry too much about their children’s academic performance. Don’t worry about whether their children have ADHD just because they can’t sit still in an online class or because they are in a daze when they write homework one day. However, if you find that your child often has the above-mentioned multiple performances at home, and the teacher usually reflects that the child has hyperactivity or attention problems, you need to go to the psychology department and other related majors for treatment. The doctor will judge whether the child has ADHD and intervene as soon as possible. Don’t let the symptoms of ADHD have a serious impact on the child’s study and life. " Wang Fang said.