Being an ADD/ADHD youth worker # 9: Stimulus control is important.

We all have a limited number of tracks. Too many diversions can lower our efficiency.

• We can't do just one thing, but we also can't do 14.
• So we do need a controlled environment because we are not very good at ignoring stimuli
• If there is something going on, we will notice it
• This is one of the places where we annoy other people.
  • We will give anybody our full attention for 15 minutes or until something else gets our attention – whichever comes first.
  • It is not that that person is not important, we just need to take in whatever else is going on also.
  • It takes a LOT of practice on our part to take in whatever is going on without it seeming like we've lost interest in whatever the person in front of us has to say.
  • We are listening and we do care – probably