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Concentration training in occupational therapy

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Occupational therapy at the UKBB offers group training for kindergarten and school children aged 5 to 13 years with concentration difficulties. A child with concentration difficulties finds it difficult to direct their attention to a situation.

This may mean that the child is struggling:

to turn to a specific matter
Stick with it, especially when there is little motivation
To block out unimportant things and therefore not be distracted
complete the task within a reasonable time

Training basics

Marburg concentration training (MKT) according to Krowatschek
Attentioner training according to Petermann
Basic and strategy training according to Lauth and Schlottke

Above all, the child learns about different strategies that can help them to concentrate more consciously on one thing. Further goals are:

Increasing self-control and independence
Planful, systematic processing of tasks
Increasing the ability to concentrate in different areas of attention
Dealing sensibly with errors
Increase in performance motivation
Confidence in your own abilities
Strengthening parents and improving parent-child interaction

Training components

The concentration training consists of:

Training for the child (6 - 8 sessions depending on age)
and an obligatory parents' evening

The training is designed as group training. Training with other children allows children to learn from each other.

Training in a group has various advantages over individual training. For example, many children show abnormalities in the group, whereas they may be completely unremarkable in an individual situation with an adult. Similar to school classes, group training is never completely quiet. The children learn to be less distracted by external stimuli.

A parents' evening is organised to accompany the training. Here, parents are given the basics of the training and general information on the topics of concentration, attention and learning. The parents' evening is an obligatory part of the training programme so that the training content can be implemented in everyday life. The children's teachers are welcome to attend the parents' evening.

Occupational therapy services

Concentration training for kindergarten children from Year 2 and in Year 1. Primary school class with 8 training sessions each, 75 minutes once a week
Concentration training for schoolchildren from primary 2 in groups of 6 training sessions, 90 minutes once a week
1 parents' evening at the start of training
The groups are put together according to the age and school class of the children
At the end of training, parents receive a report with important information about their child's performance during training

As soon as we have received the doctor's prescription, you as parents will receive information by post. The subsequent enrolment takes place via an online form. Please complete this form to obtain a place on the waiting list. We will contact you as soon as a suitable group takes place.