My daughter got one. I tried it. It was cool, but a distraction.
She said it really helped when studying for finals. I didn't buy it because of the distraction, but she said it allowed her to not have her phone in her hand. I guess she had a point.
Apparently my 15 year old nephew is a businessman. He bought a box of the metal bearing parts online cheap and figured out how to make the plastic part on his 3D printer. It cost him $4 to make one and he has been selling them for $20 to kids at school, he has made hundreds of dollars.
The standing desks with the foot swing make sense, for all kids. What started out as an aid for special needs kids is now a fad that is driving most teachers insane.
By in large, the classroom fidgets are a fucking fiasco. Out of the hundred or so of past students of mine who had them, "prescribed" by professionals, they helped maybe 1% of them. The other 99% used them to fuck off.
>But the director of the Attention, Impulsivity and Regulation program at the UC Davis MIND Institute, Julie Schweitzer, also said there is no evidence fidget spinners can help with ADHD. “There are other ways of doing it than these toys,” she recently told the Sacramento Bee. “I can’t say that they for sure don’t work, but there’s no evidence to support that they do and it’s obvious they’re going to be distracting to other people.”
This last point—that they are distracting to other people—has become a major problem that has almost guaranteed that they are detrimental to, rather than helpful with, a child's ability to focus. They have become pervasive in middle school classrooms, where kids use them not to hone their attention to their studies, but to distract from them. Other children using them as well only adds more distraction.
They are definitely not therapy devices. They are most certainly distractions. I don't see any reason to get upset about them and start negative threads on dbmb's though.
The best was when a behaviorist sent a kid into my class with a shiny new yoga ball to sit on. It was supposed to help him release energy and control his impulsivity. All it really did was help him bounce around the room and use the walls as a squash court.
I marched the fucking thing down to her office. She told me that he needed it. I told her that she was 100% wrong, and if she ever did that again I'd make sure she came to class to monitor the student all the time, because I had no energy for that crap.
>>>By in large, the classroom fidgets are a fucking fiasco. Out of the hundred or so of past students of mine who had them, "prescribed" by professionals, they helped maybe 1% of them. The other 99% used them to fuck off.
That's why we finally banned them at my middle school. It has been so much better since we got rid of them.
I have a fidget cube I got months ago.. it helps when I'm in a meeting to play with it under the table otherwise I'm playing with my pen or my keys distracting those around me lol.. I would leave it on my desk at school and I had a few students who would use it as they worked. the spinners though are more of a distraction and I wouldn't let them have them in class. I dld find some great activities for the spinners like "how many math problems can you solve before the spinner stops spinner?"
I'm more concerned, though, about kids that can't make it through one dinner out with the family without a device to watch a movie or play a game. And parents are all too eager to assist so they can enjoy their Rose in peace.
The fidget spinners are made with ball bearings. They will innocently be imported into countries under sanction. They will then be disassembled where the bearings will be repurposed in assault weapons. It's a scarier trend then you would have imagined...
These are not industrial bearings, they are garbage bearings made in China. All bearings made in China are garbage. Repurposed into assault weapons?? Good way to blow your own face off. Imagine that!
Back in 1988; I worked for an electronic distributor that was inadvertently selling thermistors to character here on LI, that was exporting them to North Korea in clothes dryers.
Customs shut that shit down and threw that guy in jail.
I use reverse psychology with this... I got one and now tell the kids i will put mine away if they put theirs away.. So far it has worked pretty well.. I have also learned to tune them out.
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Seriously, get yo yo
Seriously, get yo yo
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My daughter got one. I tried
My daughter got one. I tried it. It was cool, but a distraction.
She said it really helped when studying for finals. I didn't buy it because of the distraction, but she said it allowed her to not have her phone in her hand. I guess she had a point.
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Wait, there's not an fidget
Wait, there's not an fidget spinner app yet?
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Just take up smoking already
Just take up smoking already
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Ugh. There already IS an app
Ugh. There already IS an app for that. I'm always too late to the game.
https://thenextweb.com/apps/2017/05/29/virtual-fidget-spinner-simulation...
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There is an app. I had it for
There is an app. I had it for a few hours, then it bored me.
I have to say, the real thing was pretty cool how long it span off if one flick.
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https://www.therapyshoppe.com
https://www.therapyshoppe.com/category/1052-fidget-toys-classroom-fidget...
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Kreyshawn is pretty big into
Kreyshawn is pretty big into them.
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Apparently my 15 year old
Apparently my 15 year old nephew is a businessman. He bought a box of the metal bearing parts online cheap and figured out how to make the plastic part on his 3D printer. It cost him $4 to make one and he has been selling them for $20 to kids at school, he has made hundreds of dollars.
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The standing desks with the
The standing desks with the foot swing make sense, for all kids. What started out as an aid for special needs kids is now a fad that is driving most teachers insane.
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OK if you're an 8 year old
OK if you're an 8 year old boy with autism or ADHD. They cool.
Otherwise, get some Chinese balls or take up smoking.
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I made a few hundred dollars
I made a few hundred dollars cleaning pools for a week. It didn't go far in California.
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By in large, the classroom
By in large, the classroom fidgets are a fucking fiasco. Out of the hundred or so of past students of mine who had them, "prescribed" by professionals, they helped maybe 1% of them. The other 99% used them to fuck off.
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>But the director of the
This too shall pass.
>But the director of the Attention, Impulsivity and Regulation program at the UC Davis MIND Institute, Julie Schweitzer, also said there is no evidence fidget spinners can help with ADHD. “There are other ways of doing it than these toys,” she recently told the Sacramento Bee. “I can’t say that they for sure don’t work, but there’s no evidence to support that they do and it’s obvious they’re going to be distracting to other people.”
This last point—that they are distracting to other people—has become a major problem that has almost guaranteed that they are detrimental to, rather than helpful with, a child's ability to focus. They have become pervasive in middle school classrooms, where kids use them not to hone their attention to their studies, but to distract from them. Other children using them as well only adds more distraction.
http://www.newsweek.com/fidget-spinners-help-anxiety-adhd-609307
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They are definitely not
They are definitely not therapy devices. They are most certainly distractions. I don't see any reason to get upset about them and start negative threads on dbmb's though.
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The best was when a
The best was when a behaviorist sent a kid into my class with a shiny new yoga ball to sit on. It was supposed to help him release energy and control his impulsivity. All it really did was help him bounce around the room and use the walls as a squash court.
I marched the fucking thing down to her office. She told me that he needed it. I told her that she was 100% wrong, and if she ever did that again I'd make sure she came to class to monitor the student all the time, because I had no energy for that crap.
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On the positive, I bet they'd
On the positive, I bet they'd be an awesome trip toy. Maybe coat it in that holographic metal stuff and it would bring hours of enjoyment.
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I thought this was going to
I thought this was going to be a bad hippie dancer thread.
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it's not??
it's not??
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>>>By in large, the classroom
>>>By in large, the classroom fidgets are a fucking fiasco. Out of the hundred or so of past students of mine who had them, "prescribed" by professionals, they helped maybe 1% of them. The other 99% used them to fuck off.
That's why we finally banned them at my middle school. It has been so much better since we got rid of them.
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I have a fidget cube I got
I have a fidget cube I got months ago.. it helps when I'm in a meeting to play with it under the table otherwise I'm playing with my pen or my keys distracting those around me lol.. I would leave it on my desk at school and I had a few students who would use it as they worked. the spinners though are more of a distraction and I wouldn't let them have them in class. I dld find some great activities for the spinners like "how many math problems can you solve before the spinner stops spinner?"
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They absolutely toys, not
They're absolutely toys, not medical devices.
I'm more concerned, though, about kids that can't make it through one dinner out with the family without a device to watch a movie or play a game. And parents are all too eager to assist so they can enjoy their Rose in peace.
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>> They're absolutely toys,
>> They're absolutely toys, not medical devices. <<
Just like weed.
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Weed can be either.
Weed can be either.
I can fidget just fine without any artificial devices, thank you.
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switching a school to
switching a school to standing desks with a fidget bar would do more for medically and physiologically than any spinner could
the fidgets spinners dont bother me a bit, cash cow.
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>>>>>fidgets spinners dont
>>>>>fidgets spinners dont bother me a bit,
Exactly. Why sweat the petty things when you could be petting the sweaty things?
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15 yo with 3D printer > CA
15 yo with 3D printer > CA pool boy
This a good one to share with school kids between fidget spins.
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The fidget spinners are made
The fidget spinners are made with ball bearings. They will innocently be imported into countries under sanction. They will then be disassembled where the bearings will be repurposed in assault weapons. It's a scarier trend then you would have imagined...
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These are not industrial
These are not industrial bearings, they are garbage bearings made in China. All bearings made in China are garbage. Repurposed into assault weapons?? Good way to blow your own face off. Imagine that!
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I'm sure those countries have
I'm sure those countries have plenty of shrapnel-ready material lying around without having to resort to Chinese ball bearings.
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Back in 1988; I worked for an
Back in 1988; I worked for an electronic distributor that was inadvertently selling thermistors to character here on LI, that was exporting them to North Korea in clothes dryers.
Customs shut that shit down and threw that guy in jail.
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Awwwww, fidget spinners!
Awwwww, fidget spinners!
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If todays kids climbed more
If todays kids climbed more trees, played kick the can, and just found others way to self pleasure...they wouldnt need fidget control devices....
I mean, if you cant play with yourself? Who the hell ya gonna play with? Practice makes perfect...
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I like all spinners and find
I like all spinners and find it offensive labeling the shorter ones as fidgets
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I use reverse psychology with
I use reverse psychology with this... I got one and now tell the kids i will put mine away if they put theirs away.. So far it has worked pretty well.. I have also learned to tune them out.
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BK: My wife (school/clinical
BK: My wife (school psych) will love that yoga ball story.