Sensory Efficiency

Maximizing the use of remaing vision and other senses (hearing, touch, smell) to gather information about the environment.

How to Reduce Distraction for Better Focus

Sydney

Grade: 8

Visual Impairment: CVI

Tools: large print, braille, magnifier, electronic magnifier, ipad

Have you ever been trying to focus and you keep getting distracted? Well I have some hacks for you to try.

Turn towards a wall that is not visually complex.
Use noise-canceling headphones so that you are not distracted by talking or other noise.
I make sure I don’t touch anything really fuzzy because I know that I am easily distracted by things that are fuzzy (instead, I make sure to only touch things that I need to feel to be able to do my work).
I make sure that I am not eating while I am working, because if I am I will focus on eating instead of doing my work.
If someone is baking something I make sure to be working away from the smell of the food, because I will get distracted by it if I do not get away from it.

Those are just some of the strategies I use, but I am always open to new ideas.