Attention is the predecessor or concentration. Of course as the William James states, interest plays a lot in holding both attention and concentration. On the other hand, distraction is the predecessor of avoidance. Distraction and avoidance are the yang side of attention. They can be both a purposeful or accidental phenomenon.
Using the information in the text so far coupled with your imagination, what kind of short term strategies might be helpful for them? Give a short explanation to its mechanism. Remember: there are no bad ideas here, only creative ones! (Do not think psychotherapeutic.) Please make a comment about how the expected Gestalt or attention tact would (in theory) work.
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