In the last decade, there have been concerted efforts to document the benefits of exercise as a treatment for physical and mental problems. More specifically, running/jogging has recently received support as an effective treatment for children's behavior and learning difficulties. The following article describes a running program that may help increase the attention span and impulse control of learning disabled children. Speculations are made regarding the mixed results of the the author's study and suggestions are given for tighter controls in future research.
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