ADHD child is a gifted child. He sees things in different perspectives.
Ordinary things might not inspire him; this makes teaching for him
the most difficult of all.
Though he needs help in even wearing clothes, but his education
is the most important thing in which he needs the maximum parenting
support and help.
CONCERNED BEHAVIOR |
STRATEGY TO GET OVER IT |
| • Difficulty sustaining attention to tasks or other
activities (easily distracted by extraneous stimuli), keeps
on looking out through windows or doors. |
Give him attention. Use physical proximity and touch. Use
earphones and/or study carrels, quiet place, or preferential
seating. |
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| • Poor handwriting, messiness and sloppiness. |
In young children
with ADHD consider alternative methods for student response
e.g. tape recorder, oral reports, etc. and in senior grades
allow for use of computer or typewriter.
Use pencil with rubber grip. Teach organizational skills.
Be sure student has daily, weekly and/or monthly assignment
sheets; list of materials needed daily; and consistent format
for papers.
Have a consistent way for students to turn in and receive
back papers; reduce distractions.
Assist student to keep materials in a specific place (e.g.
pencils and pens in pouch)
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| • Do careless errors in spelling, arithmetic, reading
and has low fluency or production of written material (takes
hours on a 10 minute assignment) |
Ask him to proof read his work after 5 minutes of completing
the work.
Consider alternative methods for student response e.g. tape
recorder, oral reports, etc. and in senior grades allow for
use of computer or typewriter. |
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| • Talks too much and disturbs the class. |
Teach student hand signals and use to tell student when
and when not to talk.
Make sure student is called when it is appropriate and reinforce
listening. |
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| • Is irresponsible and creates fuss |
Make him co monitor or co prefect of the class. Giving him
sense of responsibility will make him improve. |
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| • Difficulty making transitions (from activity to activity
or class to class); takes an excessive amount of time to find
pencil, gives up, refuses to leave previous task; appears agitated
during change. |
Program child for transitions. Give advance warning of when
a transition is going to take place (now we are completing the
worksheet, next we will ...) and the expectation for the transition
(and you will need...) |
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Recommended sites:
www.tsbvi.com
www.focusonyourchild.com
www.wrightslaw.com
www.enotalone.com
www.addept.org
www.keepkidshealthy.com
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