Strategies for teachers of students with attention deficit disorder (ADHD) or learning disabilities (LD) to address academic difficulties, focus, and behavior in the classroom.
DuPaul G J, Weyandt LL, Janusis GM, 2011. ADHD in the Classroom: Effective Intervention Strategies. Theory into Practice, 50:35-42.DuPaul, G.J., Weyandt, L.L. & Janusis, G.M. 2011. ADHD in the classroom: Effective intervention strategies. Theory into Practice 50:35-42....
Effective ADHD Detection in Girls and Women: 5 Strategies for CliniciansLOOK FOR SIGNS OF INATTENTION. Girls and women tend to have the inattentive type of ADHD rather than hyperactivity. They may appear to be distracted, disorganized, unmotivated, or forgetful. Daydreaming and procrastination ...
Employ peers or older students or volunteer parents as tutors. Strategies for Cognitively Impulsive Children Some children have difficulty staying with the task at hand. Their verbalizations seem irrelevant and their performance indicates that they are not thinking reflectively about what they are doing....
over 100 reproducible graphic organizers, and specific recommendations for involving parents. A special appendix at the end of the book identifies 20 common classroom problems, from excessive movement, overactivity and hyperactivity to poor test-taking skills, and lists strategies to help students with...
Using a combination of helpful worksheets and practice exercises, this handbook offers practical instruction that allows parents to advocate for their child in the classroom as well as facilitate structure in the home. The strategies - broken down into clear and accessible chapters - help parents to...
Parents discussed how schools sometimes use unhelpful strategies such as expulsion. They strongly felt the typical school structure is not suited to children with ADHD. Others reported that the one-size-fits-all approach taken in schools meant that fidget toys, perceived to be a useful outlet, ...
Children with ADHD exhibit clinically impairing inattentive behavior during classroom instruction and in other cognitively demanding contexts. However, there have been surprisingly few attempts to validate anecdotal parent/teacher reports of intact sustained attention during ‘preferred’ activities such as watc...
ADHD on its own has strong effects on how people process what they see, while autism has strong effects on how people process what they hear. In the classroom context, autism + ADHD seems to have an additive effect, so that sound is even more disturbing to individuals with both conditions...
Evidenced-based classroom management strategies (CMS) are effective in minimizing ADHD-related issues in schools, but have not found their way into practice. 1086 pre-service teachers completed an online survey on direct experiences, social influences, individual differences, attitude, and intention to...