1.
Recommendations for School
Environment
1.
Keep the walls simple (visually stimulating material may
distract the child).
2.
Usually it is best to seat the ADHD child upfront. So move
the child to front, near the teacher, with his back to the
rest of the students away from the door.
3.
Reduce or minimize distractions (both audio and visual).
Do not place Child in front of an air conditioner, heater,
high traffic areas, doors or windows.
4.
Make earphones available to make allow Child to decrease
the auditory distractions.
5.
Allow cooling off period when Child (or teacher) becomes
upset.
6.
Use written displayed rules in classroom.
7.
Surround him with good role models.
8.
Encourage cooperative and collaborative learning, and give
the non ADD students praise and reinforcement for helping
out.
9.
Help Child feel comfortable seeking help. Many of these
students won't ask questions for fear of appearing stupid
to their peers. They should be brought out and encouraged.
10.
Child should be provided a quiet place for lunch if lunch
time is a problem.
11.
After a recess most of the ADHD children come back wound
up, Calming exercises are helpful.
1.
Adjust time for completion of projects.
2.
Allow frequent breaks and vary activities often.
3.
Omit assignments requiring copying in a timed situation.
4.
give only one assignment at a time.
1.
pause after a question and look at different students before
calling on anyone to answer.
2.
Alert Students that you are going to ask question.
3.
Encourage students to look at the student who is answering.
4.
Create a level of uncertainty that requires more than passive
receptivity (e.g., "What do you think will happen next").
5.
If the teacher see Child's attention wandering just call
him and ask a simple question he can answer.
6.
Use attention monitoring sheets for self monitoring: The
student should marks a plus each time he realizes he has
been paying attention and a minus each time he realizes
his mind has wandered.
7.
Have Child record time taken to complete tasks.(e.g., note
starting time at the top of page and ending time at the
bottom of page.
8.
Have Child grade his own paper and tests.
9.
Use nonverbal or secret cues to keep Child on track.
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