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Stop Fighting Your ADHD Children About School?
ADHD
Problem ADHD Symptoms
Tends to be Impulsive
Trouble with Working Memory
Trouble Focusing
Hyper Focusing
Hyper Activity
Poor Organization
Potential Impulsive Behaviors
Interrupt During Conversations
Act Before Thinking
Trouble Staying Seated
Trouble Working on One Assignment for Set Time
Period
Procrastination
When Angry React both Physically and Verbally. Tend Not to Walk Away.
Impatience
Non-Stop Talking
Trouble with Working Memory
Trouble Remembering Every Step of The Instructions
Need Instructions Explained Multiple Times
Have to Read Instructions Multiple Times
Becomes Frustrated
Fear of Ridicule Can Cause Reluctance to Ask Questions
A Child That Can Remember 8 Instructions at Once Can Follow Instructions Easier Then a Child That Can Only Remember 4.
Ways to Increase Your Working
Memory
Use Your Memory
Use Computer Memory Training like…
Neuro Nation
Lumosity
Trouble Focusing
Inability to focus on the task at hand when
something else is more interesting…SQUIRRELL!!!
Focus tends to be on negative scolding or situations, long after it is over causing…
DEPRESSION
HYPERFOCUS ISSUES
Drawn Only to
Interesting Subjects
Procrastinate on homework
assignments they don’t like
Hyper focus is the experience of deep and intense concentration in people with ADHD. ADHD is not necessarily a deficit of attention, but rather a problem with regulating one's attention span. (What is Hyper focus and What Does it do to Adults and Kids)
HYPERFOCUS
TROUBLE WITHORGANIZATION
Put Off Uninteresting Assignments
Forget Assignments
Trouble Procrastination
Trouble Prioritizing
ADHD KIDS TEND TO
CHOOSE THINGS YOUR CHILD LIKESTOPIC OF ENGLISH
PRESENTATION
TOPIC OF WORD PROBLEMS IN MATH
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Short Term Rewards ADHD Craves
Increases Motivation
Short Term Success Leads to Long Term Success
Increases Interests
REWARD SYSTEMS PROVIDE
REWARDS MUST BE
Have Deadlines
Short Term
Achievable
Measurable
Simple
SAMPLE REWARDSActivity Reward
Finish homework a night without fighting
Favorite snack
Finishing homework for a week
Extra hour of a favorite activity (i.e. video games, television, etc.)
Finishing homework for a month
Pay for an outing with friends (movies, etc.)
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REA
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Study for 30 Minutes
Take 10 Minute Breaks
Organizational strategies
ForYour adhd child
Use Colored Folders
for Each
Subject
Communicate
WithYour Child’s
Teacher
Put AMaster
CalendarAt
Home
Don’t TalkNegatively
AboutADHD
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OtherADHD
Parents andChildren
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