Category: Teacher Stories
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ADHD Students: Why Fight? Collaborate.
Student groups with kids with ADHD are a hot mess. How can they get good grades? Work together toward a single goal. Student collaboration joins classmates as groups to solve problems together. The goal is getting an organized endeavor to a satisfying and most appropriate end. To achieve this groups seek compromise to develop similar…
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ADHD Folks Never Stop Learning. It’s Lifelong.
Students with ADHD fight in class. Behavior sometimes changes as they age. Why work when there are accommodations? Lifelong learning in the 21st Century. That’s why. College isn’t just about getting a degree. It’s about the the ultimate welfare of students, especially those with disabilities. Taking the initiative to learn, students with ADHD strive…
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ADHD Parents: Oh no! Report cards are in.
There is a feeling of dread. Kids and parents alike. Success? Failure? No one wants to look. Traveling on the WayBack Machine… No one forgets their first year as a teacher. For sure. Nothing prepares you for your first report cards. I got the day off to sit in front of the computer. What? I…
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Did you happen to notice that kids with ADHD have extra energy?
Are ADHD kids like the Energizer Bunny? Traveling on the Wayback Machine… Ahhh…summer. Half a day working with 3-6 year olds with ADHD. Ha! Less than 10 kids and I have an assistant. This will be a walk in the park compared to my 30+ teenagers crammed into a small room. I wonder why…