Tag: ADHD
What Can Parents Do For ADHD Behavior?
ADHD teens and young adults out of control? Parents hold the key. But how? What is the behavior for ADHD teens like? Greater highs and lows for sure. Difficulty to deal with frustration. Poor decision making. Wow! Behavior of teens with ADHD is off the hook. This is especially true with behavior in school. Problems…
What do you do when students with ADHD don’t have an IEP or 504 Plan?
Does a student with ADHD show up without an IEP or a 504 Plan (Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973)? They benefit from being actively engaged. What happens if they don’t get acccommodations? Traveling on the Wayback machine to the world of math… Ahhh…heaven. Pre-algebra for 6th graders. What could be better than…
What Happens When Kids Live on Their SmartPhones?
Screen Time How much time do you spend on your phone every day? Answer? More than family time. How about your kids? Less than you! Dinner Parties Work Games Social Media Believe it or not, adults spend more screen time than kids. Luckily, there are apps that can track duration, identify apps, and research notifications….
ADHD Related Burnout – Yes, it’s Real!
Exhaustible! Exhaustion! Fashionable complaint? Nope. Burnout is an official diagnosis. Yes…it’s legitimate. Especially people with ADHD. Legitimate symptoms are used to qualify for burnout. There are feelings of exhaustion or energy depletion. There is an increased mental distance from one’s job or negativism related to one’s job. Evaluating the job performance, there is reduced…
The Brain – Adolescents With ADHD
People with ADHD have different brains than non-ADHD brains. No kidding! It has a smaller brain volume. There’s a different structure, function, and chemistry. What else? The smaller volume of ADHD brains impacts emotional processing. This impacts behavioral control and executive functioning. What does this mean for “our kids” with ADHD? Act on impulse. Get…
ADHD and Autism: Emotions What Do You Need to Know?
Meltdown! We’re hanging around “our kids” with ADHD and Autism. Behavior goes up. Then it’s sIowly down. Yelling. Crying. As a former teacher, I’ve got this long enough to know the issue. It’s called emotional self-regulation. Emotional-control is the ability to respond to ongoing intense demands. It establishes a range of emotional experiences in socially…
Homework Strategies for ADHD and Autism
Homework: What is it? It’s designed to help students taught in class. Learn content that goes beyond what was introduced in class. It also reinforces course content.
“Just sound it out.” “Say what?” Reading 101 is for babies.
Reading is for teens and young adults with ADHD and Autism (ASD). Now it inclues special education, learning disabilities, and content-area reading. Decoding is the letter-sound relation used to pronounce written words. It’s contention regarding decoding interventions. Some focus on translating print into speech by rapidly matching letters. Others find the key in the combination…
8 Tips for Online Accommodations for High School Students with ADHD and Autism
Our ADHD and Autism students are everywhere! In the 2018-2019 school year, 71 million students received special education services (IEP). Even more received accommodations as a result of Section 504. What happens when class moves around? These 8 tips will facilitate transitions from brick-and-mortar buildings to distance education. Definitions to Remember Accommodations change how a…