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  • 7 Tips for Teaching Algebra 2 to ADHD teens with Dyscalculia

    7 Tips for Teaching Algebra 2 to ADHD teens with Dyscalculia

    ADHD teens with dyscalculia struggle with math understanding and calculations. Number based operations are impacted too. Algebra 2 builds upon Algebra 1 and Geometry. Use these tips to teach Algebra 2 based on ADHD and competencies.

  • ADHD Teens Need Learning Styles Strategies in Algebra 1. Here’s How!

    ADHD Teens Need Learning Styles Strategies in Algebra 1. Here’s How!

    Students with ADHD often struggle in Algebra 1. Learning styles can help! The VARK is commonly used by teachers (visual, auditory, reading/writing, kinesthetic). Take the questionnaire. Use tips. Learn, learn, learn.

  • ADHD & Autism: 5 Tips to Success in Upper-Level Math

    ADHD & Autism: 5 Tips to Success in Upper-Level Math

    Can our teens with ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) be successful in upper-level math? Yes. They just need the right instruction. High school students with ADHD and Autism often struggle in math. From early elementary grades, their math skills are unstable. The deficiencies can last through high school. Fortunately there are strategies to help…

  • Missing Math Skills for Teens with ADHD

    Missing Math Skills for Teens with ADHD

    Is math the hardest subject for students with ADHD? Perhaps. They have a higher rate of math learning disabilities compared to their peers. Likely there are strategies to help.  Most challenges for people with ADHD begin in elementary grades. They often continue to adulthood. This results in a breakdown in the learning process.  Highly cumulative…

  • Math Learning Disabilities and ADHD: What does it mean?

    Math Learning Disabilities and ADHD: What does it mean?

    Math Learning Disabilities:  Do they exist? Students with ADHD often struggle in math.  The question is:  Are there really math learning disabilities?   Yes, but they’re tough to diagnose.   Some research contends that 26% of students with ADHD have dyscalculia.  Others say that the number is higher (71%).  Identifying when a challenge rises to something…

  • ADHD + Math…Yikes!

    ADHD + Math…Yikes!

    Math Anxiety.  It’s a vicious cycle.  Skills go up.  Skills go down…all the way down. Traveling on the WayBack Machine… 2009 rocks.  I have 2 sections of honors algebra.  No IEPs to be seen.  Really? 1st period comes, so does the shock.  ADHD for sure.  How do I know?  Comes in screaming, slams down books,…

  • ADHD Students: Got good grades? Here’s how to keep them.

    Summer slide?  It’s not in the playground.  Don’t fall victim.  Something comes up and steals academic progress, as much as 2 months. Summer slide describes the loss of academic skills over the summer break.  As a result, education does not continue.  This loss  is especially severe for students with ADHD because they are not engaged…

  • Math ADHD Style: Calculating the Center and Radius of a Circle in Standard Form

    Math ADHD Style: Calculating the Center and Radius of a Circle in Standard Form

    Center? Radius?  Circle?  Standard?  Form?  We already know what they are.  Put them all together…so what?  What do you need to know it for? Geometry, Trigonometry, Pre-Calculus.