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  • ADHD folks: Looking for flexibility? Try Universal Design for Learning.

    ADHD folks: Looking for flexibility? Try Universal Design for Learning.

    UDL isn’t the same ol’ thing. Flexible environments accommodate individual learning differences. This scientifically valid framework is especially beneficial to students with ADHD. Universal design is an educational process based on cognitive neuroscience research. It is a blueprint for creating instructional goals, methods, materials, and assessments. Especially important for students with ADHD, UDL is designed…

  • ADHD kids glued to mobile devices?  Think digital literacy.

    ADHD kids glued to mobile devices?  Think digital literacy.

    Digital Literacy Super Heroes (3 teachers) Knowing how to text and load apps is not enough.  You need healthy habits when using technology.  The internet is a tool to achieve academic, professional, and personal goals.  The focus is to have the ability to perform tasks effectively in a variety of environments. Digital literacy is the…

  • ADHD folks: Wrangling with reading troubles? Cast out the spell.

    ADHD folks: Wrangling with reading troubles? Cast out the spell.

    Mystical, magical ways to improve reading?  Think big.  It’s metacognition. Metacognition helps readers to become comfortable in learning tasks.  It assists students with ADHD focus their attention on the task at hand as well.  The process facilitates making adjustments in errors as soon as they occur. Looking back in time… Yea!  I’ve been invited to…

  • ADHD kids questioning authority? It’s inquiry-based learning.

    ADHD kids questioning authority? It’s inquiry-based learning.

    Question, after question, after question is annoying. Reduce the obnoxiousness. Student curiousity is seeking the the truth, information, and knowledge. Inquiry-based learning combines student curiousity to enhance critical-thinking skills. The process seeks resolutions to questions and issues while constructing knowledge. They gather information and manipulate data, through applying the senses (seeing, hearing, touching, tasting, smelling).…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • ADHD Melt Down? MOTIVATION

    ADHD = hyperactivity galore.  Why do they shut down at a moment’s notice?  Motivation changes everything. Motivation is something that gets students with ADHD going, keeps them working, and helps to complete tasks.  It has been conceptualized including inner forces, enduring traits, behavioral responses to sets of beliefs and effects.  Behavioral theories view motivation as…