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Here are some key qualities a good and ADHD-friendly teacher should possess: - Patience - Teaching students with ADHD requires patience as their behavior and focus issues may lead to frustrations. A patient teacher can manage their own stress and not overreact. - Flexibility - Lessons may need adaptations to keep students engaged. A flexible teacher is willing to try different instructional strategies and adjust pacing as needed. - Creativity - Hands-on, visual, musical and outdoor activities can help ADHD students learn. A creative teacher develops multi-sensory lessons and study tricks to maximize understanding. - Empathy - Understanding that ADHD is not a behavioral issue but a neurological difference, a compassion

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Adhd

Here are some key qualities a good and ADHD-friendly teacher should possess: - Patience - Teaching students with ADHD requires patience as their behavior and focus issues may lead to frustrations. A patient teacher can manage their own stress and not overreact. - Flexibility - Lessons may need adaptations to keep students engaged. A flexible teacher is willing to try different instructional strategies and adjust pacing as needed. - Creativity - Hands-on, visual, musical and outdoor activities can help ADHD students learn. A creative teacher develops multi-sensory lessons and study tricks to maximize understanding. - Empathy - Understanding that ADHD is not a behavioral issue but a neurological difference, a compassion

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ADHD

ADHD ( Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder


)

- is a neurobiologically based developmental


disability in children and adults with a persistent
patterns of problems in the areas of inattention,
hyperactivity and impulsivity that is more
frequent and severe than is typically observed in
individuals at a comparable level of development.
■ IT IS LIKE A WHIRLWIND ON YOUR MIND. – Everything seems to be
blowing around and nothing stays put.
■ IT IS LIKE BEING SUPERCHARGED ALL THE TIME. - You get one
idea and you act on it, and then, what do you know, but you have gotten
another idea before you have finished up with the first one, and so you you
go for that one, but of course a third idea intercepts the second, and you just
have to follow that one.
■ THEY ARE SPILLING OVER ALL THE TIME. – Drumming your
fingers, tapping your feet, humming a song, whistling, looking here looking
there, scratching, stretching and people think that you are not paying
attention or that you are not interested, but all your doing is spilling over so
that you can pay attention.
■ WITH ADHD, TIME COLLAPSES AND BECOME A BLACK HOLE.
– It feels as if everything is happening all at once. The individual loses the
ability to prioritize.
STRATEGIES FOR TEACHERS TO MANAGE
THEIR OWN STRESS AND FRUSTRATION
■ TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND RELAX WHEN THE
ADHD LEARNER IS ACTING OUT.
■ TRY NOT TO OVERREACT TO MISBEHAVIOR. Stay
calm and consider appropriate consequences.
■ Think ADHD – not BAD! Consider the underlying reasons
for the learner’s behavior and take appropriate steps to handle
it professionally.
■ ASK FOR SUPPORT FROM OTHER FACULTY AND
STAFF OF THE SCHOOL WHEN NEEDED.
■ BE FLEXIBLE AND TRY TO KEEP YOUR SENSE OF
HUMOR.
INSTRUCTIONAL ADAPTATIONS
IN MATHEMATICS FOR ADHD
■ Parents and teachers should
have a student do a problem
Check for on a white board. Instruct
her to hold it up when
Errors Right she’s done to make sure
Away that she did it correctly. It
frustrates and demoralizes
a child to complete a page
of problems only to find out
that they are wrong.
■ Have your child use blocks
or other things to reinforce
Create the concepts of division,
subtraction, and addition.
Manipulatives Place 40 items on a table.
Then ask your child to
divide them into 5 groups
of 8—or subtract 10 and
add back five.
■ Most children like to
sing along with tapes or
CDs that set
Make Math multiplication tables and
Musical other math concepts to
catchy tunes. To engage
students further, come
up with chants or class
songs set to familiar
tunes.
■ Use computer games to
drill and practice math
skills. The games provide
Get Tech immediate feedback, and are
fun, non-threatening, and
Support motivating to students.
These games also hold the
interest of a student with
ADHD. Teachers can adjust
the speed and level of
difficulty to keep kids on
their toes.
INSTRUCTIONAL ADAPTATIONS
IN SCIENCE FOR ADHD
■ Many scientific concepts
are difficult to read about in
Begin each lesson textbooks. 
with a hands-on Demonstrations spark stu
dents’ interest
demonstration.  and allow them to grasp the
concepts. Explaining a
closed circuit by turning on
a switch connected with
wire to a D-cell battery and
a light bulb will intrigue
and enlighten him at the
same time.
■ Instead of lecturing, turn your
Make it classroom into a scientific
laboratory full of experiences
memorable and for the senses. 
concrete. Get your ADHD students out
of their seats
 to act out rotation,
revolution, and phases of the
moon. Build electrical
circuits, construct simple
machines, conduct chemical
reactions to keep all types of
learners actively learning.
■ Create flash cards with
questions on one side and
Develop science answers on the other. A student
can use these to quiz himself
study tricks. on the periodic table or play a
quiz show game with friends.
Try songs (think “Schoolhouse
Rock”) and mnemonic devices
(think Roy G. Biv to remember
the color spectrum — red,
orange, yellow, green, blue,
indigo, and violet) to 
aid rapid recall of science facts.
■ Whether in a wildlife sanctuary
or your own backyard, there
Explore the are opportunities for scientific
outdoors. discovery in the outdoors.
Bring along a “science pack”
containing a camera, journal,
pencil, and specimen collection
containers along on your nature
trek. This will help your
ADHD child organize materials
and focus on learning while
keeping her busy hands active.
1. WHAT IS ADHD?
(GIVE ITS
DEFINITION IN
YOUR OWN WORDS)
TRUE FALSE OR

1. STUDENTS WITH ADHD ARE NATURALLY BAD.


2. USE ABSTRACT MATERIALS IN TEACHING STUDENTS WITH
ADHD.
3. MNEMONICS AND SONGS ARE USED TO HELP STUDENTS
REMEMBER FACTS.
4. IT IS NOT OKAY TO HAVE ADHD.
5. IF THE STUDENTS MISBEHAVE, PUNISH THEM RIGHT AWAY.
ESSAY:

WHAT QUALITIES SHOULD YOU


POSSESS TO BE A GOOD AND
ADHD-FRIENDLY TEACHER?
JUSTIFY.

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