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Better In Back

One teacher finds that seating ADD students in the back of the classroom helps everyone.

 

"Conventional wisdom is that kids with AD/HD should be seated in the front of the classroom. However, I've found it's sometimes better to seat them in the back. In the front, ADDers tend to be the "stars of the show" - acting out to entertain friends. In the back, they can stand and stretch, if needed, without blocking anyone's view."

-Sara Bykowski, middle-school teacher, Angola, Indiana

5 Comments:

  • Posted by sharon willingham - Sep 12 2007 @ 9:50 AM
    Better In Back
    My grandson was placed in back of the class. He cut holes in his clothes with sissors, took ink pens apart and got ink everywhere and took his caculator apart. Since he has been moved to the front, he is doing very well. Staying out of trouble and making better grades.
  • Posted by rondtroy - Sep 11 2007 @ 11:17 PM
    ADHD in class room
    You put our daughter in back and she will sleep, play, walk away, anything but learn. In front, the teacher can keep her attention with very little effort.
  • Posted by Avie Lumpkin - Sep 11 2007 @ 9:27 PM
    Seating~~depends on the student
    There is no magic answer for where one should seat ADHD students. Two factors have to be considered: 1) the individual student and his demeanor, and 2) the class dynamics and makeup. The chemistry of a group can be changed with the addition of one student. Seating can also change how the interaction transpires.
  • Posted by christine hosay - Sep 11 2007 @ 5:30 PM
    better in back
    Thank you to Kim Kissling for her "share" about the tape square. That is bordering on genius. Kudos to your teacher. thanks
  • Posted by Kim Kissling - Sep 11 2007 @ 1:26 PM
    Better in Back
    I agree...when my son was in 4th grade,he tended to wander around the class. His brilliant teacher put him at his own desk in the back of the room. She put tape in a square around his desk. This was his space - he could sit, stand, stretch, evn sit under the desk, as long as he was in his square. She replaced the tape every couple of months, making his space smaller and smaller. He eventually learned how to stay inhis seat most of the time.
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