Classroom and School Accommodations for ADD ADHD Children

Classroom and School Accommodations Part 2

Behavior

If your child: Is constantly engaging in attention-getting behavior

Try: Ignoring minor inappropriate behavior

If your child: Fails to "see the point" of a lesson or activity

Try: Increasing immediacy of rewards and consequences
If your child: Blurts out answers or interrupts others

Try: Acknowledging correct answers only when hand is raised and student is called upon

If your child: Needs reinforcement

Try: Sending daily/weekly progress reports home

If your child: Needs long-term help with improving behavior

Try: Setting up behavior contract

Organization/Planning

If your child: Can't keep track of papers

Try: Recommending binders with dividers and folders

If your child: Has trouble remembering homework assignments

Try: Providing student with assignment book; supervise writing down of assignments

If your child: Loses books

Try: Allowing the student to keep set of books at home
If your child: Is restlessness and needs to move around

Try: Allowing the student to run errands or to stand at times while working

If your child: Has difficulty focusing for long periods of time

Try: Providing short breaks between assignments

Moods/Socialization

If your child: Is unclear as to appropriate social behaviors

Try: Setting up social-behavior goals with student and implement a reward program
If your child: Does not work well with others

Try: Encouraging cooperative learning tasks
If your child: Is not respected by peers

Try: Assigning special responsibilities to the student in presence of peer group

If your child: Has low self-confidence

Try: Complimenting positive behavior and work; give student opportunity to act in leadership role

If your child: Appears lonely or withdrawn

Try: Encouraging social interactions with classmates; plan teacher-directed group activities
If your child: Is easily frustrated

Try: Acknowledging appropriate behavior and good work frequently

If your child: Is easily angered

Try: Encouraging the student to walk away from angering situations; spend time talking to student

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To discuss more classroom accommodations , visit the ADHD at School support group on ADDConnect.

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