Sandra Rief
Sandra F. Rief is the author of How to Reach and Teach Children with ADD/ADHD.
Feature Articles
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Teaching Time Management to Children with ADHD
Teachers' tools and techniques to help ADHD students get organized and use classroom time more... more » -
Speaking Up in Class
Expert strategies to help teachers elicit good in-class participation from all students -- especially those... more » -
Listen Up: 9 Ways to Help ADHD Kids Follow Directions
Students with ADHD sometimes struggle to slow down, listen, and follow instructions -- especially with... more » -
Teaching Teamwork: ADHD in the Classroom
Children can achieve real social and academic gains through cooperative learning. These 5 tips will... ADHD Classroom Tips -
6 Memory Tricks for ADHD Students
Use these six strategies to help attention deficit students retain information and remember what they... more » -
Creative Alternatives to Book Reports for ADHD Students
Students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD) may have more trouble with traditional book... more » -
Classroom Accommodations for Math Learning Disabilities
Seven study strategies for helping students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD) and learning disabilities... more » -
Teaching Amy to Play
Six strategies for improving your child's social skills... more » -
For Teachers: Helping ADHD Children Spell
Four motivating ways to help children with ADHD become better spellers. ... more » -
Lend a Hand with Handwriting: ADHD Teacher Tips
The mechanics of writing can be tough to master for students with ADHD. Here are... Simple solutions to ease frustration » -
50 Ways to Help Learning Happen
ADHD kids learn best when the teaching style plays to their strengths. Support all types... Strategies for success » -
Get Students in the Game
Every class has inattentive students — so engage them with these fun strategies for making... Heads up and think fast! » -
In Their Seats, Working
Five tips to help kids with attention deficit keep their bodies and their minds poised... On task in class » -
Rewarding Good Behavior in the Classroom
Five ways for teachers of children with ADHD to accentuate the positive in the classroom... more » -
ADHD Children and Attention in the Classroom
If you're not appealing to ADHD children, they aren't learning! Grab your students' attention with... ADHD and attention» -
Simplifying Homework for ADHD and LD Students
Students with attention deficit don't need easier work, but modifying how an assignment is given... Homework assignment tips for ADHD teachers» -
Reading and Literacy Skills
For children who struggle to read, here are 5 ways to keep ADD/ADHD and LD... Make reading easy» -
Attention Kids!
Ten tips for focusing inattentive children... more » -
A Teacher's To-Do List
Bring out the best in kids with attention deficit with these seven simple steps for... Reaching ADHDers in the classroom »
Ask The Expert Q & As
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Helping ADHD Children Organize Their Thoughts
"My 10-year-old daughter has trouble expressing herself. What would help her organize her ideas?"... more » -
Dealing with an Out-of-Line Teacher
"My ADHD child’s third-grade teacher makes him sit alone during lunch, at a desk about... more » -
Times Tables Tricks: The Right Way to Teach Children with ADHD/LD
My fourth-grader is having great difficulty learning the multiplication tables. We’ve tried many approaches, along... more » -
Is ADHD Keeping Your Child From Finishing Homework?
My attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) seven-year-old has problems doing work independently. He sits passively... more »

