For Teachers
An educator who understands ADHD and learning disabilities can make a meaningful difference in children’s lives. Become that inspiring teacher your students will remember into adulthood with these specialized classroom strategies for addressing academic difficulties, encouraging focus, and ensuring appropriate school behavior.
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Be That Teacher Who Breaks Through
Students with ADHD learn differently. This presents a challenge and an opportunity — for more visual,...
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Lend a Hand with 8 Easy Handwriting Strategies
The mechanics of writing can be tough to master for students with ADHD. Here are eight good ways for...
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How to Motivate (Not Demoralize) a Student with ADHD
In order to do their best in class, children need to be motivated and encouraged. Too many teachers...
Executive Functions
The Educator’s Guide to Executive Functions: How to Understand and Support Students in Need
Executive functioning develops more slowly in students with ADHD. Teachers may notice delays in the...
Accommodations
20 Classroom Accommodations That Target Common ADHD Challenges
The best IEP is the one with accommodations designed for your child's very specific symptoms. Here...
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7 Enlightened Methods for Teaching Students with ADHD and LD
Teaching methods and ideologies matter — a lot. For students with ADHD or learning disabilities, who...
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Show and Tell: Defeat Distraction in the Classroom
Teaching students with ADHD is tough, especially if they're prone to distraction. Keep their focus...
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ADDitude Asked: The Teacher’s Best
Parents of ADD/ADHD and LD children offered these 11 strategies for teachers to encourage distracted,...
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12 Ways to Make Instructions Sink In
How can a child with ADHD follow your instructions if he can't focus long enough to hear them? He...
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4 Teacher Tips to Help Students with Spelling
From using magnetic letters to incorporating dance moves, here are four ways to turn spelling into a...
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A Teacher’s Time Toolbox: How to Keep Kids On Schedule
Keeping your students on track can be tough – ADHD or not. Learn how a timer, analog clock, and...
Parent-Teacher Cooperation
United We Learn: 11 Rules for a Better Parent-Teacher Partnership
Communicating and coordinating regularly with your child's teacher isn't being pushy or overbearing;...
ADHD Myths & Facts
9 Things I Wish the World Knew About My Students’ ADHD
During ADHD Awareness Month, we asked ADDitude readers to share with us the (sometimes exhausting,...
For Teachers
Classroom Rules That Keep Students' Attention on Learning
How to establish clear expectations, incentives, and consequences for all students in a classroom...
Organization
15 Ways to Teach Better Organization to Kids with ADHD
How teachers and parents can help children with ADHD master better organization and time-management...