adaptations for ADD inattentive type?

[dragons in the flower bed]

What sort of modifications are usually made for kids with inattentive type ADD? Are they given tests alone, for example, or . . . ?

[EKS]

--Tests taken alone or with minimal distractions

--Extended time on tests

--Seating near the teacher

--Homework assignments written down for student or checked that they are written down

--Make eye contact with student while speaking

--Have instructions repeated back

 

I'm sure there are a lot more.

[lwilliams1922]

We tried anything i could think of with the school.

It just wasn't possbible for them to make up for her lack of executive functions.

 

I never knew there were so many things a child could loose.

[Dani n Monies Mom]

When dd was in 3rd gr. they pulled her out to do a class 2x a month on how to organize your studies, notebook and things like that. I'm not sure it really helped much.

-She was also given more time on assignments,

-the teacher would use verbal cues for the class to indicate that they would be transitioning to new subjects.

-She had a timer in class, and given extended time on tests, as well as a low distraction area to take the test.

-Allowed to chew gum

-Allowed to walk around in the back of the room

-Assigned specific times to clean out her desk (where her homework would miraculously appear)

 

I know I'm missing a bunch of things. We had a fantastic teacher that year. She was experienced and patient, dd never felt any negativity from her. I know this woman pulled everything she had in her bag of tricks and then some. Nothing worked for very long, if at all. So we pulled her out in 4th gr.

 

Ava

[Laurie4b]

A good book is ADD Friendly Organization. It has a lot of tips for keeping ADD kids organized. ADHD or ADD folks don't do well with "born organized" people's modes of organizing. There are certain ways that they do do well with though. I found this book very helpful.

 

If you're talking about in a homeschool situation, you can do lessons in 15 min. segments. The short segments with movement in between help. There are lots of occupational therapy items that can help a child with ADD. Many of them involved subtle movement, such as air filled seat cushions, vibrating chair liners, sitting on an exercise ball to do work, chewing gum or rubber tubing or other substitute, having some background noise, etc.

There are watches that have features like computer calendars: you program them to vibrate to remind you to do things. There are timers that are visual, that help ADHD people keep track better than the typical timers. I don't quite know how to describe it, but the "face" of the timer is red. As the time ticks away, the red section gets smaller and smaller. Incorporating heavy movement (push-ups, wheelbarrow walks, jumping, crab crawls, carrying in the groceries,etc) also helps organize the neurological system of kids with ADHD.

[Kathy in MD]

A good book is ADD Friendly Organization. It has a lot of tips for keeping ADD kids organized. ADHD or ADD folks don't do well with "born organized" people's modes of organizing. There are certain ways that they do do well with though. I found this book very helpful.

 

If you're talking about in a homeschool situation, you can do lessons in 15 min. segments. The short segments with movement in between help. There are lots of occupational therapy items that can help a child with ADD. Many of them involved subtle movement, such as air filled seat cushions, vibrating chair liners, sitting on an exercise ball to do work, chewing gum or rubber tubing or other substitute, having some background noise, etc.

There are watches that have features like computer calendars: you program them to vibrate to remind you to do things. There are timers that are visual, that help ADHD people keep track better than the typical timers. I don't quite know how to describe it, but the "face" of the timer is red. As the time ticks away, the red section gets smaller and smaller. Incorporating heavy movement (push-ups, wheelbarrow walks, jumping, crab crawls, carrying in the groceries,etc) also helps organize the neurological system of kids with ADHD.

 

 

I hadn't heard of the vibrating chair liner. Where can you get it?

[dragons in the flower bed]

Yay, answers! I had forgotten I'd posted this question.

 

Those of you who brought your kids home because no school adaptations worked, what do you think were the differences, at home, that most helped your child to learn? Or did it not get better when you pulled them?

[Laurie4b]

Wal-mart. They sell them to go in cars or for exec chairs. The vibrations helps keep attention focused. My ds likes it. They're not too pricey--in the $20 range . (If they were just sold in therapy catalogs, they'd be $69.99, but since there's another use for them....)

[lwilliams1922]

Wal-mart. They sell them to go in cars or for exec chairs. The vibrations helps keep attention focused. My ds likes it. They're not too pricey--in the $20 range . (If they were just sold in therapy catalogs, they'd be $69.99, but since there's another use for them....)

 

 

hmmm...

do you know the name or who makes it?

or is it on walmart.com?

 

thanks

[lwilliams1922]

Yay, answers! I had forgotten I'd posted this question.

 

Those of you who brought your kids home because no school adaptations worked, what do you think were the differences, at home, that most helped your child to learn? Or did it not get better when you pulled them?

 

 

I've had dd home almost 6 months.

 

I think the biggest difference is the amount of work she's doing.

In school this is what happened:

 

1/4 of the work she did not write down so we didn't remember to do it

1/4 of the work was done and got lost before it got turned in

1/4 of the work made it in (by luck or I hand carried it to the teachers mail box)

1/4 she just didn't do or care

 

She just got used to that system

 

Now I schedule what needs to get done.

I keep the weekly work in a word doc. Each week I print and cut out each assignment which I put up on a cork board under each day it needs to get done.

 

I check each assignment the day (if not the moment) she does it. Then after, I help show her how and where it belongs in the RIGHT binder.

 

She's not writing down her assignments now because I think she needs some basic skills FIRST. I will let her take over more responsibilities each semester as i see progress.

 

The work should never leave the kitchen table so we don't loose nearly as much now.

 

As for the assignments she forgets or doesn't want to do....

A ZERO is no longer acceptable. Life does not move forward till it's completed.

 

She just got into a habit that missing work was common place.

 

She learns a lot on her own. I don't think I'm teaching her material, she's very bright and picks it up with ease. The bumpy part is the organization I'm teaching her.

 

Right now she is not independent to be left on her own. In 4 years I hope to help her catch on focus and self discipline.

 

It's a full time job. Managing her school work, house hold chores, hygene,...

 

Right now i need to set an alarm for myself to check nightly to stop her from sleeping in her clothes.

My goal is to have her be responsible for more of these tasks.