June 27, 2008, Newsletter Issue #240: ADD/ADHD and Classroom Assignments

Tip of the Week

Children with ADD/ADHD often have difficulty keeping up with their peers on classwork and assignments. To help:
1. Allow extra time to complete projects,
2. Shorten assignment to level of childīs
attention, and,
3. Modify assignments so child succeeds (less problems, partially done projects.
CAUTION: Be aware of how much less the child is doing than others. Allowing a child to fall too far behind the rest of the children may cause the child to be retained and make the problem worse. Visit ADHD for a more detailed explaination of ADHD.

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