CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER


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TIPS FOR PARENTS 
Strategies for improving communication

  • Go up to your child and make direct eye contact before giving an instruction.
  • Check for understanding: “Tell me what I want you to do.”
  • Give verbal directions one at a time, not in a long list.
  • Physical contact can help the child focus.
  • Encourage your child to talk through a situation rather than just plunging in.
  • Go over steps in a procedure before and during activities, including those you and your child do together.
  • Express expectations in written or visual form as well as verbal, such as a chore chart or a checklist.

Source:
www.helpguide.org

TIPS FOR AD/HD ADULTS
Sticking to a daily schedule

  • Use a planner or electronic organizer. Instead of hunting for appointments and phone numbers written on scraps of paper, find the right day planner or electronic PDA for you and use it.
  • Review your schedule each morning. Before you start your day, take a look at your planner. Take an inventory of your appointments and the things you need to get done.
  • Make a daily to-do list. Prioritize the items so you do the most important ones first. Keep the list with you and refer to it often.
  • Jot down reminders and ideas. Keep your planner, PDA, or a voice recorder handy so you can write or record appointments, errands, and thoughts that come to you on the spur of the moment. Keep extra notepads in your car, purse, desk, and backpack.
  • Update your schedule every night. Establish a time every evening for reviewing what you got done and transferring new tasks and appointments into your day planner.
  • Give yourself visual reminders. Keep an open errand box, such as a plastic milk crate, in plain sight to remind you of what you have to do. Message boards and prominent notes taped to the door can also do the trick.

Source:
www.helpguide.org
TIPS FOR TEACHERS 
Delivering Information

  • Give instructions one at a time and repeat as necessary.
  • If possible, work on the most difficult material early in the day.
  • Use visuals: charts, pictures, color coding.
  • Create outlines for note-taking that organize the information as you deliver it.

Source:
www.helpguide.org

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