I was always fascinated by story about how students with ADD, ADHD success in learning. Especially science with lots of lab experiments. Keep in mind that these students are most of time restless, even have trouble remain seated, short attention span, easy to be distracted interrupt others, difficulty to follow instruction. Since inclusive teaching , no child left behind, and IEP programs is in practice. I think it will be useful if we learn some techniques to help ADHD students. this website provide lots of strategies for teacher to use. some are very similar to other general strategies to general disability students, some are specifically designed for ADHD students. Some of the techniques include: be flexible to the planned activities so that less difficulty exercises can be directed with similar learning goals; providing AD/HD students a visual model and a verbal description of directions; starting lab with some questions or activities that normally student can accomplish so that ADHD student gain confidence; giving AD/HD student extra assistance to make sure all students comprehend the instructions before beginning their tasks; help them feel comfortable to ask for assistance ; modify assignments as needed; since AD/HD are easily frustrated, when an experiment does not turn out as expected, stress and fatigue may lead to poor behavior. We need to make sure they understand it is common in science that experiment does not always end as expected. As always, extra patient and work is required to work with special needs.
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