| Thank you to all of our professional educators | | | | teachers are now using PowerPoint presentations |
| who dedicate themselves to our children! We | | | | or Astound presentations for their students with |
| know how difficult it can be working with ADHD | | | | great effect. |
| children, so here are your teacher tips for the | | | | Provide self-correcting materials for immediate |
| week, brought to you by the ADHD Information | | | | feedback to the ADD ADHD student. |
| Library and This is a sampling of over 500 | | | | Use computer assisted instruction, both in terms |
| classroom interventions for your use at | | | | of the student at a computer, and also in terms |
| Here are some tips on presenting your lesson | | | | of presenting information via PowerPoint |
| ADHD students. Remember, the best | | | | presentations. |
| interventions are the ones that will help all of your | | | | Use cooperative learning activities, particularly |
| students be more successful, not just the ADHD | | | | those that assign each teen in a group a specific |
| students. | | | | role or piece of information that must be shared |
| Try to provide an outline with the key concepts | | | | with the group. Pair students to check work. |
| or vocabulary prior to lesson presentation. The | | | | Provide peer tutoring to help ADD ADHD |
| students can follow along and see the main | | | | student's review concepts. |
| concepts and terms as you present the lesson. | | | | Let ADD ADHD students share recently learned |
| ADHD kids are easily bored, even by you. Try to | | | | concepts with struggling peers. Use peer tutoring |
| increase the pace of lesson presentation. Resist | | | | whenever possible. Older students to help your |
| the temptation to get sidetracked. Get excited | | | | attention deficit students, and perhaps allowing him |
| about your lesson! And communicate your | | | | to tutor a younger student. |
| excitement to your students! | | | | The more exciting a subject is to an ADD ADHD |
| Include a variety of learning activities during each | | | | students, the better he will learn. |
| lesson. Use multi-sensory presentations, but | | | | Hopefully these will help the ADHD students in |
| screen audio?visual aids to be sure that | | | | your classroom to be more successful. You can |
| distractions are kept to a minimum. For example, | | | | learn more about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity |
| be sure interesting pictures and or sounds relate | | | | disorder at the ADHD Information Library. |
| directly to the material to be learned. Many | | | | |