| Attention Deficit Disorder or ADD is a condition | | | | permission will be a great way to achieve success |
| that’s characterized by behavioral & learning | | | | in this mission. It is important to know that pairing |
| disorders. These are usually diagnosed in children. | | | | expectation & time-commitments should be |
| Sometimes, the disorder lingers on till adulthood. | | | | limited to increase the opportunity for success.f) |
| It is very important to improve social skills if you | | | | Students having attentional problems usually do |
| want to treat the disease effectively. | | | | well in the cooperative group instructional |
| Here are some effective tips to improve social | | | | format.g) Make a friendship plan. This helps the |
| skills of the child with ADD:a) First, you need to | | | | students to enhance self esteem.h) Using guided |
| provide a safe environment for the child. Here, | | | | observations of the child’s peers on the |
| the emphasis needs to be made on the | | | | playground is a great way to learn social skills. You |
| development of friendship with the child.b) Second, | | | | can also break up the recess in to ten minutes of |
| respect the child. You should never belittle him in | | | | activity where there is a ten minute check-in & |
| front of his or her friends. The belittling attitude | | | | again a ten minute period activity.i) Make sure that |
| from the children will be seen as the green signal | | | | you meet with your student prior to his |
| from the teacher to belittle the child.c) You need | | | | lunchroom or play period to analyze his overall |
| to understand that students with a lot of | | | | plan for recess activity & who is his partner for |
| attentional problems experience many difficulties | | | | lunch. You need to process the activity with your |
| socially. This is more common in maintaining peer | | | | student after recess & then make suggestions |
| relationships. Students experience a lot of trouble | | | | for the coming day. |
| in acting impulsively. They tend to take | | | | Here are the some other important tips to help |
| other’s action’s as criticism & unable to | | | | students with ADD in your classroom:a) Using |
| understand positive feedback.d) Children with ADD | | | | highlighters will help ADD children as they are very |
| tend to play easy with older or younger children | | | | right-brained & visual.b) Encourage movement in |
| when their roles are clearly defined. However, | | | | the classroom. The learner will thrive.c) The ADD |
| they are unable to learn from experience. They | | | | child should be sent on errands. It increases the |
| ramble during conversation & tend to say things | | | | self esteem of the child.d) Do not punish the ADD |
| that may be embarrassing things to peers. Hence, | | | | child by withholding sports or other school-related |
| it is important to enlist the support of peers in the | | | | activities.e) The child requires to stay active. If |
| classroom. This helps enhancing the self | | | | you have to punish the child, you may restrict TV |
| confidence & esteem of the students.e) Another | | | | viewing or computer time.f) You need to discipline |
| beneficial are can be cross-age tutoring with | | | | non-complaint behavior.g) Interacting physically |
| younger or older students. Adequate preparation | | | | with ADD child will help. A slight touch on the arm |
| of the paired student in conjunction with parental | | | | or head can keep his or her focus on task. |