Children with ADHD struggle with attention, motivation, and regulating their behavior and emotions. They may respond differently than typically developing children to behavior management strategies such as using consequences. Understanding the reactions and/or behaviors of children with ADHD to consequences and situational cues can improve the effectiveness of classroom behavior management. Positive behavior strategies support…

ADHD can affect learning and development from a very young age. Child Find, public school systems, some private schools and even colleges and universities are required to help students with ADHD and other disabilities rise to meet educational challenges. Children with all three presentations of ADHD, predominantly inattentive, predominantly hyperactive, and combined presentation, may face many challenges in a…

Teachers need good resources and often independently seek out training that will help them to be better educators for all students, while meeting the needs of those affected by ADHD. They look for how to best to educate students affected by ADHD, help students with behavioral management and instruct them in the classroom. Many school districts are…

Homework can be a source of frustration and difficulty particularly for students with ADHD. One of the things you can recommend to parents to help with homework is the creation of an organized and comfortable homework space. Just as you create accommodations in your classroom, a similar set-up can be used by parents at home…

Students with ADHD often struggle with math assignments because these tasks must incorporate reading and writing skills and, additionally, math concepts build on prior knowledge. Students need to remember and access information they’ve previously learned. Many students have difficulty recalling basic math facts—addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The following are some accommodations to address math…

Students with ADHD often struggle with fine motor skills, making the mechanics of writing difficult. For younger students this may be having difficulty holding a pencil and writing letters, and for older students this often results in poor handwriting. Students may find handwriting particularly challenging when they are also focusing on recalling information and organizing…

Students often struggle with reading assignments not because they cannot read the text, but because they have trouble with comprehension. Depending on their grade level they might have difficulty recalling letters, words, and sequences of events. Reading can also become a boring and meaningless task for students with ADHD when they do not understand what…

ADHD affects the brain, which means children with ADHD can have different ways of learning and retaining information, and showing what they know. Many students with ADHD perform better on assignments if they are given accommodations. Assignment accommodations can include making changes to assignments that allow the students to learn the material in a format…