Characteristics of an ADD or ADHD

Innattention and Distractibility

      Often fails to give to details or makes careless mistakes in schoolwork, work or other activities

      Often has difficulty sustaining attention in tasks or play activity

      Often does not seem to listen when spoken to directly

      Often does not follow through on instructions and fails to finish schoolwork, chores, or duties in the work place (not due to oppositional behavior or failure to understand instructions)

      Often has difficulty organizing tasks and activities

      Often avoids, dislikes, or is reluctant to engage in tasks that require sustained mental effort (such as schoolwork or homework)

      Often loses things necessary for tasks or activities (e.g., toys, school, assignments, pencils, books or tools)

      Is often easily distracted by extraneous stimuli

      Is often forgetful in daily activities

Hyperactive

      Often fidgets with hands or feet or squirms in seat

      Often leaves seat in classroom or in others situations in whichin remaining seated is expected

      Often runs aboutor climbs excessivelyin situations in which it  is inappropriate (in adolescents or adults, may be limited to subjective feelings of restlessness)

      Often has difficulty playing or engagingin leisure activities quietly

      Is often “on the go” often acts as if “driven by a motor”

      Often talk excessively

Impulsivity

    Often blurts out answers before questions have been completed

    Often has difficulty awaiting turn

    Often interrupts or intrudes on others (e.g., butts into conversations or games)

 ADD or ADHD and school: Tips for making learning fun

Enjoy Math

    Play Games – Use memory cards, dice, or dominoes to make numbers fun, or simply use your fingers and toes, or tucking them in or wriggling them when you add or subtract

    Draw pictures – Especially for word problems, illustration can help kids better understand Mathematical concepts. If the word problem says there are twelve cars, help your child draw them from steering wheel to trunk

    Invent silly acronyms – In order to remember or operations, for example, make up a song or phrase that uses the irst letter of each operation in the correct order

Enjoy Reading

    Read to children – Read with children. Make reading cozy, quality time with you

    Make prediction or ‘bets’ – Constantly ask the child what they think might happen next. Model prediction: “The girl in the story seems pretty brave-I bet she’s going to try to save her family

    Use funny voices and customes to bring it to life

Support Strategies for children with ADD/ADHD

  Inattention and Distractibility

• Seat the child with ADD or ADHD away from doors and windows. Put pets in another room or a corner while the student is working
• Divide big assignments into smaller ones, and allow children frequent breaks
• Avoid giving big projects without giving step-by-step instructions (or don't show the end result beforehand)
• Write important information down where the child can easily read and reference it. Remind the students where the information can be found
• Alternate seated activities with those that allow the child to move his or her body around the room. Whenever possible, incoporate physical movement into lessons

Hyperactive

• Provide a stress ball, small toy, or other object for the child to squeeze or play with discreetly at his or her seat
• Limit screen time in favor of time for movement
• Ask children with ADD or ADHD to run an errand or do a task for you, even if just means walking across the room to sharpen pencils or put dishes away
• Encourage the child to play a sport - or at least run around and after school
• Make sure a child with ADD or ADHD never misses recess or P.E

Impulsivity

• Write schedule for the day on the board or on a piece of paper and cross off each item as it is completed. children with impulse problems may gain a sense of control and feel calmer when they know what to expect
• Give consequences immediately following misbehavior. Be specific in your explanation, making sure the child knows how they misbehaved.
• Make sure a written behavior plan is near the student. You can even tape it to the wall or the child's desk.
• Ask him questions frequently as how he feels about his work at that time.
• Recognize good behavior out loud. Be specific in your praise, making sure the child knows what they did right.

 

This is what ADD or ADHD children think while they get their worksheet, they always think something EASY it a BORING thing, something HARD it FRUSTRATED thing and something CHALLENGING its an EXCITED thing.