Blog Post #14

What Did I Leave Out?

For blog post #14 watch: "Teaching Student's With ADHD". (11:15)
Think about your future classroom, and about having students with this deficiency. Watch the video and answer the following questions. Remember 25% of children were diagnosed with ADHD in U.S. in the year 2013. ADHA effects millions of children each year and some adults.

-How can checklists and visual cues help students stay on task?

-What is ADHD?

-How does the use of a timer help motivate students and help them focus?

-If you are already working in a daycare/Sunday School, have you tried the strategy of asking students what works for them and what challenges cause them to be distracted?

 

 

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ADHD is technically defines as: Attention Defecate Hyperactivity Disorder. I teach Sunday School weekly and I have at least three children who have ADHD and take ADHD medicine daily. It is almost impossible to teach a class when you have one child disrupting constantly. Usually these ADHD children are very disruptive, but they do not mean to be. Teachers should always be prepared for unexpected disruptions. If you have never been in a classroom setting some people may think every child will be on task and engaged 100%. This is not so true, the ADHD children will often disrupt your children that are actually on task, and this causes major classroom problems. Being a new teacher, you do not want your classroom to be wild and unmanageable. We have to learn how to manage are students and keep them engaged no matter what disorder they may have. In this video they tell you key facts about ADHD and it is very informative. They actually show a classroom of 15 high school students who have ADHD and they show how the teachers teach and adapt to them. The video says that everyday is a challenge for the teachers because the students attention spans are very short. By providing check list and visual cues this can help remind the students of your classroom rules and routines to follow. Once they have transitioned into the lesson the next challenged is to keep them focused. A great way to keep students on task is to use a timer. If your going to give them 3 or 5 minutes, they are able to see that their time is running out or how much they have left. By using the timer it gives your students the rite amount of pressure, and this causes your students to want to pay attention. The next time I teach Sunday School I will use a visual timer. Some children usually loose interest within the first 10 minutes. If I had a timer, they would probably be more likely do their worksheets, other than just sitting there disrupting.