Comments on: Back to School for Kids with ADHD: 8 Tips To Do It Successfully http://www.addadhdblog.com/back-to-school-for-kids-with-adhd-8-tips-to-do-it-successfully/ A blog about Attention Deficit Disorder, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:02:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mitch http://www.addadhdblog.com/back-to-school-for-kids-with-adhd-8-tips-to-do-it-successfully/comment-page-1/#comment-523762 Mitch Thu, 18 Aug 2011 01:28:15 +0000 http://addadhdblog.com/back-to-school-for-kids-with-adhd-7-tips-to-do-it-successfully/#comment-523762 Thanks Dr. Kenny Handelman! I have a brother with ADHD and our main problem is his attention span is so short that he has never completed any activity in school. His classmates were like him but he has the shortest attention span in his class. We'll follow your tips above as we are certain they will help, knowing they are from you :). Thanks a lot. Thanks Dr. Kenny Handelman! I have a brother with ADHD and our main problem is his attention span is so short that he has never completed any activity in school. His classmates were like him but he has the shortest attention span in his class. We’ll follow your tips above as we are certain they will help, knowing they are from you :) . Thanks a lot.

]]> By: Back to School with ADHD | ADD ADHD Blog.com http://www.addadhdblog.com/back-to-school-for-kids-with-adhd-8-tips-to-do-it-successfully/comment-page-1/#comment-521856 Back to School with ADHD | ADD ADHD Blog.com Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:05:27 +0000 http://addadhdblog.com/back-to-school-for-kids-with-adhd-7-tips-to-do-it-successfully/#comment-521856 [...] I wrote an article on ‘back to school’ a couple of summers ago – and you can access it here: back to school with ADHD. [...] [...] I wrote an article on ‘back to school’ a couple of summers ago – and you can access it here: back to school with ADHD. [...]

]]> By: Nanette http://www.addadhdblog.com/back-to-school-for-kids-with-adhd-8-tips-to-do-it-successfully/comment-page-1/#comment-226708 Nanette Sat, 07 Aug 2010 21:35:52 +0000 http://addadhdblog.com/back-to-school-for-kids-with-adhd-7-tips-to-do-it-successfully/#comment-226708 We used a Daily Log during the last half of my son's 5th grade after hearing from his teacher that he was not doing any work during class...a bit of a learned behavior, we guessed. He and the teacher agreed on a rating from 1-5 for his classroom participation in each subject and he accumulated points over days for a 'prize' or if he didn't reach his 'daily' goal, he could not watch TV that evening. It worked wonders! By the end of the year he was getting 4's and 5's. Hoping that it will work for middle school too!! We used a Daily Log during the last half of my son’s 5th grade after hearing from his teacher that he was not doing any work during class…a bit of a learned behavior, we guessed. He and the teacher agreed on a rating from 1-5 for his classroom participation in each subject and he accumulated points over days for a ‘prize’ or if he didn’t reach his ‘daily’ goal, he could not watch TV that evening. It worked wonders! By the end of the year he was getting 4′s and 5′s. Hoping that it will work for middle school too!!

]]> By: Karen http://www.addadhdblog.com/back-to-school-for-kids-with-adhd-8-tips-to-do-it-successfully/comment-page-1/#comment-76422 Karen Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:46:54 +0000 http://addadhdblog.com/back-to-school-for-kids-with-adhd-7-tips-to-do-it-successfully/#comment-76422 Dear Dr Kenny, I just tried the link below but it doesn't seem to be working??.......... p.s. To learn more about ADD/ADHD, please join my free newsletter: The ADHD Doctor Pls could you add my email to your free newsletter list?? - thank you. karen Dear Dr Kenny,

I just tried the link below but it doesn’t seem to be working??……….

p.s. To learn more about ADD/ADHD, please join my free newsletter: The ADHD Doctor

Pls could you add my email to your free newsletter list?? – thank you.
karen

]]> By: Karen http://www.addadhdblog.com/back-to-school-for-kids-with-adhd-8-tips-to-do-it-successfully/comment-page-1/#comment-76421 Karen Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:40:32 +0000 http://addadhdblog.com/back-to-school-for-kids-with-adhd-7-tips-to-do-it-successfully/#comment-76421 Dear Dr Kenny, thanks so much for this info. I will share it with my Special Needs parents. karen Dear Dr Kenny,

thanks so much for this info. I will share it with my Special Needs parents.

karen

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.addadhdblog.com/back-to-school-for-kids-with-adhd-8-tips-to-do-it-successfully/comment-page-1/#comment-62872 Anonymous Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:34:06 +0000 http://addadhdblog.com/back-to-school-for-kids-with-adhd-7-tips-to-do-it-successfully/#comment-62872 <strong>Back to School for Kids with ADHD: 8 Tips To Do It Successfully...</strong> Transitioning from the freedom summer holidays to the structure of being in a classroom can be difficult for children, especially those with ADD or ADHD (I will use ADHD for the rest of this article, but I mean both).... Back to School for Kids with ADHD: 8 Tips To Do It Successfully…

Transitioning from the freedom summer holidays to the structure of being in a classroom can be difficult for children, especially those with ADD or ADHD (I will use ADHD for the rest of this article, but I mean both)….

]]> By: smallbusinessbrief.com http://www.addadhdblog.com/back-to-school-for-kids-with-adhd-8-tips-to-do-it-successfully/comment-page-1/#comment-62871 smallbusinessbrief.com Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:21:21 +0000 http://addadhdblog.com/back-to-school-for-kids-with-adhd-7-tips-to-do-it-successfully/#comment-62871 <strong>Back to School for Kids with ADHD: 8 Tips To Do It Successfully | ADD ADHD Blog.com...</strong> Transitioning from the freedom summer holidays to the structure of being in a classroom can be difficult for children, especially those with ADD or ADHD (I will use ADHD for the rest of this article, but I mean both).... Back to School for Kids with ADHD: 8 Tips To Do It Successfully | ADD ADHD Blog.com…

Transitioning from the freedom summer holidays to the structure of being in a classroom can be difficult for children, especially those with ADD or ADHD (I will use ADHD for the rest of this article, but I mean both)….

]]> By: Dr. Kenny Handelman http://www.addadhdblog.com/back-to-school-for-kids-with-adhd-8-tips-to-do-it-successfully/comment-page-1/#comment-62292 Dr. Kenny Handelman Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:04:40 +0000 http://addadhdblog.com/back-to-school-for-kids-with-adhd-7-tips-to-do-it-successfully/#comment-62292 Cindy, Thank you so much for sharing your experience. It is great to hear how successful this strategy was for your daughter. I hope that it motivates other parents (and teachers) to use a daily behavioral report card/log. Keep up the great work! Dr. Kenny Cindy,
Thank you so much for sharing your experience.
It is great to hear how successful this strategy was for your daughter.
I hope that it motivates other parents (and teachers) to use a daily behavioral report card/log.
Keep up the great work!
Dr. Kenny

]]> By: Cindy T http://www.addadhdblog.com/back-to-school-for-kids-with-adhd-8-tips-to-do-it-successfully/comment-page-1/#comment-62234 Cindy T Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:42:42 +0000 http://addadhdblog.com/back-to-school-for-kids-with-adhd-7-tips-to-do-it-successfully/#comment-62234 Hi Dr. Kenny - just wanted to share - my daughter is now going into grade 3 - she has ADD, diagnosed in grade 1 - through several joint meetings with the school (teacher and principal) we started the daily behavior log a couple of years ago, and I wanted to report that it has been an incredible success! Part of my daughter's problems in school involve having to deal with her faulty memory - she just does not remember activity A after doing B, C, D and so on in her day - combined with her inattention, at times it was a nightmare attempting to manage her behavior in the classroom setting that too often resulted in everyone being frustrated by the first parent/teacher meeting. With the daily log, I got feedback from her teachers at the end of the day - we review it with her, and last year her teacher actually had our daughter go through it and help note if it was a good day and she was on track, a bad day in that she disturbed too many of her fellow students, or if there were specific times in the day where her attention was lagging and she had to be consistantly redirected (basically getting her to acknowledge and take ownership of her behavior). It really helped us stay on top of her behavior in school, and the teachers all provided positive feedback with the process: in that should an issue came up, it was immediately addressed, and followed up by myself and my husband so that it became less of an issue or totally eliminated, rather than it going on and on. It got to the point we were calling it her "brag" book - as there were times she was so excited she could hardly wait for us to get her from the babysitter and tell us that she was on track all day, and that she had gotten smiley faces and stickers for her good behaviour. I really encourage other parents to get their children's teachers to start something similar as well; it is worth the few minutes it takes the teacher to write a short note detailing any issues that might have come up, in the goodwill and rapport you end up establishing with your child and their teacher will go a long way to a better school year. Hi Dr. Kenny – just wanted to share – my daughter is now going into grade 3 – she has ADD, diagnosed in grade 1 – through several joint meetings with the school (teacher and principal) we started the daily behavior log a couple of years ago, and I wanted to report that it has been an incredible success!

Part of my daughter’s problems in school involve having to deal with her faulty memory – she just does not remember activity A after doing B, C, D and so on in her day – combined with her inattention, at times it was a nightmare attempting to manage her behavior in the classroom setting that too often resulted in everyone being frustrated by the first parent/teacher meeting. With the daily log, I got feedback from her teachers at the end of the day – we review it with her, and last year her teacher actually had our daughter go through it and help note if it was a good day and she was on track, a bad day in that she disturbed too many of her fellow students, or if there were specific times in the day where her attention was lagging and she had to be consistantly redirected (basically getting her to acknowledge and take ownership of her behavior).

It really helped us stay on top of her behavior in school, and the teachers all provided positive feedback with the process: in that should an issue came up, it was immediately addressed, and followed up by myself and my husband so that it became less of an issue or totally eliminated, rather than it going on and on. It got to the point we were calling it her “brag” book – as there were times she was so excited she could hardly wait for us to get her from the babysitter and tell us that she was on track all day, and that she had gotten smiley faces and stickers for her good behaviour.

I really encourage other parents to get their children’s teachers to start something similar as well; it is worth the few minutes it takes the teacher to write a short note detailing any issues that might have come up, in the goodwill and rapport you end up establishing with your child and their teacher will go a long way to a better school year.

]]> By: SYED http://www.addadhdblog.com/back-to-school-for-kids-with-adhd-8-tips-to-do-it-successfully/comment-page-1/#comment-37926 SYED Mon, 03 Sep 2007 01:05:40 +0000 http://addadhdblog.com/back-to-school-for-kids-with-adhd-7-tips-to-do-it-successfully/#comment-37926 EXCELLENT. EXCELLENT.

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