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Scott Nancarrow

Executive Functioning: A Teacher's Guide to Helping Students with ADHD - 0 views

  • It is the responsibility of educators to be aware of executive functioning and to create environments that support all students.
  • Educators should also teach executive functioning language to all classroom learners, not just those who show deficits. When educators assist students with identifying their executive functioning strengths and areas of need, they also teach them how to advocate for their own needs in the classroom and beyond.
  • Executive functioning comprises both the skills that involve thinking, or cognition, and skills that involve doing, or behavior. Here’s a breakdown of these skills and how some might look in the classroom:
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  • Educators should strive to create supportive atmospheres and equip their students with tools to independently express their areas of EF need. Educators can use what we call the “Four Tiers of Support” to set up this system in the classroom and beyond. They include: Teaching common EF language Identifying strengths and areas of need Setting up a classroom to support all students Teaching self-advocacy skills
Scott Nancarrow

Homework Frustration? After-School Help for Kids with ADHD - 0 views

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    Decent overview of common homework support strategies for parents. Good timing in advance of conferences!
Scott Nancarrow

Questions to Ask Kids About School: Opening Up with ADHD - 0 views

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    Great items to share with parents during conferences, if that feels appropriate!
Scott Nancarrow

Behavior Report Card for Better School Performance with ADHD - 0 views

  • Daily report cards are among the most powerful evidence-based tools that educators have to encourage better behavior in students. A strong report card system has a few key elements that make or break its effectiveness.
Scott Nancarrow

Social Skills for Kids with ADHD: Friendship Strategies That Work - 0 views

  • To demonstrate that people have a range of thoughts based on situational context, I use what I’ve dubbed the “Cringe to Clutch o’Meter” – a visual tool that helps improve perspective-taking in children.
Scott Nancarrow

Busy vs Productive: Battling ADHD Procrastivity - 0 views

  • Use this checklist to ensure you’re being productive — and not engaging in the busy work associated with procrastivity.
  • 1. Is the task on your to-do list?
  • 2. Are you rationalizing?
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  • Procrastivity distorts your thoughts and tricks you into believing that you’re being productive.
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    "Procrastivity" - *definitely* stealing this term!!
Jill Bergeron

Questions + Answers | LD OnLine - 1 views

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    This question and answers section of LD Online (Learning Disabilities) offers numerous topics for greater in depth exploration of ADHD and other common learning disabilities.
Scott Nancarrow

Teaching Methods for ADHD & LD Kids: Strategies & Idealogies - 0 views

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    (Re: tip #7 - I've always steered clear of using versions of that phrase "work smarter, not harder" around kids, as many interpret that saying as a tacit accusation that they are not smart. That being said, the language in the rest of this article is spot on!)
Scott Nancarrow

Executive Functioning: A Teacher's Guide to Helping Students with ADHD - 0 views

  • Educators should strive to create supportive atmospheres and equip their students with tools to independently express their areas of EF need. Educators can use what we call the “Four Tiers of Support” to set up this system in the classroom and beyond. They include: Teaching common EF language Identifying strengths and areas of need Setting up a classroom to support all students Teaching self-advocacy skills
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