[Catalist] Teaching Science to Students with ADHD

[Jessica Van der merwe]

Hi Bernie,

Thank you so much for that. A great and easy solution that I definitely will try. 

Kind regards,
Jess

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> On 31 May 2018, at 11:53 am, Bernadine Hunneybun <B.Hunneybun at chisholmcc.wa.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> Hi Jess,
> 
> This worked for some of my foster kids with homework etc. Give them a soft squishy foam/rubber ball (that they can’t damage anything with if you can’t trust them) to manipulate in their non-writing hand while doing the activity. They just squish, move it around, can’t bounce or throw (unless this is convenient for you as a reward when they complete the work). Colourful/texturised works best, they lose it after 1 warning. Be strong on this.  
> 
> It gives them an outlet and seems to allow them to settle enough to work. It’s special so they can only use it during these times in your class. Have a basket that they can choose from of 5-6. Balls work best for boys, girls sometimes prefer ‘soothing’ pieces of material to stroke e.g. silk, satin, felt etc but balls work for them too sometimes.
> 
> The other thing that seems to work in situations where more discretion is needed are allowing them to manipulate 2 coin like objects in their pocket or on desk quietly. Works for anxiety too.
> 
> You get the concept of finding the right object for a student, not something really distracting.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Bernie
> 
>> On 31 May 2018, at 11:19 am, Jessica Van der merwe <jessica.vdm at icloud.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I am new to Catalist. Not sure how it all works but I thought I would give it a got. I am just after some teaching strategies for teaching students with ADHD. I am fairly good at including many activities that get students moving around the room and collaborating with one another. I am also good at clarifying instructions and transitioning students from one activity to another. However, I feel as though I am lacking in parts of the lesson where I need all students to work individually on a written task such as practicing exam questions or answering questions from a text book. I don't always want to be disciplining my ADHD students for disrupting the class during these times or for not doing the work. I would prefer not to have all strategies involving devices. 
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> 
>> Jess Bent
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