ADHD Richmond is always pleased to discuss ADHD with teachers and students. We can arrange for specialists to come in to local schools or anywhere in the UK. Contact us: communications@adhdrichmond.org
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Achieving for Children offers ADHD teacher-training . Tell your school to book now. Enter ADHD in Search Events on link for more dates. Tel: 020 8487 5372 Claire.Grayson@achievingforchildren.org.uk
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Richmond and Kingston’s Emotional Health Service also provides Teacher training – EHS
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SEN solicitor, Eva Akins, wrote this extensive list of what school can do to help an ADHD child 101 reasonable Adjustments for ADHD
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Here’s a book designed for teachers by Richmond/Kingston Achieving for Children’s Clinical Psychologist Dr Jo Steer
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Richmond’s Neurodevelopmental Team has produced this teacher resource ADHD Pack for Schools
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An ADHD pupil’s problems in class are mainly due to Executive Functioning and Working Memory. Watch this short video which explains it well
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Working with difficult children in primary school: A guide from Mentally Health Schools
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Are you waiting for them to fail or challenging them to succeed? Pupils do not care what you know – until they know that you care, says SEN Leader magazine
The Times Educational Supplement offers these Ten steps to become a better teacher of pupils with SEND
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How can I spot a student with ADHD? Diana Hudson presents a primer on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder – a behavioural condition that’s well-known, but often widely misunderstood
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Supporting Pupils with Medication Needs – Dept. of Ed. advice
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INFORMATION & GUIDANCE FOR SCHOOLS brochure
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Teaching ADHD: How to Help ADHD Students in the Classroom – by FastBraiin
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Here are some ADHD classroom strategies for teachers from Learning Works
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ADHD in Practice offers these excellent classroom-interventions-for-children-with-adhd First published in ADHD in Practice 2016, Vol 8 No 3. Reproduced with kind permission of Hayward Medical Communications.
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Our friend Dr Tony Lloyd of ADHD Foundation offers teachers advice on how to improve learning and achievement for pupils with ADHD and their training director, Colin Foley, offers some guidelines for school staff : ADHD Foundation school guidelines
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This teachers-info-from-adhd-in-practice is an excellent resource
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This new-combined-teachers-guide-v14-adhdandyou is a valuable resource from ADHD and You
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Watch this video about teaching ADHD children
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OT advice from Hounslow & Richmond NHS Community Healthcare on auditory-processing-and-attention-and-concentration-1 processing in the classroom
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Read how teachers can really help children with ADHD in the classroom
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The Child Mind Institute offers Tips for recognising learning disorders in the classroom
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100’s of custom-created videos from Go Noodle to get kids running, jumping, dancing, stretching, and practicing moments of mindfulness
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HOW SCHOOLS CAN SPOT A PUPIL DIAGNOSED WITH ADHD
Any pupil who is seriously inattentive, hyperactive or impulsive will find it difficult to:
- Concentrate on anything that is not really interesting to him/her
- Keep still, or stay in one place for long
- Remember what task to be doing, start on time and complete in time
- Speak and act appropriately
- Be quiet
- Cope with change, stress, disappointment or delay
Pupils with ADHD may therefore fall behind academically and socially.
They may also have other learning problems.
The challenge of Understanding ADHD for teachers and other school staff
ADHD varies from child to child and may even seem to vary from day to day in the same child. It can be difficult to distinguish won’t behaviour from can’t behaviour, but it is best to keep a disability perspective towards the child.
We’re not used to thinking of lack of self-control (needed for concentration, learning and good behaviour) as a disability, but for ADHD children it has not developed naturally, and may be a lifelong difficulty. This does not mean they cannot concentrate on things they find absorbing such as computer games, whose high intensity stimulation cuts through the ‘fog’ and over-rides other distractions.
Managing ADHD in school
- Praise is essential. Look for opportunities, however small. Catch them being good
- Describe and comment on the behaviour you WANT, not the behaviour you don’t want
- Give strong incentives for desired behaviour. Rewards work better than punishment
- Give short achievable targets. Give frequent and immediate positive feedback
- As far as possible ignore unwanted behaviour if not disruptive. Give positive feedback if they return to task
- Alternate sitting-down activities with more physical ones. Give frequent opportunities to get up and move around. Include the whole class in short exercises or stretches
- Allow fidgeting or standing up, if this helps the child to persevere with a task. Allow space for movement
- Give directions singly and repeat calmly as necessary. Get child’s attention first, with eye contact. Get child to repeat out loud, what he/she is going to do. Use visual reinforcement
- When whole class teaching, seat close to you or try different places to see which works best, e.g. next to sensible children. Use visuals and movement to keep attention
- Plan ahead for difficult situations: Have alternative activity ready. Allow a time-out period in a quiet corner. Accept a shorter concentration time
- Try to give the ADHD child some responsibility in the classroom. When possible let them help another child
- Give warning of change-over times coming up. Be sure the child has heard and understood. State the behaviour expected during change-over, in simple clear language
- Do not value neatness over content and effort. The handwriting of ADHD children is frequently slow and poor. Remember that the effort involved for ADHD children is far greater than their output would lead us to believe. Allow other methods of recording.
- Remember to report to parents and other staff the child’s positive incidents and achievements.
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Teachers – are you missing the ADHD signs in girls?
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Hear what children want to tell their teachers
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Watch this video from Dr Geoff Kewley, a Consultant Paediatrician specialising in the management of children with neurodevelopmental, behavioural and learning difficulties, especially ADHD and related issues and in working towards more appropriate service provision for children in educational services.
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Here’s some guidance for teachers which is useful for parents to read too:
Government statutory guidance on supporting children with SEN. Click the logo
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This memorandum by the Special Educational Consortium sets out how best to support and encourage the positive behaviour and engagement of children and children with SEN
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Click this teacher’s site for an abundance of ADHD material, support and advice including 50 tips to help teachers and 5 myths teachers need to know
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Our national charity, ADDISS, offers good advice in this schoolreport
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Click this photo for some videos, including one on Executive Functions in the Classroom, for teachers to help ADHD students
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Click the photo for some useful tips for teachers in the classroom
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The Young Minds charity works extensively with schools & has good SEN resources
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Click adhd_-_a_practical_guide_for_schools for some excellent ADHD skills for schools
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Click this photo for Optimus Education’s advice on SEN teaching
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With an estimated half a million children in the UK thought to have ADHD, Dr Madan Mall and Dr Paul Holland look at educational strategies that can help these young people.
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Youth in Mind has some excellent material for teachers to check for ADHD. Click the photo for more detail
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Click this blog on EHCP Transition Reviews – experiences and practical advice
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Click this advice for providers of supported internships for young people with learning difficulties. It applies to maintained schools, local authorities, academies and free schools, independent schools, sixth-form colleges and further education (FE) colleges
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Further useful from ADHD Solutions in school
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Action-attainment works directly with families, professionals, schools and with community groups to provide understanding, strategies and opportunities for learning, play and friendships.
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Watch this Teachers TV video on our YouTube channel
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Access Arrangements and pre-examination adjustments for ADHD candidates seeking a qualification
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School refusal? Read this guide for teachers: nfis-school-guide-to-supporting-a-child-when-they-struggle-to-attend-school-v-2
