HeyJaredDr G's ADHD Chat
A show trying to make the world safe for ADHDers. Providing scientifically verified information about issues related to ADHD -- Parenting, relationships, education, health, behavior management, and adulting with ADHD.
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153. ADHD-4 Ways to Improve Your Child’s Learning (opens the original)
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We all know the schools are not designed for ADHD brains. They are designed for neurotypical brains. ADHD brains work on interest-based learning. If it catches their interest they learn well. Neurotypicals have importance based learning styles, Thant is, if they-re told its important they will try to learn it. The good news is that here are some ways to make learning more interesting and doable for your ADHDer. I’m going to cover the four basic concepts that work the best-Urgwncy,Novelty, Intere
152.ADHD-Why a 504 Plan Matters for an ADHD Child (opens the original)
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ADHD children are allowed under the Americans with Disabilities Act to get Accommodations to make the educational environment more fair for them and their ADHD brains. We all know that the school system in the United States was designed for neurotypical brains, not neurodivergent brains like our ADHDers have. The 504 system is designed to make the environment more fair, to “level the playing field.” I’ll be explaining some of the basics of this system and how parents should prepare for the Child
150 ADHD-Learning Strategies II (opens the original)
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This is the second episode outlining specific strategies to improve academic performance by your ADHD child or, if you’re a an adult with ADHD, these tips apply to you. It’s important to remember that ADHD is more of a difference cognitively than a disability. ADHDers can learn as well as anybody else but it has to be in the right environment. ADHDers use an interest based system while neurotypicals use a Priority based system. I’ll discuss these differences and how you can optimize school to be
149: ADHD-Learning Strategies I Because School Is Coming/ Here (opens the original)
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Last episode we spent a lot of time on 504 plans because that’s one of the first things to consider when getting ready for back to school. Now I want to discuss the actual nuts and bolts, mechanical part of improving your ADHDer’s ability to learn. Your ADHDer has the ability to learn like anybody else but his/her brain needs some extras like interest, urgency, novelty and challenge. Over the next few episodes I’’l be covering all these topics. Trust me, there are things you can do to increase y
151-ADHD-Back to School, Re-establish the Routines (opens the original)
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!Back to School time is upon us and for ADHD parents this can be a time of anxiety and concern. It is also time to prepare for the school year. One of the biggest issues is re-establishing the essential routines and reviewing the child study group recommendations, the 504 plan and the effectiveness of these for your child. Barring the occasional teacher who has ADHD him or herself, you may well be the expert on ADHD in your 504 plan Child Study meeting so you need to come to those meetings prepa
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