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One of the most common childhood behavior disorders is Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Students who have ADHD typically struggle from the inability to pay attention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. These three symptoms are typically seen by a teacher in the classroom on a daily basis. Section 504 of the Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 1997 have created expectations for using classroom interventions in order to help the behavior of students with ADHD. There are many different behavioral intervention strategies suggested throughout the article. A general behavior intervention principle is that it is important to let students know what …show more content…
Every student will learn differently which is why it is important to have a number of strategies in order to make a student successful. There are three strategies that I think will be the most useful in my classroom. The first one is scheduling which is simply providing important academic instruction in the morning rather than in the afternoon when nonacademic activities should be scheduled. As the day goes on, students lose focus and it is easier for them to get off track. The second strategy that I think will be the most useful in my classroom is productive physical movement. Students with ADHD have a hard time sitting still for long periods of time. Some ways of doing this is creating class activities where students move around every so often, or provide more classroom breaks and opportunities to move around. It would even be okay to let students know that if they are having trouble sitting still, they could go to the back of the room and stretch or walk around a little bit. It is important for students to be able to move freely throughout the room, so I will be sure to allow time for students to get up and move around because I know how it feels to sit in class for two or three hours and not move out of my …show more content…
I only chose three to discuss but I think that most of them are really important to at least try and implement in the classroom. As a teacher, I will find out that some strategies work and some do not but that is why there are many different options to choose from.
I have learned about some of the information within this article in my other classes but we have not really gone into detail, so that is another reason why I liked this article because it provided an example for each strategy. The only connections I have with any of these strategies is what I have seen used in a classroom while observing. Some of the strategies have been used very well and have been successful while others have been used incorrectly or are not at all successful. I would love to attempt to use a number of strategies in my classroom one
One of the most common childhood behavior disorders is Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Students who have ADHD typically struggle from the inability to pay attention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. These three symptoms are typically seen by a teacher in the classroom on a daily basis. Section 504 of the Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 1997 have created expectations for using classroom interventions in order to help the behavior of students with ADHD. There are many different behavioral intervention strategies suggested throughout the article. A general behavior intervention principle is that it is important to let students know what …show more content…
Every student will learn differently which is why it is important to have a number of strategies in order to make a student successful. There are three strategies that I think will be the most useful in my classroom. The first one is scheduling which is simply providing important academic instruction in the morning rather than in the afternoon when nonacademic activities should be scheduled. As the day goes on, students lose focus and it is easier for them to get off track. The second strategy that I think will be the most useful in my classroom is productive physical movement. Students with ADHD have a hard time sitting still for long periods of time. Some ways of doing this is creating class activities where students move around every so often, or provide more classroom breaks and opportunities to move around. It would even be okay to let students know that if they are having trouble sitting still, they could go to the back of the room and stretch or walk around a little bit. It is important for students to be able to move freely throughout the room, so I will be sure to allow time for students to get up and move around because I know how it feels to sit in class for two or three hours and not move out of my …show more content…
I only chose three to discuss but I think that most of them are really important to at least try and implement in the classroom. As a teacher, I will find out that some strategies work and some do not but that is why there are many different options to choose from.
I have learned about some of the information within this article in my other classes but we have not really gone into detail, so that is another reason why I liked this article because it provided an example for each strategy. The only connections I have with any of these strategies is what I have seen used in a classroom while observing. Some of the strategies have been used very well and have been successful while others have been used incorrectly or are not at all successful. I would love to attempt to use a number of strategies in my classroom one