1. Steal a secret
The first, and perhaps most important, management strategy is to ensure that all students understand how attention works and identify specific profiles of the strengths and weaknesses of attention. Second, students should be taught attention management strategies.
2. Understanding consistent contradictions
Teachers and parents need to understand that discrepancies in children with attention problems are not evidence of poor attitude or lack of motivation. It is part of their biological attention deficit disorder and is beyond their easy control.
3. Exploring the possibility of medication
For many children and adolescents, medication may help manage attention deficit disorder. The drug can improve mental attention, concentration and duration. In addition, it can reduce impulsivity and hyperactivity. Students and their parents can discuss this possibility with their doctor.
4. Consider exercise and rest
For students with inconsistent arousal and mental exertion problems, having the opportunity to exercise is useful. For example, at school, teachers may ask students to erase the blackboard, collect paperwork, or send a message to the office. At home, parents and students can schedule regular breaks to change jobs. This meant that students could work at the kitchen table for a few minutes and on the living room floor for a few minutes. Each time the location changes, the student may experience an explosion of mental energy. In addition, students may need to sit down and do something with their hands. They can scribble, roll clay, and perform other manual tasks to increase arousal and arousal.
5 Change your education strategy
Teachers use different teaching strategies and need to change about every 15-20 minutes. For example, a 15-minute lecture can provide information. This strategy can be followed by 20 minutes of small group work or collaborative learning. Students can then sit individually to work or watch videos.
6 Use the signal
Teachers and parents need to have a private way to signal students when they are absent. For example, tapping your shoulder is effective. Also, student teachers and parents may need to signal them when they need to say something important. His teachers and parents may look straight at him and say: Immediately provide important instructions for tomorrow's testing. "
7. Use profit
The more interest you have, the more attention you have. Therefore, students should be encouraged to read, write and talk about topics of interest. In addition, if the information is personally relevant, it will raise the student's attention. For example, if a student needs to learn a chronological timeline, a teacher can start by having the student create a chronological timeline of important events in their life.
8. Minimize noise and other distractions
Distracted students need to benefit from a structured listening environment. Priority seats may be required in front of the classroom to minimize noise and distraction from other students.
9. Foresight and development of planning skills
Teachers and parents can help students develop preview and planning skills by requiring students to develop reports and plans for project completion. For example, when completing a book report, students can submit a plan on how to complete the task. You may need specific instructions, modeling, guided practice, and finally performance feedback. The concept of foresight should be explained to students and they should be aware of the fact that the activities they participate in help them develop their foresight / planning skills. It helps if they are first given an example of a practical plan. B. Plan a party.
10 Use behavior modification and self-assessment
The use of behavior modification and self-assessment strategies can help increase desirable behaviors (eg, task completion) and reduce behavioral problems (eg, impulsive blurring in class). You need to identify specific behaviors that need to be changed (for example, finish reading an assignment, raise your hand before answering a question, brush your teeth before going to bed, put dirty clothes in the laundry, etc.). Specific consequences for behavioral changes also need to be identified. The consequences of positive behavior should be more rewarding for the student than if the positive behavior could not be completed. For example, if a child is allowed to stay up late at night for 15 minutes, the action should be more rewarding than leaving dirty clothes on the bathroom floor. ..
Also, taking the desired behavior should be the only way learners can be rewarded. In the previous example, the child can only wake up for an extra 15 minutes at night by putting dirty laundry in the space provided. Schoolhome Notes can be used to communicate between home and school. With either setting, you can use charts and graphs to monitor your progress towards your goals. Students should be encouraged to assess their behavior in addition to the adult assessment. You can get additional rewards for accurate self-assessment.
11. Discourage busy work patterns
To prevent students from working in a hurry, teachers and parents should avoid saying things like "you can go to a break as soon as you finish your homework" or "you can watch TV when you finish your homework". I can. Such an offer may unintentionally encourage students to work too fast and carelessly.
12. Organize
You can use a notebook with three sections labeled "Work to Do", "Work Done", and "Work to Save" to help students organize their assignments. Color-coded notebooks on different topics can also help you organize your work.
13. Use the daily planner
Students should use a structured daily planner to help organize their assignments and activities. A planner that is categorized by topic of the day and has enough space to write down all the information you need is desirable. ELAN Publishing has a number of great student organizers (available at CDL's A + store). Alternatively, he may benefit from the use of personal digital assistants (PDAs).
14. Set up a home office
At home, parents need to teach their children / teens in setting up their well-organized “office”. Parents spend weekly hours to ensure that their children / teens clean up the office and have all the office supplies (post-it, pencils, pens, highlighters, paper, paper clips, staplers, etc.). Need to schedule. Students need to find the best time to study (his / her wake-up time) and record these times as his / her "business hours". Students should also try different types of background noise levels that are most effective when doing homework or studying. Some children / teens may actually be able to concentrate in a noisy environment or listening to music, while others may need to use earplugs.
15 Take some time to relax
Many students with attention problems have difficulty sleeping at night. It is helpful for them to have regular bedtime routines. For example, you can read a book or have a book read. You can stretch before going to bed. You can also drink milk or hot chocolate before going to bed. They may also fall asleep listening to quiet and light music. Fan-like "white noise" can also help you sleep