How to reach and teach children with ADD/ADHD practical techniques, strategies, and interventions
Sandra Rief offers myriad real-life case studies, interviews, and student intervention plans for children with ADD/ADHD. In addition, the book contains best teaching practices and countless strategies for enhancing classroom performance for all types of students. This invaluable resource offers prov...
| Main Author: | Rief, Sandra F. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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San Francisco, Calif. :
Jossey-Bass,
c2005.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Series: |
Jossey-Bass teacher
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Table of Contents:
- 1: Key information for understanding and managing ADHD
- Understanding attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
- Making the diagnosis: a comprehensive evaluation for ADHD
- Multimodal treatments for ADHD
- Medication treatment and management
- Do's and don'ts for teachers and parents
- Critical factors in the success of students with ADHD
- ADHD and social skills interventions
- ADHD in preschool and kindergarten
- ADHD in middle school and high school
- 2: Managing the challenge of ADHD behaviors
- Classroom management and positive discipline practices
- Preventing or minimizing behavior problems during transitions and less structured times
- Individualized behavior management, interventions, and supports
- Strategies to increase listening, following directions, and compliance
- Attention!! Strategies for engaging, maintaining, and regulating students' attention
- 3: Instructional and academic strategies and supports
- Reaching students through differentiated instruction
- Multisensory instruction
- Reaching students through their learning styles and multiple intelligences
- The advantages of cooperative learning for students with ADHD
- Organization, time management, and study skills
- Learning strategies and study skills
- Writing and reading challenges for students with ADHD
- Written language strategies, accommodations, and interventions: pre-planning/organizing, handwriting, assistive technology
- Strategies for building written expression and editing skills
- Reading strategies and interventions: building decoding skills, vocabulary, and fluency
- Reading comprehension strategies and interventions
- Mathematics: challenges and strategies
- 4: Personal stories and case studies
- A parent's story: what every teacher and clinician needs to hear
- Case studies and interventions (Adam and Vincent)
- 5: Collaborative efforts and school responsibilities in helping children with ADHD
- Teaming for success: communication, collaboration, and mutual support
- The role of the school's multidisciplinary team
- School documentation and communication with medical providers and others
- Educational laws and rights of students with ADHD
- Innovative collaborative programs for helping children with ADHD
- 6: Additional supports and strategies
- Stress reduction, relaxation strategies, leisure activities, and exercise
- Music for relaxation, transitions, energizing, and visualization.