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Attention Deficit: Improving Time on Task
- Since ADHD students are usually easily distracted and easily bored, it is a good idea to set up your classroom in such as way as to optimize their focus, and increase their chances of success.
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ADHD in High School: Increasing Time on Task with Students with Attention Deficit Disorder
Work hard to only reward ON-task behaviors.
Did you know that any attention that you give to your students is potentially rewarding? That's right! Even when you are nagging them, that "negative" attention is potentially rewarding.
The rule is: Behavior that is rewarded tends to re-occur.
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Therefore, you want to work to catch your ADD ADHD students being ON-task, and reward them. The reward can be as simple as a smile or a nod. A positive comment can go a long way. Over a period of time, rewarding ADD ADHD students for ON-task work will result in an actual increase in their attention span and time ON-task.
The other rule is: Behavior that is ignored tends to decrease, or go away.
Of course there are exceptions to this that many in "pop" psychology tend to forget, such as the fact that many behaviors are self-rewarding. Antisocial or criminal behaviors are both self-rewarding. That means the "doing" of the behavior, and the "getting away with" of the behaviors are themselves rewarding. If they are ignored, antisocial or criminal behaviors will go unchecked and out of control. Don't ignore antisocial behaviors.
However, in our situation, we apply the rule this way...
When your ADD ADHD student is OFF-task, either ignore him or redirect him back to his work. As soon as he is back ON-task reward his ON-task behavior with the smile, comment, pat on the back, or whatever.
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ADHD in School: High School and Junior High School Interventions
Your Room Set-Up and ADHD Students
Presenting Your Lesson to ADHD Students
Using Worksheets or Giving Tests to ADHD Students
Organizing Your ADHD Students
Dealing with Impulsive Behaviors
Improving Social Skills
Improving Consistency of Performance
Increasing
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