Category: Classroom Support & Strategy
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Classroom Behavior Management for Students with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Elementary School
Teachers need actionable strategies to improve the classroom day-to-day functioning of their students diagnosed with ADHD. Most of the evidence-based strategies available to support teachers are too broad to be actionable. For example, ” externalize working memory”, what does that look like in the classroom? This post aims to arm the school-based therapist with exactly…
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Navigating the Barriers – How to Provide Contextually Based “Push In” OT for Students with ADHD
How to Provide Integrated OT Services Contextually based, push in, integrated, in class support, embedded, inclusionary…. Whatever you call it, the best practice for a school-based occupational therapist is to provide services in the student’s natural environment at the point of performance. Yet so many of us are still pulling out to build skills. Why? …
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Occupational Therapy for ADHD
Together we can educate and empower parents and teachers to finally see our students with ADHD thrive in school. It is critical that administrators and general educators have most current knowledge and tools available to meet the needs of learners with ADHD. I am shocked DAILY at how little most adults in the school system…