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How Parents Can Help Kids with Executive Function Disorder

How Parents Can Help Kids with Executive Function Disorder | Students with dyslexia & ADHD in independent and public schools | Scoop.it
It may take the patience of Gandhi, but it can be done.

"....A kid with EFD is easy to spot. His desk is crammed with papers, dissected pens and old, sticky fruit rollups. He is frantically pawing through all his folders and looking in the bottom of his backpack for homework he swears he did the night before. He hasn’t noticed everyone else has gotten out their textbooks and are busy annotating chapter three. He will inevitably start his poster on the American Revolution the night before it's due, leave the assignment sheet at school, and make his mother go to Walmart at 10 p.m. to get the poster board and stick-on letters he absolutely needs.

How do we take this mess and make a good student out of him? Well, it’s a process that may take the patience of Gandhi and a good sense of humor, but it can be done. It is imperative that parents and teachers work together to teach and reinforce effective strategies. These strategies should be introduced in the classroom and practiced at home. Here are some ideas you can try at home to help your child:...."

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Educational Technology - We Are Teachers:favorite strategies, activities,& products

Educational Technology - We Are Teachers:favorite strategies, activities,& products | Students with dyslexia & ADHD in independent and public schools | Scoop.it

"Eye-Opening Ed Tech Discover new and exciting ways that technology can help all of your students succeed.Today's teachers are working in a brave new world—one where tablets, apps, and interactive whiteboards are all part of the learning environment. But in order to make this technology a meaningful part of the curriculum, it needs to be incorporated in a thoughtful way. Below find our favorite strategies, activities, and products for creating truly eye-opening technology lessons.


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