-by Dr. Tim Grivois, Executive Director
While appropriate medical treatment can help students with ADHD tremendously, right now many families can’t access the medicine they need due to a nationwide shortage of stimulant medications.
Many families that would usually seek medical treatment for severe ADHD symptoms can’t do this right now, and many others (for their own valid, different, and completely ok reasons) have decided that meds are not the route they want to take.
This means that evidence-based, non-medical interventions always have to be part of what we offer. These include:
- Chunking assignments into smaller, achievable sections
- Physical activity throughout the day
- Printed assessments over online assessments
- Frequent prompts and positive feedback
- Social and emotional learning (actual lessons and curriculum)
- Seating charts that make sense for the task at hand
- Having extras of frequently lost or misplaced materials/assignments handy
- Sending home a set of books/materials instead of having things brought to and from home
- We can support students with ADHD who are experiencing treatment interruptions with a little planning and student-first thinking….and a lot of grace and understanding!
What supports for students with ADHD work best in your learning space? Drop a comment below!”