Strategies
This is particularly helpful for people with ADHD in planning ahead!
Keeping a Schedule
skills that enable us to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully are known in the ADHD world as
Executive Functioning Skills
What is ADD?
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder without being hyper
Hyper-focusing is described as
Focusing on an activity for a long time such as gaming, working
Microchips
This is a good idea if you lose things often (especially items like your wallet, car keys, homework, etc.)
Have a special spot for highly used items
The Hyperactivity word in ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder refers to individuals that
Have difficulty sitting still
How many times more likely is a male to have ADHD?
Two or Three Times?
3x
Executive Functioning skills are best defined as
skills that enable us to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully.
How do basketball players stay cool?
They sit near their fans.
Its a good idea to do this as often as possible to when you have ADHD
Take Walks or Breaks
Before someone with ADHD sits down to do homework it is very helpful to:
set goals for preparing and finishing the paper
go eat some sugary treats to help with focus
play video games instead
goal setting helps individuals with ADHD to approach their homework in an organized way, helps diffuse the feeling of being overwhelmed and procrastination
People with ADHD have a higher chance of having anxiety True or False
True
People with ADHD tend to be more impulsive. Impulsivity means:
The act of someone acting without thinking
Overthinking things
When the doctor thinks your pulse rate is too slow
The act of someone acting without thinking
What is a teenager that never gets old called?
Constantine
Adults and Young adults can benefit from this daily activity
Working out
Why is ADHD difficult on peoples self esteem?
Because sometimes other people don't understand them when they are hyperactive or interrupt and/or teachers and coaches become inpatient with them and/or they have difficulty in school which causes them to feel bad about themselves
Which of these three celebrities have(had) ADHD?
Robin Williams
Justin Bieber
The Rock
Robin Williams
What is a stimulant (usually taken by people with ADHD)
medication to sharpen the focus of people with ADHD
Where do you learn to make ice cream?
Sundae school
Hyper-focusing is described as
Sitting and focusing on an activity for a long time
ie. gaming, working
Pairing a dislike with a like means:
That you plan for something rewarding (something you like) after you do something you dislike.
People with ADHD have an amazing ability to hyper focus on things that are dull and boring or things they find interesting
On things they find interesting
Racing thoughts is a symptom of people with ADHD, true or false?
true
How do mountains keep themselves warm during winter?
Snowcaps