ADHD and Your Child:
Change for the Better

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ADHD and Tips for the Teacher

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Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder:
Tips for the Teacher

With simple adjustments in the classroom, teachers can more easily work with the strengths and weaknesses of the child with ADHD.

It is helpful for teachers to:

  • Pair written instructions with oral instructions.
  • Give clear instructions.
  • Set up clear rules of behavior and consequences for breaking these rules.
  • Seat the child near a good role model or near the teacher.

Get behavioral modification tips.
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Reviewed by the doctors at The Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital.

Edited by Cynthia Haines, MD, WebMD, October 2005.

What best describes your child?

  • Fidgety and disruptive
  • Easily distracted
  • Can't play quietly
  • All of the above
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