Consider your classroom (choose a grade level and content area). How will you account for the existence of ADHD and Executive Functioning Disorder in the classroom for the regular activities that might occur? How can you build your classroom and instruction to be more supportive of all students, diagnosed or otherwise? Select three activities that will be part of your regular classroom activities and carefully outline how you will ensure you are providing support for your students with these needs.
Hint: One excellent support for students who struggle is the existence of instructional routines. See this short clip by master teacher, professor, author, and international speaker Dr. Anita Archer (she has many clips available on a variety of topics, and every one of them is worth watching!).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzvPwvxnBrQ
If you need assistance imagining how these disorders might present, please visit this website for case studies. Please be sure to cite any sources used in APA formatting, and use proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
Please use these videos and readings below to complete this project:
1.) Reading #1:
While we have investigated several low-incidence disabilities, we must also investigate what it is like to live with a more commonly occurring disability. Please review these statistics regarding the high incidence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
https://chadd.org/about-adhd/general-prevalence/
Please also view this page regarding common comorbid conditions:
https://chadd.org/about-adhd/co-occuring-conditions/
3.) Video #1:
Now let’s seek to understand how ADHD might present by hearing from Stephen Tonti, diagnosed in second grade, after meeting with a new school he hoped to attend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU6o2_UFSEY
4.) Video #2
In this video, we will listen to what it is like to live with executive functioning disorder and how it affects various aspects of his life. While viewing, consider how students with executive functioning disorders might struggle in the classroom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qUpgTuMHNQ
ADHD/Executive Functioning Classroom Reflection Rubric
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