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ADD/ADHD

In reply to the discussion: This was my life before my 20s [View all]

BigmanPigman

(52,529 posts)
7. When I started teaching
Sun Oct 10, 2021, 12:18 AM
Oct 2021

I taught a GATE (gifted and talented) class. Being Gifted is considered a learning disability, as much as being a very low performer or having a physical disability. ADHD fits into this group too. I had a student who was Gifted as well as ADHD (that is two distinct learning disabilities) and not on meds.

When the whole team met to discuss interventions the Kindergarten teacher was the most helpful. I asked her to come since I knew she had ADHD. She gave us the most useful information. Years later I was teaching 1st Grade with a Primary Spec Ed class next door. I learned different strategies from her as well.

The K teacher told us how to keep the students super organized with color coded supplies, etc. The Spec Ed teacher gave me a strip of Velcro to stick under the desk so the student could touch it to help him out. Touch, sight, sound are all considered since various students have different learning styles.

Classroom seating is also very important. Some teachers couldn't deal with students' "problems" so they seated students far, far away from them. I always had them up front and their seat partners would be the patient, kind students who would help and not hinder.

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This was my life before my 20s [View all] RFCalifornia Oct 2021 OP
((RFC)) blm Oct 2021 #1
Request for Comment? nt RFCalifornia Oct 2021 #2
Nope blm Oct 2021 #3
Hugs back at you nt RFCalifornia Oct 2021 #12
Everyone wanted me to be something I wasn't localroger Oct 2021 #4
I have adhd I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2021 #5
I was diagnosed with ADHD in the very early 70's. Ka-Dinh Oy Oct 2021 #6
When I started teaching BigmanPigman Oct 2021 #7
You sound like you are a really good teacher. Ka-Dinh Oy Oct 2021 #8
I discovered after I had to go from teaching 6th Grade GATE BigmanPigman Oct 2021 #9
I have always thought middle school kids were the worst. Ka-Dinh Oy Oct 2021 #10
Very true! BigmanPigman Oct 2021 #11
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