| Attention Deficit Disorder or ADD is a condition that's | | | | way to achieve success in this mission. It is important |
| characterized by behavioral & learning disorders. | | | | to know that pairing expectation & time-commitments |
| These are usually diagnosed in children. Sometimes, | | | | should be limited to increase the opportunity for |
| the disorder lingers on till adulthood. | | | | success.f) Students having attentional problems usually |
| It is very important to improve social skills if you want | | | | do well in the cooperative group instructional format.g) |
| to treat the disease effectively. | | | | Make a friendship plan. This helps the students to |
| Here are some effective tips to improve social skills of | | | | enhance self esteem.h) Using guided observations of |
| the child with ADD:a) First, you need to provide a safe | | | | the child's peers on the playground is a great way to |
| environment for the child. Here, the emphasis needs to | | | | learn social skills. You can also break up the recess in |
| be made on the development of friendship with the | | | | to ten minutes of activity where there is a ten minute |
| child.b) Second, respect the child. You should never | | | | check-in & again a ten minute period activity.i) Make |
| belittle him in front of his or her friends. The belittling | | | | sure that you meet with your student prior to his |
| attitude from the children will be seen as the green | | | | lunchroom or play period to analyze his overall plan for |
| signal from the teacher to belittle the child.c) You need | | | | recess activity & who is his partner for lunch. You |
| to understand that students with a lot of attentional | | | | need to process the activity with your student after |
| problems experience many difficulties socially. This is | | | | recess & then make suggestions for the coming day. |
| more common in maintaining peer relationships. | | | | Here are the some other important tips to help |
| Students experience a lot of trouble in acting | | | | students with ADD in your classroom:a) Using |
| impulsively. They tend to take other's action's as | | | | highlighters will help ADD children as they are very |
| criticism & unable to understand positive feedback.d) | | | | right-brained & visual.b) Encourage movement in the |
| Children with ADD tend to play easy with older or | | | | classroom. The learner will thrive.c) The ADD child |
| younger children when their roles are clearly defined. | | | | should be sent on errands. It increases the self esteem |
| However, they are unable to learn from experience. | | | | of the child.d) Do not punish the ADD child by |
| They ramble during conversation & tend to say things | | | | withholding sports or other school-related activities.e) |
| that may be embarrassing things to peers. Hence, it is | | | | The child requires to stay active. If you have to punish |
| important to enlist the support of peers in the | | | | the child, you may restrict TV viewing or computer |
| classroom. This helps enhancing the self confidence & | | | | time.f) You need to discipline non-complaint behavior.g) |
| esteem of the students.e) Another beneficial are can | | | | Interacting physically with ADD child will help. A slight |
| be cross-age tutoring with younger or older students. | | | | touch on the arm or head can keep his or her focus |
| Adequate preparation of the paired student in | | | | on task. |
| conjunction with parental permission will be a great | | | | |