ADHD / Special Needs Resources for All Teachers, Parents, and Students -- Resources That Will Increase Our Understanding of and Improve Our Ability to Meet Kids' Needs:

Articles for Educators:

	FOCUS:	ARTICLE:	DESCRIPTION:
	Attention Deficit	Book Feature	As I read about ADHD and related disorders, I find so many helpful resources. This page highlights excerpts from one of the best sources, Driven to Distraction, by Dr. Hallowel.
	Attention Deficit	What is ADHD?	The Expertise of an Educator/Father of a Child With ADHD.
	Attention Deficit	What's It Like to Have ADD?	An informative and research-based article by E. Hallowell, MD.
	Attention Deficit	It's Your Chemistry	Article explaining the chemistry of the brain and attention deficit disorder.
	Attention Deficit	Blinks	Researched article explaining why it seems a misunderstood child isn't listening.
	ADD Classroom Interventions	Attention Deficit & Learning Disorders Suggested Classroom Accommodations for Specific Behaviors	A comprehensive chart of behaviors and teaching approaches; every teacher should read this page!
	ADD Classroom Interventions	Identifying The ADD/ADHD Child	An article explaining the diagnosis of ADHD and behaviors that teachers should watch for in the classroom.
	Learning Differences Classroom Interventions	The Child With Learning Disabilities	Practical information and advice.
	Learning Differences Classroom Interventions	Computer-based Science Assessment and Students With Learning Disabilities	Article focuses on applications used in science, such as Computerized Adaptive Testing, Figural Response Item Testing, Computer Simulations, and Anchored Assessment which can be appropriated for assessing students with learning disabilities.
	Learning Differences Classroom Interventions	Exploring Learning Styles and Instruction	Thorough, informative article by Karen Hood, Univ. of Georgia, discussing the theory behind teaching to individual learning styles.
	Learning Differences Classroom Interventions	Functional Behavioral Assessment: The Link Between Problem Behavior and Effective Intervention in Schools	Education article presented by the Council of Exceptional Children.
	Learning Differences Classroom Interventions	Learning and Autism	"Dear Kindergarten Teacher" shares insights about your student with autism.
	Learning Differences Classroom Interventions	Understanding Math Learning Disabilities	This article defines and clarifies math-related disabilities, which may not be typically evaluated as learning disabilities.
	Inclusion Issues	Catering for Different Academic Abilities	Understanding the how/why of working with individual needs in the whole classroom setting.
	Inclusion Issues	Inclusive Curriculum	Issues of Teaching and Learning Univ. of Western Australia.
	Inclusion Issues	Teaching Tolerance	Not the current application of the word! This article helps teachers understand how to teach students to ignore distractions and tolerate annoyances. I found this article quite practical and applicable at home also.
	Inclusion Issues / Autism	Suggestions for Helping Students With Autism in a Classroom Setting	Practical suggestions from the Autism Society.
	Inclusion Issues / Autism	How Students With Autism Learn	Also from the Autism Society, this article provides a discussion of techniques used to address the unique barriers to learning presented by students with autism
	Success for All Academically	The Ten Commandments I Teach By: Optimizing Success for 2e Learners	Susan Baum, Ph.D., Professor of Education at the Graduate School of the College of New Rochelle and co-founder of AEGUS, the Association for the Education of Gifted Underachieving Students provides principles for teaching all students, with a focus on providing the needed intellectual, physical, and emotional environment for learning.
	Success for All Academically	What’s in a name? Defining and Reifying Twice-Exceptional Education	Another article by Susan Baum, Ph.D., addressing the reason for appropriately and adequately recognizing this specific student population.
	Success for All Academically	Computers Can Help	Informative article explaining how computers can help individuals with ADD.
	Success for All Academically	The Gifted Learner (and ADHD)	Practical information and advice for helping these misunderstood kids.
	Success for All Academically	How to Motivate the Gifted Learner	More specific research information and advice.
	Success for All Academically	Is It a Cheetah	Article examining misconceptions and solutions related to educating gifted children.
	Success for All Academically	META-TEST to Improve SAT Scores!	Offers great tips on preparing students with learning disabilities for SAT testing.
	Success for All Academically	Working with Perfectionist Students	Provides overview of potential problems and ways to help students overcome fears and succeed.
	Smiles	Lighthearted Links	A list of links to poems, tales, and giggles about giftedness!
	Smiles	If Dr. Seuss had a Gifted Child	A fun, "Seussian" look at the trio of child, parent, and teacher.

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