MS229: Distracted Kids: How to Help Teachers Help Students With ADHD

Thursday, February 15, 2024
8:00 AM–9:50 AM CST

  • PMD: 2,8
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Introduction

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. identify etiology and presentation of ADHD well enough to speak effectively and succinctly about it to teachers;
  2. describe the unique way attention works in an ADHD brain and be able to express this concept effectively to teachers;
  3. describe how executive functions are impacted in a person with ADHD and be able to express this concept effectively to teachers;
  4. list the unique ways emotion is impacted by ADHD and how it shows up in the classroom and be able to express this concept effectively to teachers; and
  5. describe effective classroom strategies that can be taught to teachers to help students with ADHD manage attention, executive functions, and emotion.

Description

Learn how to easily explain the ins and outs of ADHD attention, executive dysfunction, and emotional control to teachers, and build a handy library of effective strategies to share.

Presenter(s)

Rebecca Brown, Jordan District
Terisa Gabrielsen, Brigham Young University

Contributor(s)

Terisa Gabrielsen

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