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Last night while sitting chatting to my husband and our
second son, Thomas, we began to have one of those fabulous conversations. You
know the kind of conversation I mean. Those that are both fun and profound.
Both Thomas and Doug are ADHD and so this conversation was
both full and brief. For those of you who are ADHD or who love those who are,
will totally understand what I mean by this. Brief and full!!
Thomas began by saying he though that someone should make an
ADHD school. I began to write down the few ideas that he thought would make a
school great for ADHD kids.
Here they are.....
1. Posters on the wall that change every day. This would
keep the classroom interesting all the time.
2. rooms that changed regularly. Not in the way that made
people confused but that just made life at school more interesting. :)
3. during the lesson --- cut to the chase---- get to the
point.
at this point Doug joined in and there was a lot of yes and
oh that would be great and that is so
awful when the teacher .....
I just loved this. A sharing of the ADHD journey with dad
and kid amongst the laughter and fun and will, some very valid points in my
opinion.
the list goes on....
4. The teacher should never, ever repeat himself or herself - ever - ever....
5.ha.. a buzzer on the desk that indicated when the child
has 'got' point so the teacher could
swiftly move on...
6. speed things up a bit... not so much so that too much
homework is given:)
At this point Doug shared his love for watching you tube DVD
because I can speed it up and listen
to it double time.
Then we were done!!
I love it! I could picture the scene. Please tell Thomas I think his school idea sounds great. Debbie Duthie
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