Think Creatively
| February 25, 2009 | Posted by Brenda under School |
Now is about the time of year when we begin the slide into the end of the school year. For ADD students, that often means a last ditch effort to bring the grades up, at least to passing.
It also means that about this time, they’re completely overwhelmed, disorganized, and beginning to get burnt out.
There are at least two things I can think of that you as a parent can do to help.
The first is to help them get organized again. And yes, that means the backpack, the room, the locker at school, and maybe even the car. And while you’re at it, let’s keep the negative comments to yourself, OK?
Take some time to do it and plan a little reward at the end – a trip to the mall, some ice cream, whatever. You want this to be a positive experience.
Getting your child organized will help them tremendously. They will feel more in control and more calm, and that will help them do better work.
The next thing you can try – it won’t always work – is to see if any of the teachers in the classes your child is struggling with will allow extra credit. (Some teachers just won’t allow extra credit, and some don’t want to have to grade it.)
Now before you (or your child) approach the teacher, give some real thought to your child’s strengths and the things they like to do. If your child hates to write papers, and the teacher assigns a report for extra credit, that may or may not help.
Think creatively and see what you can come up with that the teacher might appreciate. When my son Andy was in high school, he was allowed to create a website about Napoleon for extra credit for his history class. He learned a lot while he was researching what to put on it, he enjoyed doing it, and his teacher had a new teaching tool for her classes.
See what you can come up with for your child. What do they enjoy doing?
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