12 Week Email Coaching Program

Would you like to get some extra help keeping your ADHD child on track this school year?

Is one on one coaching more than you need, or just something you’re not interested in?

As an ADD Coach, I find that most clients are usually doing very well after about 3 months of coaching.

In addition, the same problems seem to come up over and over again for most people with Attention Deficit Disorder:

Lifestyle issues, like diet, sleep patterns, etc.

Organizational skills

Time management

Classroom and study skills

I’ve taken these four most common issues and designed a do it yourself coaching program around them.

Each week, you will receive an email addressing a new skill for the week and building upon what you’ve done previously. In addition, some weeks you will receive bonus information - additional worksheets or reading material to help you get the most out of that week’s coaching.

At the end of 12 weeks, you should be seeing a positive change in your child and in how they manage their ADHD symptoms. You will have the added benefit of learning more about your child and how ADHD affects their life, as well as sharing a special experience with them.

This 12 Week Email Coaching Program was designed to be shared between parent and child, but is easily adaptable for older students as well.

Best of all, it’s only $12.00, or $1.00 a week! Order yours today and get started right away!

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Spatial Learners

I’m not sure “spatial learners” is an actual term, but the idea behind it is. What I mean by a spatial learner is someone who needs concrete, hands on tools to manipulate and learn.

Kinesthetic learners are often described as hands on learners, but more precisely, they need the movement that comes with hands on types of experiences.

Spatial learners need to see things in concrete form in front of them. Now that doesn’t mean that if you’re learning about farming that you have to drive a John Deere through the classroom, but it does explain the value of field trips.

Spatial learning concepts can be used for learning about things that are more of an idea than an actual thing. Using M&M’s to teach basic math skills or the concept of grouping is an example.

You can take the idea even further - after all, six M&M’s is still a pretty concrete example of the number 6.

Let’s say you want to teach a basic spelling concept, like how q is always followed by u. And let’s use those M&M’s again. Let’s say all the red M&M’s are the letter q, and all the yellow ones are the letter u. The rest of the M&M’s are other letters in the alphabet.

You can show your child how the red ones have one very best friend - the yellow ones. But the yellow ones are more friendly, social and outgoing. They have lots of friends. So if you see a red M&M, you will always see a yellow one with it. But if you see a yellow one, it might have a red one with it, or maybe a green one or brown one. Get it?

Spatial learners basically need something concrete in their hands to go with the ideas they are trying to grasp. You might want to go easy on the M&M’s though. Lego’s might be a better idea.

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Visual Learners

Is your ADD child a visual learner? Many people with Attention Deficit Disorder are visual learners. That means they learn best with visual aids, like charts and pictures.

Auditory learners (who learn best by listening) typically have the easiest time in school because most classrooms are structured as listening environments. Visual learners are sort of in between auditory learners and kinesthetic learners when it comes to success in school.

Here is a very basic visual representation of that idea:

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You can find out what kind of learner your child is by taking this simple test.

If your child scores high as a visual learner, here are a few ideas to help them succeed in school:

Before they read any assigned text, have them skim through the pages looking for charts and pictures. Ask them to spend some time with these, seeing if what they represent makes sense. It will make it easier for them to understand the text when they read it.

Encourage them to draw pictures of concepts or ideas to help them make sense. Sometimes mapping something out on paper helps them understand the underlying relationships. For instance, studying Henry VIII and all of his wives might be confusing, but if you drew out a chart, it would make more sense. It also helps with retention.

Look for visual aids to help your child understand. A movie about how earthquakes happen, or a chart showing the development of a butterfly. Your child’s textbooks are a good place to begin, not only in the book itself, but also on the publisher’s website. Most textbook publishers these days have a site with extra information.

Use language as a visual tool. For instance, let’s say your child has to memorize something that has 5 components. Take the first letter of each part; let’s say they are f, d, e, i, and c. Now make a compelling visual sentence from those letters: fat dogs eating ice cream. That will bring up a visual in their head and help them remember what the parts are.

Remember, images are the way your child thinks, learns, and remembers. Use them to your advantage whenever you can.

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