Disability category
Goal/Objective
When to use this strategy
Step by step instruction- How to use this in
a Science classroom. You will partner with
a classmate to teach them your strategy so
be explicit and provide a sample for your
partner.
Assessment- How could this strategy be
used to evaluate student learning?
Citation
ADD/ADHD
To create structure and organization in the student's
academic routine, encouraging the use of strategies and
persisting through works and effort. Use of planned
organizers, direct teacher encouragement, and strategy
development.
The student will be prompted and encourage to use this
strategy outside of the classroom but the most
interaction will happen during class time for students who
are having trouble committing effort to strategies and
focusing on tasks.
This passage can be used in a Science class to uphold
focus and priorities allowing for step by step procedures
to be followed and complicated data to be organized.
1. Introduce student to an organization binder
tailored to their specific needs as deemed by the
teacher. Examples include a binder that sorts
different kinds of class works with examples of
completed versions, a collection of lab
information, tabs for dates, or even blank for
their own creation.
2. Get the student started on using the binder for
their preferred method and continuously check
up on them with encouragement. Give prompt
examples or information when necessary and
make sure the student does not give up on the
binder but takes it in steps.
3. Once commitment is established, which may take
a while, try to move on to student self
sustainment and allow the student to find what
works for them without letting them run too free
or lose interest.
Students suffering from ADD/ADHD have serious difficulty
maintaining focus and organization, two key elements of
a science class both in terms of labs and post work. By
introducing a binder and making them stick with it
(through positive means) the student both begins to
create a self sufficiency as well as commit themselves to
something new that they shouldn't give up on. The idea
may be difficult and need some tuning based on the
student, but overall the goal is the same.
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): The
Basics. (n.d.). Retrieved October 11, 2017, from
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/attention-
deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-adhd-the-
basics/index.shtml