tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505685326280828198.post211962993625111945..comments2013-11-08T08:22:56.326-08:00Comments on Teacherscreech: ADHD diagnosis: helpful or hurtful?Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03566517667903436879noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505685326280828198.post-78670610861379559132007-12-26T12:23:00.000-08:002007-12-26T12:23:00.000-08:00ElonaI like your willingness to be organized for t...Elona<BR/>I like your willingness to be organized for the students until they can do for themselves. (which may not be until adulthood and beyond!)<BR/>At the Calgary Academy, the whole school is organized to assist learners with poor organization as it is a private school for children with learning disabilities. <BR/>Each class in every grade uses red binders for language arts or English, Blue for math, Black for Science and Green for Social Studies, for example. The binders are not kept in their desks, but on a labeled shelf and are distributed and collected daily. Each desk has a basket at the back of the seat with full pencil kits, and every period they are monitored. <BR/>The organization extends to the teachers as well. The are not to leave at the end of the day until a detailed lesson plan for each period of the next day is sent to the principal. Marking is to be done at the end of the day, and set back on students' desks open to corrections pages for the students to attend to first thing the next morning.<BR/>I spoke with teachers there and they said it was both the toughest teaching assignment they had every had, but also the best and most rewarding.<BR/>You may want to visit their website<BR/>www.calgaryacademy.com, or their teacher development wing, www.inlets.net.<BR/><BR/>I actually work in partnership with the Calgary Academy- they supported me when I started Planet Literacy. The school is an amazing place. If you are ever in Calgary I highly recommend you go for a visit.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03566517667903436879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505685326280828198.post-85254522938171633192007-12-26T04:49:00.000-08:002007-12-26T04:49:00.000-08:00Kathy,I have found that some kids who are diagnose...Kathy,<BR/>I have found that some kids who are diagnosed as having ADHD do not come from supportive homes and do not learn organization skills in their own time. Some kids learn to cope by asking others for help when their organization skills are weak.<BR/><BR/>As a classroom teacher, I have learned to be organized for my students by having paper, pencils, pens, etc available for kids who need them. I gave up fighting this battle and moved on. I found too much of my time and energy was being wasted on getting upset because some kids arrived unprepared. I don't want to set a negative tone at the beginning of my class- what's the point of that!elonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14964187871559057007noreply@blogger.com