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15 Strategies For Helping Teens With AD/HD & LD PDF Print E-mail

  1. Identify and treat the problems as early as possible, as it is crucial to begin interventions to prevent failure and feelings of inferiority.
  2. Help the teen gain an understanding of his disability from a biological perspective. Don’t use or allow negative labels, such as “lazy,” “stupid,” or “inferior.”
  3. Help the teen learn to identify feelings, use words to describe them, and talk about them.
  4. Provide a structured and stable environment at home. Routines (morning, study time, bedtime) are essential. Insist that the teen learn these routines and take responsibility for following them.
  5. Help the teen find his strength and capitalize on it. Pursue skill and competency in that area. You may have to encourage and try several activities to find the right one for the teen.
  6. NEVER take away the area of strength as a punishment, or as a way to motivate the teen to do better in school.
  7. Involve the teen in group activities (sports team, photography club, church group) to develop social skills.
  8. Make a point to praise and reward effort, not just successful outcomes. Grades are less important than progress.
  9. Help the teen set realistic, achievable goals. Confidence cannot survive without success.
  10. Don’t take over and do the work for the teen. Provide help, be a monitor, but never take away the primary responsibility for doing the work.
  11. Help the teen keep trying when faced with obstacles. Determination and resiliency will help the teen get through any hardship.
  12. Never give up or lose hope. Never allow the teen to give up on him. Don’t allow the teen to make excuses for not trying. Failure means failing to try.
  13. Help the teen develop diverse activities, interests, and friends. Try many things and keep the teen engaged in them. Variety challenges the brain and helps it grow.
  14. Use all appropriate interventions. In addition to school services, take advantage of outside resources when needed.
  15. Provide multimodal, interactive, and hands-on learning. Teens with disabilities learn better by doing things than by talking about them.
 

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  • Nurtured Heart Parenting Workshops

  • Social & Cognitive Skills Groups (for Child/Teen & Their Parents)

  • Nurtured Heart Approach School Interventions: Teacher Workshops
    (As presented by Linda in 2009-2010 at The Quebec Teacher's Convention, The Bronfman Educational Teacher's Convention, McGill Distinguished Speaker's Seminar Series, and in various schools and community centres in Montreal.)

  • Nurtured Heart Classroom Implementation (Teacher & Students)

  • New, effective parent / teacher method for turning around your child’s-teen’s-student’s behavior.

  • Increases relationships & creates peaceful, productive homes / classrooms.

  • Nutritious vocabulary of what to say & do when child / teen talks back & tries to "push" your buttons.

  • Learn why time-out as you know it doesn’t work & what to do instead.

  • Prevent power struggles BEFORE they start.