"Help me to Focus" Please teach me through my sense of "touch." I need "hands on" and body movement
"I need to know what comes next"
Please give me a structured environment where there is a dependable routine. Give me an advanced warning if there will be changes.
"Wait for me, I'm still thinking"
Please allow me to go at my own pace. If I rush, I get confused and upset.
"I'm stuck, I can't do it!"
Please offer me options for problem-solving. I need to know the detours when the road is blocked.
“Is it right? I need to know NOW!”
Please give me rich and immediate feedback on how I’m doing.
“I didn’t forget, I didn’t ‘hear’ it in the first place”
Please give me direction one step at a time and ask me to say back what I think you said.
“I didn’t know I WASN’T in my seat!”
Please remind me to stop, think and act.
“Am I almost done now?”
Please give me short work periods with short term goals.
“I know, it’s ALL wrong, isn’t it?”
Please give me praise for partial success. Reward me for self-improvement, not just perfection.
“But why do I always get yelled at?”
Please catch me doing something right and praise me for my specific positive behaviour. Remind me (and yourself) about my good points, when I’m having a bad day.
Reprinted from the Newsletter of The Delaware Association For The Education of Young Children, Winter 1993-1994) 1991, Ruth Harris, Northwest Reading Clinic An. A.D.D. Child's Bill of Rights.
No comments:
Post a Comment