Strategies for teaching adolescents with ADHD
Subtitle: effective classroom techniques across the content areas, grades 6-12
By: Silvia DeRuvo.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2009
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9780470246719
Subjects: Attention-deficit-disordered youth -- Education; Educational innovations; Interdisciplinary approach in education; Content area reading
Description: "ADHD expert offers help for teaching the content areas to students with attention problems  Written by an expert in the field of ADHD, this important resource offers strategies to teach adolescents with ADHD across all core content areas: English Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies. These strategies have been classroom-tested and proven to engage students during content instruction so that they will gain a lasting understanding of the material taught. As students interact with the content-talk, write, draw, and create a variety of media in relation to the content-all students, including those with ADHD, will learn the basics necessary for post-secondary education and employment.    Offers an important guide for teaching core content to adolescents with ADHD  Includes information for engaging ADHD students in a way that makes content memorable  Explains how to use the strategies to teach all classroom students  Written by a nationally known authority on ADHD  Published in partnership with the acclaimed WestEd organization"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.