Succeeding at School With ADHD

Free Back-to-School Handbook for Parents and Teachers of Students With Special Needs

In this free expert booklet, ADDitude magazine has assembled its best academic resources including a back-to-school checklist for parents, a sample letter introducing your child to new teachers, daytime medication guidelines, and learning strategies for students with attention-deficit disorder and learning disabilities.

ADDitude magazine, the leading publication for families and adults living with attention deficit disorder (ADHD), has released a free, downloadable back-to-school handbook for the parents and teachers of students with ADHD and learning disabilities.

Top learning specialists and ADHD professionals contributed to 9 Ways to Achieve Success at School, the 14-page booklet that contains proven strategies for:

-- Securing appropriate academic accommodations via an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) or 504 Plan
-- Working with teachers and school administrators to begin the school year right
-- Talking with your child about his goals, fears, and challenges for the year ahead
-- Managing common ADHD symptoms like distractibility in the classroom
-- Studying smarter and completing homework assignments on time
-- Strengthening reading, writing, and math skills at every grade level
-- Managing daytime doses of ADHD medication at school

"Back-to-school time can be overwhelming -- even scary -- for children with ADHD, especially if last year was rough," says Susan Caughman, editor-in-chief of ADDitude. "This free handbook gives those students and their parents the tools they need to begin this year with confidence and a clear goal of success."

What can you do now to ensure that your child begins her next school year poised and prepared? Begin with ADDitude's summer checklist for parents, then work through "10 Conversations to Have at the Start of the Year," both included in 9 Ways to Achieve Success at School. Inside this booklet you'll also find a sample letter to your child's teacher and "Social Skills 101."

Ira David Socol & Universal Design Technology

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Podcast: Ira David Socol Interview with Melinda. May 9, 2008

Join LD Live! host Melinda Pongrey and special guest,
Ira David Socol
Friday, May 9 at 9 am PDT

In his blog, SpeEdChange Ira Socol writes powerfully from his experiences with the education system. A Special Education Technology Scholar at Michigan State University, Ira presents workshops on how to create access to classroom materials and every school, parent, and student need to read his article, "Toolbelt for the Lifespan: Learning How to Learn Assistive Technology"

You can't really claim to be educating all of your students if academic (and school life) materials are not all accessible. So write your plan down, and get yourself started. - Ira Socol

An author, Ira has two published books of fiction. His recent book, The Drool Room, is written from the point of view of a young man who doesn't mesh with the school system.

Bring your questions!


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Warm-up interview with Jack Olmsted and Ira. May 8, 2008

Interview with Jonathan Mooney

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Melinda Pongrey talks to Author, Speaker, Innovator, Jonathan Mooney as he reaches into his past experiences growing up as a student with labels of dyslexia and ADHD and tells it like it is! He shows us the gifts inherent in re-framing LD as part of a continuum of learning diversity. Challenging the concept of "normalcy," Jon lays out LD/ADHD as a civil rights issue, pushing us away from our present special education model toward reforming our whole educational system.

Show Notes:

Teach Your Children Well: Hot Topics In Education with Rich Weinfeld and Michelle Davis (4/25/08)