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ADHD Children and Homework |
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by nell18-3 (December 2006) (rank 1st) |
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I was constantly getting frustrated that when my son brought home his school homework,
it would take the whole evening to get it done,
he would wander around saying he was looking for things,
pencils, paper etc.
we would then have the thinking time......
then the I can't do it phase....
back to more thinking,
whoops not got the right pencil and so it went on and on and on.
It was so hard for it not to end up with me snapping and completely demoralising him and him retreating into his 'world'
Anyway a great piece of advice was given to me that actually works,
read the homework through slowly and make a game of getting the right things,
like i bet I can get the right paper before you can find the right pencil etc
then get an egg timer, set it for 5 minutes, and agree for every 5 minutes of concentrated work, you both have some 'crazy' time
As soon as the timer goes off,
Do a kind of 'shake and wake' session,
get rid of some energy
Then reset the timer for another 5 minutes and keep doing this till homework is done.
It really worked for my son and we now quickly get the homework done without the stress factor, he is more than prepared to work knowing that instead of sitting there until its done that all he has to do is concentrate for 5 minutes then he gets a funbreak.
If you are anything like me, you will go to extraordinary lengths to get their homework done without all the hassle