Centre for ADHD
Awareness Canada.
http://www.caddac.ca
The Centre for ADHD Awareness
Canada website is an extensive site dedicated to informing individuals about
ADHD and advocating the disorder. It provides information about people who
might have ADHD of all age groups; this would lend itself well to primary,
junior, intermediate, and senior teachers of students with ADHD. The site
offers general details regarding information such as treatment and symptoms of
ADHD. A separate section for ADHD in relation to school provides information
for educators including identification, relevant articles, IPRC and IEP
information, and accommodation ideas. Particularly useful is a section
featuring information students with ADHD wished their teachers considered, as
well as information parents of students with the disorder wished teachers knew.
The site provides accommodation request letter templates to doctors that school
staff might use, as well as details as to how teachers and students may foster
ADHD advocacy within their school. The website also features media releases regarding
ADHD and ADHD events that teachers may want to use to keep up to date with the
disorder.
“Teach ADHD”. About
Kids Health - Hospital for Sick Kids.
http://research.aboutkidshealth.ca/teachadhd
http://research.aboutkidshealth.ca/teachadhd
Teach ADHD is a website directed
towards teachers with students who have ADHD in their classroom. The site
provides visitors with a video that offers practical information about ADHD and
neuro-cognitive perspectives on the disorder. The site compares Math
Disabilities to ADHD and discusses similarities and comparative ways of
approaching the two. Teach ADHD offers a document with both audio and video,
making it accessible to teachers who may have disabilities themselves. Working
memory and how it affects students with ADHD in education is discussed in
detail, which serves as valuable information for teachers they may access the
working memory of a student with the disorder. The importance of home and
school connections for the student is stressed, encouraging teachers to keep an
open dialogue between the classroom and parents. This site provides a wealth of
resources, conference dialogues, and downloads for teachers regarding ADHD in
the classroom.
"Teaching Students with Attention Deficit Disorder". Pete Quily, ADD Coach.
Pete Quily is a life coach who
provides advice and support to individuals with ADHD. His website offers a
wealth of information to people with ADHD as well as people encountering others
with this disorder, such as educators. Quily himself is an individual with ADHD
so he speaks from both his own experience and his experience with clients. In
his section for teachers, he discusses the importance of parents to children
with ADHD, and the possibility that the disorder may be genetically inherited.
Therefore he stresses the importance of educators understanding and getting to
know both the parent and the student. He recognizes the uniqueness of each
individual with ADHD and states the responsibility of the teacher approaching
the student in such a manner. Quily provides links for teachers to
accommodations, checklists, adjustments, and examples of instructional
strategies. Other links he offers include guides for teachers of students with
ADHD, and articles with news releases and informative literature about ADHD.
“Special Education: Teaching Students with Attention
Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, a Resource Guide for Teachers”. British
Columbia Ministry of Education. http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/adhd/
The British Columbia Ministry of
Education website features a large section dedicated to teaching students with
ADHD. It contains extensive information about the disorder and misconceptions
about ADHD; such misconceptions should be acknowledged by teachers so that both
teachers and students do not succumb to stereotypes or fallacies. This site
includes general considerations for teachers welcoming students with ADHD and
what procedures should take place early on in the school year. Management
strategies are presented that encourage teachers to increase their
understanding of the disorder, make environmental adaptations, communicate with
parents consistently, and much more. Teachers are given information about
putting strategies into action, and how these strategies will foster success in
students with ADHD. The site includes appendices with suggested resources,
self-monitoring information for teachers, blank support plans, and checklists
to ensure adaptations are taking place. Most notably, this informative website
includes scenario descriptions and case studies that provide teachers with an
opportunity to practically understand how to approach students with ADHD and
possible circumstances that might take place.