[blindkid] ADD

[Debby B]

Timing has never worked with Winona. She will sit and stress about how little time she has left. That's one of the reasons we've always requested testing to be done in the classroom. Then during her Braille block she can finish. When they were pulling her to test, she constantly fretted about how much time was left, what was she missing in class, did she need to leave, etc.

When we do timed readings with her, we just time them, THEN tell her we did so. Reading changes drastically when she knows we're timing her. Same with math. She might get ten problems done in an hour. If you tell her "you have 30 minutes to finish the next 5", she'll freeze up, maybe finish two of them.

 Debby 
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----- Original Message ----
From: Carol Castellano <blindchildren at verizon.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)" <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 12:19:42 PM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] ADD

How is her sense of time passing?  Perhaps she could time herself 
doing a problem and then set a timer to see if she can beat the clock?
cArol

At 11:06 AM 1/28/2009, you wrote:
>It has now been determined that Winona does indeed have ADD, and I'm 
>doing what I should have done all along, asking for suggestions on 
>alternatives to Ritalin. She's your quiet, never-causes-a-problem 
>kid who struggles for hours to finish assignments, to get any job 
>done. Very slow moving, never in a hurry, yet always frustrated that 
>she can't seem to get done.
>Thanks!
>
>  Debby
>bwbddl at yahoo.com
>www.nfbflorida.org/parents
>
>
>Please support Braille literacy and programs for our youth by sponsoring me in
>the Motor City March for Independence! Better yet, join the team of 
>the FL Parents of Blind Children!
>http://www.marchforindependence.org/goto/fpobc
>http://www.marchforindependence.org/goto/debbyb
>
>
>
>
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