[blindkid] ADD

[Bonnie Lucas]

I'm convinced that I have ADD myself. Quite frankly, distraction is my 
middle name. When I was a girl, grown-ups were constantly telling me to stop 
dilly-dallying around. I can remember day dreaming a lot.  I'm terrible 
about procrastinating and waste more time than I care to admit. My time 
problem is opposite in that when I'm under pressure and must get something 
done, I go to great lengths at the last minute to make sure it happens. It 
sounds like  ynona has definite anxiety when you begin to factor time into 
the equation Perhaps if you could work on relaxing by doing exercises to 
help her relax, she could feel less anxious about time. I think that as she 
gets older, she will begin to realize just what she has to do in her life to 
manage this brain glitch. When my kids were little, I simply had to work 
from a list every day or I would get next to nothing done. I even used every 
day lists in college. If she could learn to make one before the next day, 
she might feel like she had a start on the day. Of course, she might also 
feel more overwhelmed.    Wow, I'm just rambling. Really, though, I think 
the key is for her to take some responsibility (easier said than done) but 
it really is the key.

Then there is the old question about diet. Does that seem to make a 
difference? also, there are some herbs, (St. John's Wart) and others which 
could be helpful as well. If part of the problem is that she feels like she 
doesn't have much energy, then I think increasing Vitamin B can also be 
helpful.   Combining some behavior mod techniques with relaxation might work 
as well. Good luck!
Bonnie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Debby B" <bwbddl at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 1:52 PM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] ADD


> 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>
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> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 12:19:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [blindkid] ADD
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> 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
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>>
>>Please support Braille literacy and programs for our youth by sponsoring 
>>me in
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>>the FL Parents of Blind Children!
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