[blindkid] ADD

[Carol Castellano]

Oh dear.  Back to the drawing board.
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At 01:52 PM 1/28/2009, you wrote:
>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)" 
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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
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> >
> >
> >Please support Braille literacy and programs for our youth by 
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