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Nov 28, About the Author. Latest Post. How to Get Back on Track. Related Post. I write lists down on sticky notes instead of relying completely on my memory. My keys remain on a lanyard with tons of keychains so I never lose them. I doodle around the margins in my notebook during in class so I remain focused. I take breaks when working on homework instead of powering through for a few hours.
Plus, I realized my strong work ethic is actually a form of hyperfocus. When professors give me projects I thoroughly enjoy, I can tune out everything around me and pour all my creative energy into it. Doctors classify ADHD as an illness, but at times, it has become an advantage. The first is that James reviewed the material several times, gaining familiarity with it.
Second, and most important, he slept on it. Sleep helps you learn. Your brain is more active at night than during the day. John worked hard to study for his exam, and skipped soccer practice on Thursday evening to put in extra time. He stayed in his room without a break. But although John tried to make himself focus, the things in his room laptop, phone, music got him off task. John could not regulate his attention while cramming for the test. James, on the other hand, knew that when boredom set in, he needed shorter work periods or a different place to study.
He found, through trial and error, that he was more focused when he studied at locations other than his own house. In other words, James had the concept of metacognition — knowing when and how to use particular strategies for learning — down pat.
He knew what helped him to focus and what hindered him. Here are some other research-based studying tips that can make a difference for your child with ADHD. Studies show that you remember more when you take 10 to 15 minutes just before you go to sleep to review what you studied or learned earlier in the day. Thirty minutes of aerobic exercise a day, four to five days a week, improves focus and executive functioning skills, especially in students with ADHD.
If you have a student athlete, encourage him or her to study on the bus or in the car as he travels home from an event. Consider studying right after practice, too. Yeah, I fidget a lot, and I'm very outgoing, but I have a 96 GPA with honors courses, so it doesnt seem to do anything to me. I got pretty good grades in school, but I was always spending way too much time working on things. I didn't think to get help until my grades started slipping this year. I was put on medication, and it helped a lot.
I, fortunately, didn't really have any side-effects, besides a little bit of appetite suppression, which in my case was more of a benefit. I had a relatively mild case, and a day with medication is completely different and less productive than a day with medication.
I could literally sit around doing nothing all day and be content, but I get great grades because I do my schoolwork at school or an environment strictly set aside for work eg. A desk and my brain gets less distracted, and I allow myself to become motivated. Signs in girls do not appear until about age 12 and boys it appears around 8 for a diagnosis.
I do not use medication and I do not get special treatment by anyone. I am taking 5 honors classes 4 APs and 2 college classes as a sophomore and I have a 3. However, I think that now I need to organise myself. I go to a school with great classes and the ADHD brain naturally hyperfocuses on what it finds interesting and needless to say, I was absolutely hooked!
And my classes occurred quite regularly. There are no irregular or weekly classes, which kept me on a tight rein.
I'm doing summer courses right now and honestly I'm one of the worst students you will ever meet. Without structure, I have skipped 6 classes out of the 24 I will eventually have and I'm wondering what made all the difference. I don't do homework anymore until the absolute last minute and have allowed my sleep schedule to go to the deep end. I have no motivation during the summer. I missed a quiz, got a zero for it, and didn't care. Miraculously I still have an A or A- in one of my classes.
The other, I don't know.
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