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Soliaree said:
FT,

I teach special education students and have had a lot of students with AD/HD. I have ADD myself and so does my 9 year old daughter.

1) I would like to see all of the "half-way completed" projects added together, so two of these would equal one completed project. Can somebody do this for me? (My real point here is my use of wording - "half-way completed" instead of incomplete)

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Excellent point.

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2) Seriously, though, I think the first step is accepting the person with AD/HD. I find that this is the number one thing that makes a student successful. I allow them to get up and walk around the room, I allow them to talk as much as I can without it negatively impacting their education, and try to provide a safe environment where they are not afraid of losing things, and where they are not continually punished for their AD/HD traits. Some people say that I am not holding them accountable for their actions, but the way the students react proves otherwise. This helps them gain self-esteem and start building self-worth. I have seen students go from being nonreaders to being motivated to read chapter books on their own in one school year.

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Why couldn't you have been one of my teachers????

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--BTW, as a parent, I unfortunately find that it is more difficult to deal with these characteristics in an unbiased manner in your own child than it is in others. I have to constantly work at this because it can be very frustrating having to try to organize your own child when you yourself have issues. I'd love advice on this one myself!

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Do you also work with your own therapist on this issue?
Your child's psychologist would also be an excellent resource. I'm sure he has tips that aren't in the book he recommended. He deals with frustrated parents ADHD kids and the ADHD kids themselves all day long. Imagine that one... obviously he must deal with it constructively or he would have imploded by now.
I always recommend exercise and scheduled fun and/or relaxing breaks. You know, breaking up projects into chunks works well with the break concept, as you can work on one designated chunk of work at a time, and at the start of the next "chunk" you can take a relaxation break. That way you can have more energy and become less frustrated when working with your "double trouble" ADHD household.

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I just took my daughter to a psychologist (whose specialty is AD/HD) for testing and he recommended, " AD/HD and Education" by Sydney Zentall.

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post"> My mother had two ADHD kids. 20 years ago, we didn't know even half of what we know today about ADHD (and we still don't know very much). I think we gave our mom grey hair early.