Writing
In composing stories or other writing assignments, children with ADHD benefit from the following practices:
▪ Standards for writing assignments. Identify and teach the child classroom standards for acceptable written work, such as format and style.
▪ Recognizing parts of a story. Teach the student how to describe the major parts of a story (e.g., plot, main characters, setting, conflict, and resolution). Use a storyboard with parts listed for this purpose.
▪ Post office. Establish a post office in the classroom, and provide students with opportunities to write, mail, and receive letters to and from their classmates and teacher.
▪ Visualize compositions. Ask the child to close his or her eyes and visualize a paragraph that the teacher reads aloud. Another variation of this technique is to ask a student to describe a recent event while the other students close their eyes and visualize what is being said as a written paragraph.
▪ Proofread compositions. Require that the child proofread his or her work before turning in written assignments. Provide the child with a list of items to check when proofreading his or her own work.
▪ Tape recorders. Ask the student to dictate writing assignments into a tape recorder, as an alternative to writing them.
▪ Dictate writing assignments. Have the teacher or another student write down a story told by a child with ADHD