ADHD and School

The symptoms associated with ADHD can affect students’ classroom performance, homework time and exams. Some coping strategies can effectively reduce the academic impacts of ADHD.

Here are a few tips and tricks for students of all ages.

Clinique FOCUS team’s Tips and Tricks for younger students

Other Tools for students with ADHD developped in Quebec (available in French only)

ADHD Academy

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ADHD and School Accommodations (Elementary and Secondary Levels)

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      • Some accommodations can be put in place by schools. These will vary according to the student’s academic level.
      • ADHD and School Accommodations (Elementary and Secondary Levels) .
      • Bonita Blazer, PhD, and Mary Ann Ager, MD, from Feel Good Kids, www.BBlazer.org have written a very useful document called Classroom Accommodations for Students with ADHD . They have generously agreed to allow Dr. Annick Vincent to put this information on her website. This compilation is derived from an ethnographic study of 10 school districts with over 500 teachers who responded to the statement "What teachers say helps students with ADD achieve success in school." This compilation is the result of a consensus on the most effective classroom accommodations (drawn from survey findings).
      • Alberta Education’s website contains an interesting document that provides classroom teachers with information and practical strategies that they can use to better meet the needs of students with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Focusing on Success: Teaching Students with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.

Tips and School Accommodations for older students with ADHD (Post- Secondary Level)

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      • For those who need counselling during their post-secondary studies, the following is an explanatory document that describes how ADHD may affect their academic lives and that suggests helpful adaptive strategies, along with a questionnaire to explore these issues.
      • ADHD and Academic Life (Post-Secondary Level).
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      • Questionnaire on Academic Impacts and Adaptive Strategies for Students with ADHD
      • Questionnaire QIASA-ADHD was designed to identify some elements that can affect the learning. It aims to target the elements presented challenges and seek possible solutions. This is not a diagnostic tool and it has not been the subject of scientific research.

App for Stress Management for Students

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    • Stress Management for Students
      Innovative HealthyMinds App!
    • The HealthyMinds app project was developed by the Royal and D.I.F.D. to foster healthy minds and to provide students with a problem-solving tool that can help them better manage their emotions and cope with the stresses they encounter on and off campus. The goal of HealthyMinds is to emphasize the importance of taking care of your brain health as part of your overall physical well-being. Download (free) on iTunes