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Contents

Introduction

Identifying Children With ADHD

An Overall Strategy for the Successful Instruction of Children With ADHD

How to Implement the Strategy: Three Components of Successful Programs for Children With ADHD

Academic Instruction

Introducing Lessons

Conducting Lessons

Concluding Lessons

Individualizing Instructional Practices

Organizational and Study Skills Useful for Academic Instruction of Children with ADHD

Behavioral Interventions

Effective Behavioral Intervention Techniques

Classroom Accommodations

Special Classroom Seating Arrangements for ADHD Students

Instructional Tools and the Physical Learning Environment

Conclusion

References

Teaching Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder:
Instructional Strategies and Practices

2008

This report was produced under U.S. Department of Education Contract No. HS97017002 with the American Institutes for Research. Kelly Henderson served as technical representative for this project.

U.S. Department of Education
Margaret Spellings
Secretary

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
Tracy R. Justesen
Assistant Secretary

Office of Special Education Programs
William K. Knudsen
Acting Director

Research to Practice Division
Bill Wolf
Acting Director

First printed: February 2004
Reprinted: September 2005, August 2006, August 2008

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