Managing ADHD in School

Education is the most prevalent domain of impaired major life activities associated with ADHD in children and teens with more than 90% of them having significant problems functioning effectively in this setting. School is also the most seriously impaired domain relative to all other domains such as family, peer, and community functioning. Mental Health professionals therefore are routinely called upon to advise families and educators on the most appropriate methods for managing ADHD related symptoms, behavioral problems, and academic performance difficulties in school settings. This course contains more than 80 recommendations for school management strategies to deal with ADHD children and adolescents.
This lecture is based on Dr. Barkley’s book for educators (and parents) of the same title. It provides a brief review of ADHD as a disorder of executive functioning and self-regulation. It then discusses a variety of management methods for dealing with the problems that ADHD poses in school and that are consistent with this theory of ADHD. This presentation is 1.5 hrs. in length.

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[hopesonhigh]

One of the most noble things I see in some lifelong researchers and real scientists is when they share all their work, knowledge, and experience to make the world a better place. Dr Russell, you are definitely one of those!! God bless you and your work!

[sarisoderlund]

I’m from Finland, and have kinds of my own. I realized few years ago that in Kindergarden then dont have the skills to monitor and help the children. Also we dont have enough teachers in kindergarden (also note to americans, in Finland everyone puts their kid to kindergarden so it’s not about economical backround, everyone also the primeminister puts her kid to the kindergarden). But i notice that kids are failing and the adults dont have any skills to help them. So i left my job and went to university to study early childhood education ECE. So these videos are helpfull to us teachers to hear and see real actions what helps kids. So thank you.

[kremenakurteva]

Accidentally I came across a lecture of yours and for the first time in nine years I understood my child. He has a very mild form of ADHD so far but we have had three years of hell going through school. Now when I understand him It's much easier for our family. Thank you.

[lemoorian]

I'm hoping for a college version one day.

[lilcompletlyaveragepatpat]

Can we please get a video like this for the college classroom.
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[Uranos_UA]

As a teen with strong inatensiv ADHD I can relate a lot to all these issues and am looking forward to using these tactics, good stuff☝☝☝

[siraajkhan]

Dr Barkley, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I am sitting at the most southern tip of Africa right now, studying ADHD. I am a teacher in the Middle East and I absolutely love your work and I hope it will make me a better teacher to my students. Your work is making a positive contribution to young lives all over the world.

[saimasiddiqui]

Thank you so much doctor!Valuable and informative video for all moms who are racing numerous challenges with their ADHD childs formal education . Truly appreciate your work!

[julianamakin]

I watch and share your lectures all the time. I appreciate your advocacy and work. ❤

[kellyalsaleh]

In the last two years (since my redundancy during COVID) I have taken some training courses with the view to rethinking/refreshing my career (Graphic Designer), perhaps considering teaching in that field.

Re-entering the learning setting has brought a sense of deja-vu. All the things I struggled with up until graduating came back again. One thing in particular has bothered me has been on an online course 'Understanding Autism'. I struggled to meet the deadline for each Unit (all of which contained numerous sections to hurdle through before you even get to the assessment questions at the end of the Unit). I had already disclosed my ADHD diagnosis and outlined exactly where I am struggling to stay the course or getting frustrated and disorganised.

The response was a very long deadline extension. Unsurprisingly for me... I was late with this one too. I don't feel an extension of time is what I needed. I really wanted to have mini-deadlines for each Section that forms the Unit. That would have helped manage my frustration and overwhelm. Lots of small finishing lines rather than one big one that is so far off in the horizon it may as well not be there at all.

A deadline extension on it's own is like someone pointing to never-never land and saying 'off you go... good luck'

Is this ADHD or just me?

I feel stupid that at the age of 49, this is still a struggle.

Also, I don't think online learning (at home) with no face-to-face, person-to-person interaction works for me. It just doesn't feel real enough to engage my attention and I sometimes need my study notes on paper (not a text box on a website).

[lucia.medeiros]

Thanks for sharing, dear Dr. Barkley! As a public school teacher in Brazil, those are very valuable and useful information🏆

[teesaayegnala]

High school and college version for teens please

[milagrace]

This is a wonderful lecture and I am applying it at home. I am being criticised by other parents with neurodivergent children saying that rewards result in children masking. I would like to understand that better and how the supposed research that shows rewards do cause this problem actually holds up.

[ADHDResourceSpecialist]

This is great! I would love to hear how you suggest that colleges work with and for students with ADHD.

[carabombo]

Thanks a lot Dr. Barkley and greetings from Peru, South America. As you can imagine, here we do not have national or regional (federal) policies for accomodations in schools jet.Even when you can find information in spanish it usually refers to Spain, where there are a lot more options and the society is more sensitize. Also, options of medicine anf treatment are hard to get here. My son also has Tourette, so here we only can give him atomoxetina and the impact seems to me far away from metilfenidato results, which is what his mom takes, Metilfenidato increases his tics. I have started to use yours mainly, but alsi other professional materials to produce small documents to share with the school. And I believe I must translate this talk and resume it a little, because I also understand it's hard for teachers to confront a reality for which they have no preparation at all. Thanks again. In this phase I'm trying to access your more academic production, but it is not always so easy when you don't have free access to some documentary bases. Thank you again for all.

[Omgafairy-su]

This is long, but would be good to share with educators, principal, and counselors.

[Handle]

This is amazing stuff. I suggest that all of us with ADHD children forward this, as well as your videos about Executive Functions and Parent-Teacher Collaboration, to the staff at our kids' schools. Thank you, Dr. Barkley!

[dottjohnson]

I have been devouring your research to help me understand my husband who suffers greatly from ADHD…and now I using it to help me with one of my 16 year old students who is struggling. I find it difficult to figure out if what I’m doing is helping him or is providing too much support preventing self management.

[LaraUdouj]

Thank you for the enormous amount of work you have done for the ADHD community. I recently bought 2 of your books and am learning so much.

My 11 year old son was recently diagnosed with moderate ADHD. He is highly intelligent and very competitive, so his diagnosis was a bit more difficult. He is in 6th grade and makes straight A's but has not had to apply himself much for those grades yet. His natural aptitude is in math, and he is testing in the 92nd percentile for 12th grade. He is bored in his current 6th grade advanced class and is asking to skip 7th grade math next year. He would like to take Advanced Algebra I with 8th and 9th graders. Most of what I read about is helping learning deficits in ADHD. What is your opinion of advancing these kids in their areas of interest?

[hansini]

Ahh, , I came to know about me where I'm lost and missing 😩 thank you sir. You explained very well.maybe i would never know what's wrong with me . Uff, you saved .