{"id":1079,"date":"2022-02-12T18:08:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T23:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/?p=1079"},"modified":"2022-02-12T18:08:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T23:08:36","slug":"gifted-adhd-students-and-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/?p=1079","title":{"rendered":"Gifted ADHD Students and Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, many Gifted students also have been diagnosed with ADHD.   Knowing this and appropriate writing strategies will make your life&#8230;and theirs&#8230;much  better.  To be honest, any students who have characteristics of ADHD, though not diagnosed, may benefit just as well from the following information.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These students have a difficult time sustaining attention and impulses. Increased movement and distractibility are evident with ADHD students, Gifted or not.  Some may even have anxiety and other behavior disorders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frustration occurs with these students when concentration is needed in activities such as writing that require sequencing and follow-through. Many times organizational skills are weak and  these students may work at a slower pace than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following strategies and accommodations work well with these students, and frankly, work for ALL students.  In today&#8217;s educational climate, most of us deal with a bit of ADHD, I think&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Encourage proofreading for only one type of error at a time.<\/li><li>Teach the writing steps in a linear way.  Reward even small steps.<\/li><li>Allow choice.<\/li><li>Use many exemplar papers.<\/li><li>Provide outlines.<\/li><li>Provide a checklist for each assignment and allow them to use a sticker or check mark as steps are completed.<\/li><li>Allow artwork to accompany writing.<\/li><li>Encourage peer learning.<\/li><li>Offer authentic writing assignments.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accommodations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Provide access to assistive technology if needed.<\/li><li>Teach self-regulation.<\/li><li>Have students dictate stories to teacher, take notes, and build sentences from this. <\/li><li>Provide clear written guidelines.<\/li><li>Allow movement around the classroom at certain steps of the process.<\/li><li>Allow additional time.<\/li><li>Immediately reward focused behaviors.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From a brochure by Niki Mott, New Mexico<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, many Gifted students also have been diagnosed with ADHD. Knowing this and appropriate writing strategies will make your life&#8230;and theirs&#8230;much better. To be honest, any students who have characteristics of ADHD, though not diagnosed, may benefit just as well &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/?p=1079\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wise-writing-consulting-and-studio-wise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1079"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1080,"href":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1079\/revisions\/1080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}