Back To School Success #8: Backpack Supplies
After completing a periodic backpack clean out, taking a supply inventory helps students stay organized as well. Make sure there are enough pencils in the bag so your student doesn’t have to waste class time and lose focus trying to borrow one from a friend. Also make sure there are enough pens, paper and markers/highlighters. If a calculator is needed for class, place it in a part of the backpack where your student will find it and turn it on to check the batteries.
Back To School Success #7: Clean Out Backpack
Has the following scenario ever happened to your student? They claim they have completed an assignment, but they cannot find it. The class then reviews the assignment but your student is not able to go over their work with the class and feels upset that they can’t participate in discussions. How about this scenario? Your student’s important papers end up being crumpled up messes. Y3K Tutor In Your Home tutors and classroom teachers notice frequently students anxiously looking through disorganized backpacks for missing assignments. This lack of organization often occurs with students that have executive function and ADD/ADHD issues. It is important to stay on top of this issue, as it can be the main cause of poor homework and classwork grades. Some students even use class time searching for items rather than focusing on their work.
Whether a student has organizational issues or not, their backpacks should be cleaned out and maintained at least every month if not sooner. It is essential that your student keep track of assignments, permission slips, notices and other items needed. Sometimes important papers are found buried at the bottom of the bag or placed in the wrong section.
Children that are prepared for school each day and organized tend have reduced stress and anxiety. We tutor students with organizational issues and teach how to be organized so call Y3K Tutor In Your Home today!
Back To School Success #2: Agenda Books
Agenda books are great for recording and keeping track of homework assignments. The best agenda books to use are the ones that have the date and each subject printed daily. Y3K Tutor In Your Home strongly suggests that you stay away from the planners without the date and subject names pre-printed in each box. We have observed that the unmarked agenda books cause many organizational problems for students. If the subject names are not pre-printed, the students tend to focus on writing the subject name when they should be listening and writing the assignment. Or if students don’t bother to write in the subject name, they sometimes are not sure which assignments are for which class after they have written them. When dates are not pre-printed, some students will write assignments on various pages and have them scattered throughout the book.
Y3K Tutor In Your Home’s ADHD Quiz #7: Eating Fish
Y3K TUTOR IN YOUR HOME’S ADHD QUIZ #7: EATING FISH
Q: True or False: Pregnant women who eat lots of fish are more likely to have children with ADHD?
A: True. Initial research suggests that pregnant women who eat lots of fish – especially tuna, swordfish and other fish with high mercury levels are more likely to have children with ADHD. Researchers from the Boston University School of Public Health tracked 788 Massachusetts children between 1993 and 1998. Then they had the children’s mothers keep food diaries while they were pregnant so they could see how much fish the women ate. They took hair samples from them after they gave birth so they could test their mercury levels.
Eight years later, they asked the children’s teachers if the kids exhibited ADHD-like symptoms, such as hyperactivity, impulsiveness and inattentiveness. The researchers concluded that the women who had the most mercury in their hair were 60% more likely to have a child who exhibited ADHD-like behavior.
Y3K Tutor In Your Home’s ADHD Quiz #6: Pregnancy
Y3K TUTOR IN YOUR HOME’S ADHD QUIZ #6: PREGNANCY
Q: True or False: There is a link between smoking and drinking while pregnant and ADHD?
A: True. Studies have shown a link between smoking and alcohol use in pregnant mothers may increase ADHD risk.
Y3K Tutor In Your Home’s ADHD Quiz #5: Genetics
Y3K TUTOR IN YOUR HOME’S ADHD QUIZ #5: GENETICS
Q: True or False: ADHD can be passed down from parent to child?
A: True. Studies have shown that ADHD runs in families. Several genes have been identified that may increase risk.
Y3K Tutor In Your Home’s ADHD Quiz #4: Gender
Y3K TUTOR IN YOUR HOME’S ADHD QUIZ #4: GENDER
Q: Which gender is about 2 times more likely than the other to have ever been diagnosed with ADHD?
A: Boys
Y3K Tutor In Your Home’s ADHD Quiz #3: Average Age
Y3K TUTOR IN YOUR HOME’S ADHD QUIZ #3: AVERAGE AGE
Q: What is the average age of first time ADHD diagnosis?
A: 7 years old
Y3K Tutor In Your Home’s ADHD Quiz #2: Increase
Y3K TUTOR IN YOUR HOME’S ADHD QUIZ #2: INCREASE
Q: What is the percent increase in ADHD diagnosis from the 2004 – 2005 school year to the 2011 – 2012 school year?
A: 42%
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