Tips for High School Teachers with ADHD Students: Using Worksheets and Giving Tests

Thank you to all of our professional educators who dedicate themselves to our children! We know how difficult it can be working with ADHD children, so here are your teacher tips for the week, brought to you by the ADHD Information Library and ADDinSchool.com. This is a sampling of over 500 classroom interventions for your use at http://www.ADDinSchool.com.

Here are some tips on using worksheets and ADHD students. Remember, the best interventions are the ones that will help all of your students be more successful, not just the ADHD students.

"Usability" is the design buzzword for the 21st Century. Just as web designers strive to make web sites fast, easy to navigate, and more user-friendly, teachers should strive to make their worksheets easy to understand, easy to navigate, and user friendly.

Use large type.

Make the important points easy for the student to find.

Keep page format simple. Include no extraneous pictures or visual destructors that are unrelated to the problems to be solved.

Use buff colored paper rather than white if the room's lighting creates a glare on white paper.