Re: ADD Child's Bill of Rights (was Re: ADD/ADHD Kids)
Judy Harcus (sfryer@COC.POWELL-RIVER.BC.CA)
Sun, 26 Nov 1995 09:26:38 -0800
Liz,
Thank you for posting the following. It is very concise and hits the target.
--- start of quote by "Elizabeth A. Stiles" <estiles@PACIFIER.COM> ---
AN ADD CHILD'S BILL OF RIGHTS
"Help me to focus" Please teach me through my sense of "touch." I need
"hands-on" and body movement.
"I need to know what comes next" Please give me a structured environment
where there is a dependable routine. Give me advanced warning if there
will be changes.
"Wait for me. I'm still thinking" Please allow me to go at my own pace.
If I rush, I get confussed and upset.
"I'm stuck, I can't do it" Please offer me options for the
problem-solving. I need to know the detours when the road is blocked.
"Is it right? I need to know NOW!" Please give me rich and immediate
feedback on how I'm doing.
"I didn't forget, I didn't 'hear' it in the first place." Please give me
directions one step at a time and ask me to say back what I think you said.
"I didn't know I WASN'T in my seat!' Please remind me to stop, think, and
act.
"Am I almost done now?" Please give me short work periods with short term
goals.
"What?" Please don't say "already told you that". Tell me again in
different words. Give me a signal. Draw me a symbol.
"I know, it's ALL wrong isn't it?" Please give me praise for partial
success. Reward me for self-improvement, not just for perfection.
"But, why do I always get yelled at?" Please catch me doing something
right and praise me for my specific positive behavior. Remind me (and
yourself) about my good points, when I'm having a bad day.
c 1991, Ruth Harris, Northwest Reading Clinic
---end of quote---
YiS,
Judy Harcus
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