From Reading & Other Learning Disabilities
A Blog by Dr. Gary G. Brannigan and Dr. Howard Margolis
A guest blog by
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From Reading & Other Learning Disabilities
A Blog by Dr. Gary G. Brannigan and Dr. Howard Margolis
Parents of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) want to know how to help their children, how to make home life calmer, and if possible, more satisfying and happier. Although no one solution will prevent or solve all problems and what works for one family will not work for all, parents of children with ADHD can usually help their children, and by extension, improve home life. To help parents help their children with ADHD, the National Institute of Mental Health offers these suggestions:
From Reading & Other Learning Disabilities
A Blog by Dr. Gary G. Brannigan and Dr. Howard Margolis
Many parents of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) ask if their children’s ADHD will continue through adolescence. Usually, it will. They then ask if their children will have special needs. Below is what the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) says.
In Part 1 of 2 we discussed the importance of phonemic awareness, phonics and reading specialists. In Part 2, we’ll focus on teaching strategies and recommendations for action. As in Part 1, the quotations come from the National Institute for Literacy’s publication, What Content-Area Teachers Should Know About Adolescent Literacy. You can download it from www.nifl.gov.
Teaching Strategies
“Research on phonics indicates that certain phonics instructional strategies improve the reading abilities of both younger and older readers” (p. 6).
He’ll probably need to master phonics and other decoding skills, but first he’ll need an evaluation from a reading specialist. The evaluation should include diagnostic teaching and observations of him in several classes. Probably, he’ll need intensive instruction from the specialist. It’s unlikely that his content-area teachers, such as his history and science teachers, have the expertise, time, or opportunity to provide the core of his reading instruction.
To help you understand your child’s problems of sounding-out words, and to get him the services he needs, we’ve listed several quotations from the National Institute for Literacy’s guide, What Content-Area Teachers Should Know About Adolescent Literacy. We’ve also commented on several of these.
