Fact Sheets: “What is ADD/HD?” and “Elements of Focus”

ADD and ADHD

If you have ADD or ADHD, or suspect you do, check out “What is ADD/HD?” which briefly describes what ADD and ADHD are, describes strengths and offers strategies to be more effective in the classroom and while studying. There is even a quick self-assessment included.

Elements of Focus

If you have ADA or ADHD, staying focused can sometimes also be a challenge.  “Elements of Focus” offers easy to use suggestions to help students stay focused.

(Click on each graphic to open the PDF’s.)Info sheet on elements of focus

 

ADD/ADHD Tip sheet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Both documents courtesy Mark White, Southwestern Assemblies of God University, Waxahachie, TX

 

The Inside Track: ADHD Tips From My College Years

Rae Jacobson has ADHD.  She survived college and is now is a writer from Brooklyn, New York. Her special interest is ADHD and learning disabilities in women and girls, drawing on her own experiences with ADHD.    In this post from  the blog, Inside Track, she shares  her personal tips for  managing college and doing well.

ADHD – Tips from my College Years

 

The blog “Inside Track” is but one of several resources available at the website “Understood.” The focus of the site is learning  and attention issues. The intended audience is  parents of students with learning and attention issues. The site also has many useful items for students.

Autistifying My Habitat

This post from the blog, Radical Neurodivergence Speaking,  describes one individual’s efforts to make her  apartment and her life accessible to her. 

The author, “Neurodivergent K” has developed her own style  to aid in  remembering things. This system, or components borrowed from it, could be tremendously helpful to others who have executive function difficulties with organization.

Radical Neurodivergence Speaking: AUTISTIFYING MY HABITAT!!.