I was asked to suggest some sites that I think have decent suggestions for classroom adaptations for Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder. I thought it might be helpful to other readers if I posted them here. With all these it’s important to select ideas that are appropriate for your child’s age, developmental level, and characteristics. Remember, you’re the world expert on your kid! If you want to offer suggestions to teachers, it would be helpful to cut and paste accommodations that seem on target, then offer a one-page collection to teachers for their consideration.

Before you check these out, you may want to scroll down through recent posts in the RiverTown News, several of which touch on ADHD or executive function.

The ADHD Information Library is a new Google discovery for me, but their Classroom Tips for Teachers of ADD ADHD Students looks well thought out, with abundant detail and rationale for the suggestions.

Common Sense ADHD School Accommodations by Martin L. Kutscher, MD offers lots of ideas, with useful general principles at the top of this brief excerpt from his ebook. (I haven’t looked at the book.)

ADDinSchool is perhaps a bit commercial, but they’ve got some good ideas here on classroom structure that will benefit many kids.

Some accommodation suggestions from Idaho Special Eduction. These are oriented towards secondary students.

The Child Development Institute has some excellent suggestions. Notice that quite a few of these are structures a willing teacher might choose to set up. You can suggest any of those that might help your child, but such changes to overall structure are for the teacher to select, on the basis of what’s best for the whole classroom.

There are thousands of sites offering accommodations for ADHD. These few seemed to me to be commonsensical, and without a strong commercial agenda. If there are others you like, let us know!