For some parents, it’s hard enough to teach organization to their children, not to mention teaching it to kids with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder).
Parents whose children have ADHD have a much different experience than those with non-ADHD kids. Things are not as calm, and disorganization is pretty much a normal thing.
Check out these tips for how you can help your child by being more organized.
But organization and time-management can be learned.
Below are some tips for the classroom and for the home to hopefully help you help your children with ADHD be more organized and better at time-management.
In the classroom:
Color-code academic materials – choose a color for each subject. For example, green is for science, blue is for math, yellow is for history, etc.
Simplify the flow of homework – take the initiative to provide your students with folders (make sure they have pockets!) maked “Mail,” “Homework To Do,” “Completed Homework,” and anything else you can think of. Let the folders do the thinking–all the student has to do is file.
At home:
Help your child categorize his/her school materials – Buy a backpack with different compartments and label each compartment so that your child will know which spot he/she should put the binders, textbooks, writing tools, etc.
Prepare for the next day – Your children can pack their own bags the night before school, but don’t forget to make sure that everything they need is there so that all they need to do in the morning is grab their backpack.
ADDitudeMag.com provides 13 more ways to help your ADHD children organize and manage their time better. Don’t expect perfect organization overnight. These things take time. Heck, after 15 years in school, I’m still learning to organize better.
Now onto you. Do you have a child who has ADHD, and what do you do to help them be more organized? Any useful tricks that aren’t mentioned in the article?
15 Ways To Teach Organization To ADHD Kids [Additude]
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When my son was in elementary school getting him up, dressed , and fed in time for school was difficult and painful. My son and I came up with a solution- he would bathe and dress for school the night before. When we were able to rouse him for school he was all dressed!
Interesting, Mindy. So he’d get all clean and sleep in his school clothes and that helped make the mornings easier. I’m glad you found something that worked. It’s all about being creative and finding win-win solutions. Thanks for sharing!