{"id":8963,"date":"2013-04-25T21:54:43","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T02:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/?p=8963"},"modified":"2019-03-27T14:25:18","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T19:25:18","slug":"how-can-i-help-students-with-adhd-follow-written-instructions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/how-can-i-help-students-with-adhd-follow-written-instructions\/","title":{"rendered":"How can I help Students with ADHD Follow Written Instructions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/professionallearningboard.com\/blog\/\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"check_out_the_new_blog\" title=\"Check Out the New Blog\" alt=\"Check Out the New Blog\"  src=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/images\/check_out_the_new_blog.jpg\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Lesson2_Attention_Issues_Reading_Instructions.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8964\" style=\"border: 4px solid black;margin: 5px 10px\" alt=\"Students with ADHD struggle to follow written instruction.\" src=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Lesson2_Attention_Issues_Reading_Instructions.jpg\" width=\"266\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Lesson2_Attention_Issues_Reading_Instructions.jpg 266w, https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Lesson2_Attention_Issues_Reading_Instructions-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/a>It is possible for students with ADHD to have trouble sustaining focus with their eye muscles. For this reason, students with ADHD face difficulties in written instructions. If the material is not interesting the students tend to get bored easily and tediousness commences.<\/p>\n<p>A number of students with ADHD tend to skip or quickly scan through written instructions to hurry through a task, often missing some important details or steps.<\/p>\n<p>Using bullet points for instructions or adding visual symbols or pictures can aid in processing and give breaks in the visual motor system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn More\u2026 Take this course:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/courses\/course-catalog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Discuss Here:<\/strong> What are some ways we can help students with ADHD focus on written instructions in the classroom?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>  It is possible for students with ADHD to have trouble sustaining focus with their eye muscles. For this reason, students with ADHD face difficulties in written instructions. If the material is not interesting the students tend to get bored easily and tediousness commences.<br \/>\nA number of students with ADHD tend to skip or quickly [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1335,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[527,202,226,906],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8963"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8963"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24493,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8963\/revisions\/24493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}