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2.  What does ADD/ADHD mean?  What difficulties may ADD/ADHD students have?  How to teach English to ADD/ADHD kids?

3. ADD Attention Deficit Disorder ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

4. ADD/ADHD

5. (UCLA Laboratory of Neuro Imaging) Reduction of Frontal and Temporal Lobe Sizes Between 10 percent and 24 percent MORE gray matter in ADD/ADHD than those of the average control subject ADD /ADHD patients have lower levels of dopamine receptors and transporters

6.  Mental Energy Lack of Concentration Inconsistent Work Patterns Fidgeting

7.  Processing Too little/Too much Too superficially /Too deeply New Information- Known Information Exciting, Stimulating activities Sustain Attention/Switch Attention

8.  Production Prediction of Outcomes Strategy Quality monitoring Too quickly/ Too slowly Sense of Time

10. Some Famous People with ADHD Jim CarreyJim Carrey — (1962-present) — Actor Lewis Carroll Lewis Carroll — (1832-1898) — Author (Alice in Wonderland) Agatha ChristieAgatha Christie — (1890-1976) — Writer Tom CruiseTom Cruise — (1962-present) — Actor Walt DisneyWalt Disney — (1901-1971) (A newspaper editor fired him because he had "No good ideas".) Thomas Edison Thomas Edison — (1847-1931) — Inventor (His teachers told him he was too stupid to learn anything) Albert EinsteinAlbert Einstein — (1879-1955) — Physicist Dustin HoffmanDustin Hoffman — (1937-present) — Actor John LennonJohn Lennon — (1940-1980) — Musician Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso — (1882-1973) — Artist Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe — (1809-1849) — Author, Poet Rachmaninov — (1873-1943) — Rachmaninov — (1873-1943) — Composer George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw — (1856- 1950)—Playwright Will SmithWill Smith — Actor, Singer Robin WilliamsRobin Williams — (1952-present) — Actor and there are many more..

11.  OFFER CHOICES  MOVE TOWARD A PROJECT-BASED CLASSROOM  GIVE KIDS THE TOOLS TO COMPENSATE FOR SHORTCOMINGS  MAKE DIRECTIONS AS EASY TO FOLLOW AS POSSIBLE  MONITOR PROGRESS  USE ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENTS TO MEASURE LEARING.

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16. Effective teaching and learning strategies for children with ADD/ADHD are beneficial for all students

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