PART 7: HOW TO HELP YOUR CHILD...

Stay Focused & Follow Directions

Scolding Won't Help Him Focus. This Will.
ADHD is not just an inability to pay attention — it’s an inability to control attention. Children with ADHD have a lower level of brain arousal, which decreases their ability to screen out distractions — including their own thoughts and feelings. Use these strategies to improve focus at school and at home.

Stop Fidgeting?! Um, Bad Idea
People with ADHD actually concentrate, focus, and stay on task better while moving their bodies. These intentional fidget toys get the job done — quietly.

Tell and Show
"When I showed students what to do, rather than just gave verbal directions, they were better at completing the task." See more teaching strategies that capture the attention of kids with ADHD »

ADVERTISEMENT

"1, 2, 3... Eyes on Me!"
Stopping, paying attention, listening — these skills do not come naturally to students with ADHD. Use these specific strategies to bulid your students' listening muscles.

VIDEO
5 Distraction “Danger Zones”
Students with ADHD may complain that school is “boring” or turn in assignments riddled with errors. How to address these common problems.

+ Register for these upcoming webinars:
Sept. 20: The ADHD Guide to Productive Parent-Teacher Cooperation
Sept. 25: Getting It Done: Tips and Tools to Help Your Child Start — and Finish — Homework
==================
The personal-finance website WalletHub today released two key reports. Its Credit Card Debt Study found that consumers racked up $29.8 billion in credit card debt during Q2 2018 (the fourth-biggest Q2 increase ever). The Fed Rate Hike Report revealed that a Federal Reserve interest rate increase on Sept. 26 would cost people with credit card debt an extra $1.6 billion in the next year alone and that 98 million Americans think rate hikes are bad for the economy.
 
Below, you can find a handful of highlights from these reports. 
 

Cities with the Biggest Q2 Debt Increases

Cities with the Smallest Q2 Debt Increases

Darien, CT

Clarkston, GA

Lake Forest, IL

Coachella, CA

Southlake, TX

Chelsea, MA

Beverly Hills, CA

San Luis, AZ

Dix Hills, NY

Cicero, IL

• 59% of people think their credit card interest rates are too high already.
   
• The Fed has cost the average homebuyer roughly $42,000, if you assume its seven recent rate hikes are fully responsible for the rise in the average mortgage APR since January 2015.
   
• 27% of people think President Trump knows how to grow the economy better than the Federal Reserve.
   
• 46% of people don’t know when the Fed last raised its target rate.
   
• WalletHub projects that we will end 2018 with $100 billion more in credit card debt than we started with.
   
• We began the year owing more than $1 trillion in credit card debt for the first time ever.=
• ===============================

• Gov. Herbert, Superintendent Dickson and 2018 Teacher of the Year to address Utah’s teacher shortage

  What:

  State education leaders will discuss Utah’s teacher shortage and issue a call for more teachers. They will also discuss strategies being implemented to help teachers who desire to return to the classroom.

  Over the last decade, the number of new teachers has struggled to keep up with teacher turnover and growth in Utah’s student population. State and education leaders have been working on steps to close this gap. Their efforts are focused on encouraging more students to become teachers, improving retention and re-engaging former teachers.

  When:

  Wednesday, September 12, 2018

  10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

  Where:

  Gold Room

  Utah State Capitol

  Who:

  Gov. Gary R. Herbert,

  Sydnee Dickson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction

  Aaryn Birchell, 2017-2018 Utah Teacher of the Year

  Robert Grow, CEO of Envision Utah