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Tips for Difficulty with Attention & Distractions Make use of non-verbal signals to cue student before transitions, or to stop all activity and focus on the teacher.Assign students Task Buddies to help keep partner on task.Seat students near the center of instruction.Seat distractible students s [...]
Do you ever get to a point in the school year where students stop hearing your voice? Do you wonder if they have completely forgotten how to pay attention? How can we refocus that extra energy from tapping pencils, falling out of seats, constant chatting, or doodling into positive learning experiences? Here are some tried and true suggestions for channeling student energy and regaining focus
When faced with students having difficulty focusing, what can educators do? Here's a list of 12 surefire ways to focus your class and increase learning.
In the research by Erika Patall students were given a choice of which homework assignments to do, not a choice of whether or not to do homework as the example from Insoo Kim Berg would suggest. I think giving students a choice of homework assignment A, B or C is effective as they will think of those choices instead of the usual options of doing it or not doing it.
It happened again... ...and it only took until March! Reflecting on my 20 plus years of coaching co-teaching teams, I've recognized a pivotal trend: the trans-formative power of ongoing, long-term, collaborative coaching for co-teaching pairs. Today was another reminder. I was working with an [...]
Tips for Embracing Neurodiverse Workers in the Insurance Industry. When deciding to become truly inclusive to all diverse groups, it can take time to figure out where to start. It’s one thing to embrace a new company culture of inclusion, but it’s another to organize the physical workspace and the systems that keep business humming along to support a neurodiverse workforce. The work of nurturing the proper environment for success might sound daunting, but there’s good news: it’s not complicated. Several industry leaders have already cleared the path and can be looked at as examples of creating a more diverse and neuro-inclusive workplace
Or, how do you make the workplace neurodiverse-friendly? At the beginning of this century, one of the hottest trends in office design — at least at dot-coms, where companies all vied to look like they were on the cutting edge of trends — was creating a “loosened up” workplace. Companies wanted to at [...]
Does your team seem a little unfocused, less productive, or stressed out? Changing the rhythm of the workday can help employees feel recharged and better focused. A team-building exercise or another type of group activity can really help. Team-building is essential, especially for neurodiverse emplo [...]
Currently, unemployment for neurodivergent adults runs as high as 30 to 40 percent. Yet, at least 70 percent of employers worldwide, especially in the STEM and manufacturing fields, are having trouble filling open positions. How do you, as an employer, help move the needle on the hiring rate for neu [...]
A brief guide for managers: How to help neurodiverse employees set goals — job-related, task-related, and career-related — and follow through on them. Managing a neurodivergent employee — someone with autism, dyslexia, ADHD or another diagnosis — can be a perplexing challenge. Each neurodiverge [...]