Hi folks. I think my 16yo son has ADHD. He shows a lot of the classic behaviours. (Not listed for brevity)

He’s smart, performs well in class, but struggles badly with exams, detail. He is also struggling with revision. He’s been a high performing up until now but he’s hit hit the limit of his abilities.

His exams are 2 months away, we won’t get a diagnosis in time 😔

Can anyone here suggest resources or personal insights that could help me help him through this period?

Thanks!

  • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    ymmv, but my suggestion is: study with them. I’m a few years behind you in a similar trajectory, and we’ve been doing 3 study sessions each week, it’s helped. even when they’re re-reading notes and texts, it’s helpful to walk them through it.

    good luck.

    • Bluesheep@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      4 months ago

      This is a good idea thanks! My wife and I talked about something similar recently. I think we’re going to try having some of our own office work scheduled for times when he is studying/revising.

      My sense is that his problem isn’t particularly the understanding of the topic, it’s laying down a deep enough application of it to get the marks in the exams.

    • SwearingRobin@lemmy.world
      English
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      4 months ago

      That brings me back! When I was a kid I did mostly good in school, but I despised history, so my mom would take the manual and make small test like question and quizzes that I could then consult the manual for to answer (but not copy). Just the change of format made it a search information task instead of reading a huge dull bunch of text.

      History was always my weakest subject, but the help my mom gave always kept me from having terrible grades

    • 18107@aussie.zone
      English
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      4 months ago

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