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struggling with. Once you have an idea about what that child might be struggling with, it is important to perform research and contact other professional and parents to gather more information. I have also learned that with research, careful planning of interventions, executing the interventions and then carefully analyzing the intervention's effectiveness, you could greatly impact a student. Furthermore, I have discovered some strategies that are successful not only for students who have attention problems, but for all of the students in the classroom. The implementation of many of these strategies from the first day of school can help students focus, remain on task and enjoy school with minimal frustration. The excitement and the knowledge of how these effect my student as well as my classroom will certainly benefit me and my students in future endeavors. In all probability, I will have several students in the future who will experience difficulties with distractibility or even be diagnosed with ADD/ADHD. However, I am confident that I will be able to help these students achieve success by implementing these interventions. I am still wondering what are some other strategies or interventions that help students who have sensory distractibility. I am also wondering if my case study student will be diagnosed with ADD/ADHD and if he has any sensory input disorders. Also, what would be the next step to maintain progress in this student. In addition, I am wondering the impact a praise journal would have on every student in the classroom, and their self-esteem and academic performance. In conclusion, the students, his parents and the support staffs willingness to work with new strategies and interventions, enabled me to see him, not just as another student, but as a young person with so many terrific qualities, who is willing to learn and feel 24
good about himself. After all, “a teacher affects eternity: she can never tell where her influence stops.”- Henry Adams 25
Page 1 and 2: “Lets Focus!” Strategies and In
Page 3 and 4: My Initial Wonderings: ♦ What str
Page 5 and 6: difficulty waiting in line or takin
Page 7 and 8: a great impact on the academic and
Page 9 and 10: "impaired ability to utilize social
Page 11 and 12: Individualized Education Plan (IEP)
Page 13 and 14: the student shared that he felt ner
Page 15 and 16: What Interventions Did I Implement?
Page 17 and 18: student in mind. Because he was con
Page 19 and 20: tell me two things that he felt he
Page 21 and 22: When clear two to three step instru
Page 23: Distractible students, especially t

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