Anybody have tips about dealing with ADHD kids not doing homework?

Question

My kids are homework resistant., any tips??

Answer 1

I don't know why some people choose to give such ignorant unuseful answers!!  Why are they even in this section?

I've been struggling with this some too.  My sons therapist suggested that he do a little at a time.  If there are 3 sheets of homework, do one then give him a break, then go back to it again.  Let him know he'll get a break as soon as he does the first sheet and it may not seem as overwhelming.  If he struggles with one sheet, break that up too.  I also let my son choose what he does first.

Answer 2

ADD/ADHD is a fake disorder made up by doctors and lazy parents, to give there kids drugs and make the settle down.

Please don't drug your kids unnecessarily, the consequences are innumerable.

Watch Medicating Kids on PBS- some food for thought

Answer 3

Hi, I agree with "Guess who?",

If the kids are  really diagnosed with  ADHD, they need to move and not to be overwhelmed mentally.They have to be motivated ( think what would motivate them to finish the task) , since they have hard time finishing their jobs.Main things to follow:

1/make it short (separate te amount of work)

2/move in the brake time ( do a fun game)

3/always simplify the task and be aware if it is difficult for them to comprehend everything at once.

4/Kids need to learn to finish what they already started ( so give them small pieces at the beginning and than expand the amount of the presented material, ).Always finish what you started!

5/ADHD is not a fake problem , in fact it is a very serious one, the research literature confirmed it!

Best to you!

Answer 4

Ban video games computer, phone calls,  anything else they like until the work is done.

Answer 5

You need to set up a plan with your adhd child.  Set goals together.  Provide rewards/consequences.  I recommend a sticker chart.  Ex.  If you do your homework nightly, you will receive a sticker.  After 5 stickers, you will get to go to the park with me and have ice cream.

If you do not do your homework, the following will happen:  (list 5 horrible things)

example:

1.  no tv

2.  no computer/video games

3.  no telephone or going to friends' houses

4.  no play

5.  no goodies

Be firm.  The key is to find your child's currency (what he/she values the most) and use that. :)  good luck.

Answer 6

Surely as a mother, and previous student you may be able to think back, and remember that that is an issue with all children, who would want to sit and do more busy work after having had to spend the last 6 to 7 hours in a classroom.

All children think about after coming home is running, and playing.

Before any of them could sit still once again, and concentrate on anymore "school work", they need to run off that stored up energy; as an adult I would be hard pressed to focus on yet more of the same.

Grown ups come home after work to relax, and take a break, what makes the needs of children any different??

Links to another school of thought on both issues are;

http://www.alfiekohn.org/books/hm.htm

http://www.adhdfraud.org/

Answer 7

carlos mencia should help.

Cure = smack kid, and tell 'em who's boss.

F*** Dr.Phil!!!

Answer 8

I am adult who is in college & I hate my homework.  I also have Adult ADD.

One thing that motovates me is to break up my tasks.   Don't make me spend more than a half n hour with out a small break.    

When they get home, have a snack for them.   Then say who would like help with their homework?   I have to ask for help with my assignments otherwise, I will get behind my work.

My gut feeling says they avoid work because its too hard for them.

Answer 9

Two types of solutions.

First, the drug path. (Which we do not follow) Some  of the new drug formulations extend the attentive period through homework.  Downside is there is more of a crash at the  end of the day, and it sometimes interferes with sleeping.  There is also a long range and a short range combo that works well for some kids.

Second, the behavior modification path.  (Which we follow)  It is harder, and requires more parental involvement at the end of your long day.

Set up a segregated, minimally visual and sound disruptive, homework desk site that allows parental oversight.  Keep the student on task by redirecting upon distraction.   This requires that you are conversant with the subject being studied and are willing to pay attention to the student.  (We use a desk facing a blank wall in the kitchen at dinner time, with classical or modern jazz - unfamiliar or unpredictable - music playing in the background.)  

The homework efforts are interrupted every hour by 10 minutes of intense - work up a real sweat - exercise (which I share with the student) punctuated by questions from the homework.  The answers are parrotted back to the student, or rechannelled in the correct direction, so they can hear it from another source.  When the student returns to their work, they are better equipped to deal with the homework.

We have found that our ADHD kid learns best when lessons are combined with body action.  So we leave splitting firewood, walking the dogs, or running for the homework breaks.  Even eating dinner or washing and drying dishes is often enough kinesthetic stimulation to effect a positive homework result, especially as they get older (teens).

Setting the child to do homework without parental or tutorial involvement simply does not work.  Be careful not to answer the questions for your student.  They have the answers inside them; they just need the time and a focussing environment to find them.  That often requires a lot of patience and quiet time from the parent.  

This can be hard - after all, they inherited the ADHD genes from someone - right?

Answer 10

My daughter is 10 and she has ADHD, homework use to be a huge problem.  What I have found over the last couple of years is that she needs to keep to a schedule, she needs the repetitiveness of it.  If you throw a wrench in the schedule it screws her all up.

When she gets home from school she is allowed to play for 1 hour with her friends or whatever she wants to do so that she can unwind and take a break from school work.

When the hour is up, she has to sit at the kitchen table and I sit with her and we work on her homework together.  There are no distractions on like, TV, dishwasher, nothing but her and I sitting to do homework.  She is able to concentrate better and we are not fighting anymore to do homework.   On the days that she doesn't want to do it, I simply tell her that is her choice but she will be the one accountable with her teacher at school and that usually gets her motivated because she doesn't want to disappoint the teacher.  I have also found that by keeping in close contact with her teachers and working with them and listening to their suggestions it has helped me tremendously....Good Luck...

Answer 11

I understand how you feel.  What a nightmare.  I go through the same with my son..and now his OT and Speech teacher give homework to.

  My behAVIOR THERAPIST SAYS ..DO NOT GIVE A BREAK..GO HOME RIGHT AWAY AND DO HOMEWORK..AFTER HOMEWORK  THAN A SNACK..ABSOLUTLY NO BREAK AFTER SCHOOL..AFTER 15 MINUTES THEY ARE NOT IN SCHOOL MODE.

   I END UP PUTTING HIS FAVORITE TOY OR MY LAB TOP ON THE TABLE AND I SAY..AS SOON AS YOU FINISH YOU CAN PLAY WITH THIS TOY OR HAVE COMPUTER TIME.  SET A TIMER FOR 45 MINUTES..IF IT IS NOT DONE IN 45 MINUTES..HE LOSES COMPUTER TIME OR THE SPECIFIC TOY AND HE STILL HAS TO DO HIS HOMEWORK..EVENTUALLY HE WILL CATCH ON..IT TAKES A WHILE BUT IT WORKS..ALSO..MAKE DINNER IN THE MORNING, SO YOU HAVE TIME TO SIT WITH HIM...

Answer 12

do as soon as you get home, no distractions phone, tv, nothing....get them something that they will like to play with and show them once they finish a short section then they can play with it for 4 min. use a timer so they can visually see it... yes you may have fights the first few times doing it...  dont argue just withhold whatever it is.. you have to stay steady so they know ok work then toy back to work then get toy again... keep increasing the amount of work required in order to get the toy this may be a slow process...