How to learn something that is complicated and boring with a learning disability?

Question

Lets say someone has a type of untreated ADD(attention dephysite disorder)yet he or she is trying to learn something that requires a lot of concentration and focus.

What are some things that help with maintaining focus and concentration?If you have ADD,your more then welcom to throw your .2 cents in

Answer 1

does that "someone" need a hug?

than ask bob saget!

Answer 2

Mnemonics

Answer 3

Try rewarding the person with a peanut from a jar every time they sit still for five minutes presuming of course they are not allergic to that sort of thing in which case you'll have to try putting something else in the jar, say jelly babies/beans for example.

Now an easy way to remember things. Try picturing silly things which help you to recall certain information.

For example if most homes in France have a television and carpet on the floor then think of a television covered in carpet with a Frenchman sitting on the top of the telly.

Answer 4

I have ADD cofiene, breaks, and make it fun

Answer 5

find a way that will make the learning fun. give yourself activities like flash cards to help you learn. also, someone mentioned mnemonics. those are good too.

Answer 6

Divide it up into smaller parts if possible.

Find a way to make it more fun.

Answer 7

I've got ADD and I had a hard time in school. I think if I were you, I'd try one or more of the following:

a. talk with the parents and see if they have any tips for you / talk to someone who is well-educated about ADD.

b. Do research... go to a workshop/class.

c. Ask the child for his or her input. Hey, it's worth a shot.

d. Try different approaches until you find something that works... Mix things up.. keep them interesting.

Ultimately you have to be observant. If you see the child is positively responding to a certain way of teaching or a certain subject, go with it.

Best of luck to you. :)

Answer 8

I have a brother that way.  We like to make a game out of shouting out things we liked to remember, like spelling words.  Putting it in song form works too.  They say the brain retains it with the repetions better that way.

Answer 9

find ways to make it fun

take lots of breaks every 10 minutes or if its a lot of reading, every so many paragraphs or say every 1-2 pages (1 if its small print 2 if bigger) and get up and talk a walk around the room

if you like art try sketching out the concepts or whatever it is you're supposed to be learning

take a break and do something else, completely unrelated, that you like to do, every say 1/2 hr or hour

set small goals of getting or learning so much say if you have to learn to conjugate 10 verbs in spanish/frence/whatever language, after you learn the first one give yourself a reward - small jelly bean, peanut, m&m, etc, then go for learning two, and go every two and when you get done the ten you get one whatever for every conjugation you remember, and so on and so forth; then come back in an hour and if you still remember all ten you get another reward

if you find your attention starting to wander look at something else across the room for a minute then come back to what you are doing

find goofy ways of doing or remembering whatever (mneumonics work well) you have to learn

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EDIT:  if you can find it theres a book out i read recently with excellent info.  it's called Driven to Distraction:  recognizing and coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from childhood through adulthood - written by Edward M Hallowell MD and John J Ratey MD     - lots of great helpful info.....

Answer 10

I have it...It's not as bad as you think.  have the person do it themselves and tell them how to do it as you go along.  it's called kinesthetic learning.