Hi. My High School Junior daughter was diagnosed with ADHD last year. We have finally gotten the school to do a 504 process. I am looking for accommodations that have been effective for your high school-age student.
Since she was diagnosed so recently, she has not had the benefit of training/teachings from a younger age. To top that off, she is a super-sociable teenager who will anyway be distracted by other distractions. Almost all accommodation examples I see seem more effective for younger children, not her age/school. e.g. "Break down tasks in smaller chunks." Is this meaningful to ask for at 11th grade? I am also worried that with too much adult intervention (e.g. teacher trying to monitor her assignments), she will be more dependent on external motivation - but in 2 years, she will have to apply all that in college. Anyone in my shoes? would love to hear your perspective about training/coaching an almost-adult child, and also, any good accommodations that were helpful. FYI we don't think she has any big learning issues because she had great grades in all subjects until recently. So I am looking for accommodations related to attention/focus, task initiation, exec functioning skills. I am also looking for ideas about how to manage her behavior at home and teach her useful skills. Thank you all.
