Get Ready for ADHD Awareness Month
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Gear up for ADHD Awareness Month this October with resources from Free Spirit! This issue of
Upbeat News
has everything you need to support and celebrate the kids with ADHD in your life. We’ve included tools that help children deal with distraction, be attentive, and engage in learning—at home and in the classroom.
In this month’
s book excerpts, you’ll find:
- suggestions for selecting effective fidgets for restless students
- ideas for improving students’ attention in the classroom
- tips for kids with ADHD on managing strong feelings
Below you’ll find
this month’s new release, the fourth edition of
Fighting Invisible Tigers
by Earl Hipp. This revised version of our popular stress management resource for teens includes updated information on digital stressors. In addition, we’ve included free downloads of two time management exercises from
Self-Regulation in the Classroom
by Richard M. Cash, Ed.D., to help students with ADHD prioritize tasks and focus.
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Teens with ADHD have to manage expectations from teachers and parents while dealing with their own unique stressors, distractions, and frustrations. Help them cope with stress and anxiety with the fourth edition of
Fighting Invisible Tigers: Stress Management for Teens by Earl Hipp.
This classic resource provides stress management techniques and exercises that can help teens with ADHD make decisions, find focus, calm down, and more. With a new section on digital stressors, this updated version (available now!) provides timely insight regarding teens’ experiences in the age of social media.
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Tips & Tools from the Free Spirit Blog
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School counselor Barbara Gruener describes how kids with ADHD can benefit from mindfulness and provides techniques to help them get in touch with their senses, be in the present, and find a sense of calm.
Read now.
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Help students with ADHD filter out distracting stimuli by using visual-teaching strategies. Ezra Werb, M.Ed., author of
Teach for Attention!
, provides three visual methods that can easily be implemented in the classroom: reduce visual clutter, highlight key information, and use graphic organizers.
Read now.
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Educational grants available for your school or community:
The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) presents Inspire Collection Development Grants that are intended for schools to extend, update, and diversify their collections. Updates may include books in various formats, software, and online subscriptions.
Eligibility:
Public, Charter
Prize:
At least four grants of up to $5,000 each are awarded
Application Deadline:
February 1, 2020
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“As educators, we don’t want to make changes at the margins and just call our same old strategy a different name; we want real actionable steps and reliable sources that launch us on a new path. This book has what we need. It is real. It allows for reflection. It provides ways to implement PBIS so that educators can rip the band-aid off faulty school systems.”
—MiddleWeb
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Upcoming Events and Conferences
October 2–4:
Zero to Three Annual Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
October 2–4:
CASEL Social & Emotional Learning Exchange, Chicago, IL
October 16–20:
Frankfurt Book Fair, Germany
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“‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers— / that perches in the soul— / and sings the tunes without the words— / and never stops at all.”—Emily Dickinson, American poet
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