Originally Posted by ultramarina
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I usually specified a certain amount of work to be done in that time, as there is research that ADHD-type students actually perform better when under time pressure. ("You have 10 minutes to finish the next 5 algebra problems.")

This is kind of true of her, BUT she gets very upset with me if I do it. I don't know if she is reacting to this environment at school. BTW, she does not have difficulty completing work at school except on very rare occasions. Many of her classmates do, because a lot is expected of them. So, somehow she is managing. I think she is extremely tightly wound at school. She is visibly relaxed and different during summer. She says she likes school, though. She is very happy there socially.

Mine was also fine at school--the model student, actually, according to all teachers (except for talking a lot). I think it was very stressful performing all day, which made the evenings that much worse. There was nothing left by that time. No energy for self-management of any kind, really.


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