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Homeschool Interventions for ADHD
Homeschooling ADHD children requires patience and flexibility. Your ADHD child may find it difficult to stay on task for extended periods, may not engage with traditional teaching or materials, may be easily distracted by toys, pets, and siblings, and may have difficulty managing frustration and handling setbacks.
In addition to slow progress, teaching a child with ADHD can strain the parent-child relationship. Power struggles and resistance to authority can make homeschooling ADHD children stressful.
Address the ADHD
Instead of focusing only on specialized curriculum for ADHD children, we recommend using some of the homeschool day to remediate the ADHD, to reduce or eliminate ADHD symptoms.
Improved focus and self-regulation will have long-term, life-changing impacts for your child as a homeschooler and for you as the teacher.
Gemm Learning provides homeschool interventions for ADHD. Our homeschool families simply include us in their daily routine as follows:
- Regular content by subject – using short lessons, with multi-sensory and movement-based learning techniques, and
- 30 minutes/day of Gemm Learning cognitive and attention training for 6 months.
Our interventions are an investment in your child’s future that can have a profound impact over a lifetime. Almost all families report improved focus as an outcome.
“He is now attentive in [class]. He usually needed a personal invitation to listen. 🙂 I had to stop his reading curriculum because he could no longer comprehend anything he read. It was like he hit a wall. I can now give him anything on the fifth grade reading level and his comprehension is amazing!!! … He is thoroughly enjoying novels now and he can always answer the comprehension questions. The fact that he has the stamina for sitting and reading for hours is amazing! This is such a dramatic change!”
Our ADHD Homeschool Curriculum
People ask us how to teach homeschool with severe ADHD, and we advise them not to. The best way forward is not to work around the ADHD, but rather to try to remediate it, without resorting to ADHD medicines. Our programs are popular with homeschool families because they:
- Reduce ADHD symptoms by addressing root causes
- Then accelerate reading and math to make up for lost ground
- Constant and proactive involvement by Gemm Learning professionals keeps things on track
We will develop an individualized protocol for your child based on their learning and reading needs. Programs include:
- Fast ForWord software – targets ADHD by improving language processing and learning efficiency
- Cogmed Attention Training – strengthens working memory to build engagement and focus
- Fast ForWord reading series – phonics to reading comprehension
- ClearFluency and Reading Plus – training reading speed
- DreamBox Math and Reflex Math – math facts, K-8 math curriculum
We provide these research-backed programs at home with constant remote oversight. Read more about the science and logistics of our ADHD intervention programs here.
Expected Outcomes
Every case is unique, and so outcomes vary. Expected outcomes from our homeschool curriculum for ADHD include:
- Less stress over learning – if your child can engage, learning is easier, and for you, teaching is easier
- Better reading fluency and comprehension
- Learning math facts
- More confidence – willing to take on new things, brush off setbacks, a lean-in approach to learning
To find out if our programs are a fit for your family and to have your questions answered, call 877.914.4366.
How Our Service Works
Gemm Learning has a “virtual learning center” approach.
No Parent Training or Tech Skills Required
Our ADHD homeschool curriculum is online. As a parent, your role is to create a schedule for your child and encourage participation. Gemm Learning does the rest. We manage the daily assignments remotely. Your child just logs in and starts.
Students Work At Their Own Pace
Fast ForWord aims to engage children with ADHD by incorporating a computer-game feel and adapting to their progress. It advances with correct answers and retreats with three consecutive wrong answers.
Homeschooling ADHD children often involves a lot of parents hovering, especially if they are working on software. Our program doesn’t require that. The adaptivity causes less frustration; your child will not get stuck.
Comprehensive Support
We create an individualized protocol for your child, then monitor daily, check in regularly, and send weekly reports.
Our dashboard gives us extensive reporting on every session, including errors and effort levels. If we see an issue, we will tweak the protocol and/or get in touch. Your weekly report summary will provide similar detail.
Clients also have access to our client help site called My Gemm, and can call their program manager at any time for any reason. More on our service and support here