Publications

“Flicking the Switch: Reaching and Teaching Students with ADHD”

Do you need help managing the behaviour of the ADHD students that you teach?

Fiona Kearnan has been passionate about teaching ADHD students for over 30 thirty years. She understands how challenging their behaviours can be in the classroom and has written this book to help teachers develop effective, easy to implement, strategies that will make a significant difference to their classroom environments.
At some point, every teacher will encounter students with ADHD. These often-challenging students want their teachers to understand the difficulties they face every day at school. They need them to care and have a genuine desire to help them reach their full potential. Fiona Kearnan, in Flicking the Switch, describes many practical, evidence-based strategies that can be easily implemented to teach new skills, reduce inappropriate behaviours, and have a positive impact on teachers’ relationships with these challenging, but misunderstood, students.

These include:
Identifying the functions of inappropriate behaviours
Understanding the effect of stress on behaviour
Developing rapport
Implementing positive behaviour plans
Encouraging empathy in peers
Stimulating dopamine production through positive reinforcement

Additionally, Flicking the Switch provides current information about ADHD and explains why students with ADHD struggle to demonstrate appropriate behaviours at school. Understanding the “why” behind problematic behaviour will assist teachers to appreciate the principles underlying the strategies and to implement them with confidence.

Flicking the Switch’ is for all teachers: primary, secondary, and integration aides. It explains the neurological differences in these students, describes the impact ADHD has on a student’s ability to succeed at school and provides easy to implement strategies that will support students to demonstrate positive behaviour, enabling them to engage positively in class and be successful learners.

BOOK REVIEWS:

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Australia http://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0BGQJV7JJ

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UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BGN8N496

Canada https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0BGQJV7JJ