Comments on: Q: How do you deal with hyperactive students?

By: Jade Porlas

Jade Porlas — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 03:35:27 +0000

After I’ve read several articles, I was been able to reflect within myself the inability to handle those hyperactive pupils. I am a High School Teacher and teaching in one of private school here in the Philippines. I have a load in elementary…prior to that I am a grade five adviser. Teacher in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) from grade 1 up to 4th year High School and Mathematics for my advisory class. What I’m putting an emphasis is that I can hardly manage the hyperactivity of my Grade 2 pupils… Now I’m hoping that this particular forum or Website can help me give an idea on how to handle my children…thanks a lot! hoping for the possible insights.!

God Bless!

By: Questions to Ask Your Students | Riding Instructor University

Questions to Ask Your Students | Riding Instructor University — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:32:58 +0000

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By: Laura Jane Thompson

Laura Jane Thompson — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:32:01 +0000

Thanks for sharing that story, Lisa. I think it will really help instructors to put this issue into perspective. Because we work with horses (and kids) every day, it’s easy to get caught up in the minutiae and to forget that we’re putting small children on enormous horses. The more you know about your students, the better off you’ll be…and that’s a great idea for an article! Thanks again.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:00:04 +0000

I once had an ADHD student whose parents did not tell me about the girl’s condition. She had trouble focusing, but I was able to direct her and teach a decent lesson each week. Then when school let out, they took her off her medication and this student went from difficult to IMPOSSIBLE and I had no idea why! We were about 10 minutes into the lesson; I was asking her to walk a circle. She couldn’t complete it even when I talked her through every step. I walked it so she could follow me and that worked, but afterwards she still could not walk a circle on her own. This resulted in raising my voice, and eventually I yelled, “GET OFF MY HORSE!” I was so angry I couldn’t talk to her at all. I got a calm phone call from her mother later explaining that they had stopped her medication, and that she didn’t think to tell me about it. I was SO appologetic; I would have NEVER lost my patience had I known. Now I am straightforward about asking parents and students about any medications or learning disabilities. Don’t be afraid to ask these questions – we instructors are teachers and we need to know these things to give the student the best of our own abilities!