Students learn that even though their ADHD symptoms can make their school experience different from that of other students, it is possible to be successful. Each of the six sessions presents a different social skill and includes opportunities for guided practice:
1. Our journey. This session introduces the notion that students with ADHD must learn to be a different kind of traveler and must learn new ways to demonstrate socially appropriate behavior at school.
2. Pack it up. The need to learn effective organizational skills is emphasized and students are exposed to assorted organizational strategies that facilitate classroom learning.
3. Stop lights and traffic cops. Students learn various strategies designed to help them pay close attention when faced with distractions.
4. Using road signs as a guide. This session helps students identify personal cues that lead to socially appropriate classroom behavior.
5. Road holes and detours. Students are instructed on selected cognitive behavioral techniques intended to help identify and maneuver around obstacles that interfere with classroom learning.
6. Roadside help and being your own mechanic. This session emphasizes social skills with the expectation that students use the skills to self-manage their behavior.
The Journey is most effective when combined with teacher reinforcement in the classroom of social skills acquired during the group intervention.
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