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www.FredericksburgParent.NET 29 You can help make school more exciting for your ADHD kid by teaching them organization skills and working with teachers for long-term success throughout the coming school year and beyond. These are skills they can use their whole lives to help them out in college, jobs, and relationships as well. ADHD Organizational Tips for Kids Work that planner! Have your child commit 15 minutes each morning to preparing for the day and 15 minutes at night reviewing and thinking about what could have gone differently. Rebelling against the planner is normal; create rewards for sticking with it. (There are a zillion different planners, so review a bunch on YouTube first.) Do things in small chunks. Instead of them sitting down until they are done with all of their homework, try setting a timer for 15-20 minutes and then allow them to get up, move around and come back to it. Just don't let them wander too far! No paper explosions. Have them keep a small notebook for jotting notes and transfer the little jots over to that ONE SPOT (the perfect planner) in a timely manner. This goes for notes created on phone apps as well. If reminders aren't put in the right place, they are lost forever. A place for everything. Once the homework is finished, get them into the habit of putting their binder/textbook back into their backpack. Keep the backpack in the same spot all the time. File papers in a milk crate system so there is always a spot for them. Once the mess is filed, they don't have to worry about constantly losing things and trying to find them again, wasting precious time. Can't stress color coding enough! Post-it notes and tape flags in various sizes and colors; bins in various sizes and colors; flat drawer organizers; Washi tape for extra personalization; pens, pencils, Sharpies and highlighters they love and will actually use. Kids with ADHD have difficulty getting started, prioritizing, planning, managing their time and emotions, staying on task and focusing...