Feed Your Brain: How to Satisfy the ADHD Brain, Keep Busy and Stay Focused - Teen
Bridget Smith M.Ed.
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Teen learners will make a menu of activities designed to stimulate their ADHD brains and increase executive function. #superstar
Class experience
This class introduces students to the impact that dopamine levels and dopamine transporter density have on the ADHD brain. Students will identify strategies they are currently using to satisfy their "hungry brains". Students will evaluate which of these strategies are healthy and which may lead to distraction and less healthy choices. As a class, we will brainstorm other activities that can keep student brains busy and help them focus. Students will then create their own "dopa-menu", a...
Through group discussion and personal reflection, students will leave class with a concrete menu of strategies for keeping their brains busy and improving focus.
Bridget Smith, a credentialed teacher, is a person with ADHD. She is also mom to two kids with ADHD and other learning differences. She has a Master's Degree in Education: Teaching from the University of California Santa Cruz and has worked with learners preschool-adult.
Homework Offered
If you do not finish your "dopa-menu" in class, I recommend that you finish it on your own time.Assessments Offered
Grades Offered
Art Supplies: papers- colored or white pens and pencils colored pens, colored pencils, or crayons Download the Menu template posted in class if you wish.
Inspiration for this class came from Jessica McCabe of the YouTube Channel "How to ADHD" specifically her podcast "How to Give Your Brain the Stimulation it Needs" Parents can watch the link to this video here https://youtu.be/-6WCkTwW6xg to preview the material we will cover in class.
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Average rating:4.6Number of reviews:(847)
I love being part of the Outschool learning community! I offer executive function courses for neurodivergent and preteens and students with learning disabilities. I specialize in supporting teens with ADHD, autistic learners, learners with...
Group Class
$17
per classMeets once
45 min
Completed by 192 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 12-17
3-12 learners per class
