ADHD and Me (Elementary) – Semester course

ADHD and Me Semester course built for supporting learnings with enjoyable activities for focus, confidence, emotions, self-control and more. This curriculum is created for the Pre-teen students and was created as a semester course after requests from Parents that had great success with High-Five Summer Camp. Offered for ages 8-12, as an 6-week course to support learners in finding success at home, school and with friends. 

In this course series learners will understand how to find and use the dynamics of the Executive Functioning mind, harness their superpower, ignite new thought patterns and grasps on to their uniqueness through interactive activity models that will focus on streamlining executive function skills. 

We will work together on a process to find which skills are your strengths and how we can decrease anxiety and increase logical thinking. My ADHD and Me Semester Course – we will meet once a week for 6 weeks, as a mini-semester course, to help student see the positive characteristics and exceptional strengths as advantages for their social and academic lives.

Week 1 -Strengths
Finding Success through Challenge
Inspirational true stories-patience and perseverance
Building-up Self Confidence

Week 2-Managing Emotions (Self Controls and Impulses)
Skills for anger, frustration and outbursts
Triggers & Calming Tools
Managing impulses and making good decision
Feelings Activity-Games (positive and reactionary)
Do-Over choice making.

Week 3-Focus Skills
Attention, Focus and listening skills 
Become an investigator or You. 
Brain Breaks
Focus Cards/ HyperFocus

Week 4-Organizational Habits and skills
Journal Maps
Sticky Note Success
Visualization skills
Evening closure
Centering practice

Week 5 – Thoughts and Communication	
Expressing Yourself
Learning how we feel
Empathy Exercises
Feel good actions/challenge
Truths and Facts activities

Week 6-Planning with Preparation
Making plans-homework, projects, personal plans…
3 step planning-Goals and Success
-Preparation Success for Positive Future
Positive Future activity
Letter to Self


This course follows the standard Refund Policy: "Full refund until a week in advance, or within 24 hours of purchase (until class starts).”  It's important to us that everyone has a positive experience learning with Outschool.  If any issues arise, please contact me directly through Outschool so I can best serve your needs. Transfers will be honored prior to 48hrs prior to the class starting, if the course has begun please honor that spot was booked for your learner and unavailable for others to book. Thank you greatly - Teacher Danell.