Research
Common ADHD classroom accommodations may not help students succeed, study finds
Phys.org ·
The Brief
- Extra time on assignments, frequent breaks and quiet places to work are among the most common classroom accommodations for students with ADHD.
- A new study asks whether these accommodations actually help students with ADHD succeed.
- The source excerpt is truncated, so the study's methods and findings are not fully available here.
Why it matters
Schools widely use these accommodations for students with ADHD, so evidence on whether they improve outcomes bears directly on how educators allocate support.
Who’s affected
- educators and school staff who support students with ADHD
- parents and caregivers of students with ADHD
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Extra time on assignments. Frequent breaks. A quiet place to work. For students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), these are some of the most common accommodations schools provide to make learning easier. But are they actually helping children succeed? A new…