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- Continue to educate yourself regarding ADD, strategies, and accommodations that might be useful and legal rights and advocacy techniques.
- Sit toward the front of the class to help you focus.
- Use note takers or a tape recorder in classes.
- Take time to get to know faculty and disability support staff and seek them out to request any assistance you need. Seek help as soon as you experience difficulties. Consider working with a counselor or advisor to help you learn coping strategies.
- Keep a planner (assignment book or electronic scheduler) in which you record your assignments, dues dates for papers and projects, your plans for completion, your personal deadlines for steps to completion, dates of quizzes, mid terms and finals exams, and your plans for study periods.
- Pick a quiet and comfortable study place (e.g. your room, library or an available classroom), schedule study periods and take frequent breaks to get physical movement and refresh yourself.
- Set aside 15 minutes at the end of your study time to review where you are on your various projects and to plan the next day.
- Select courses that are high interest and a good fit for your learning style. Consider taking a reduced course load. If possible, request course substitution to fulfill requirements that pose great difficulty for you because of your disability. If you must take a difficult course, consider taking it during the summer or during a semester in which you have a light load.
- Request needed accommodations in advance in courses, examinations and activities.
- Ask questions if you do not understand an assignment or an exam question and if you remain unsure, you may note in writing your question and then proceed to complete the task to best of your ability and understanding.
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