Remote Learning's Distractions Put Extra Pressure On Students With ADHD
With less structure and supervision than is typically provided inside a classroom, remote classes lean hard on already stressed parents to help students with ADHD stay focused and engaged.
COVID-19 forced Keriann Wilmot's son to trade his classroom for a computer. It was a tough transition for a 10-year-old with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
"It was a different environment for him," Wilmot says. "He wasn't used to this kind of work from school coming in the format of an email in his Chromebook every single day."
Her son would avoid math and writing and instead go straight to his favorite subjects: science and social studies. But even then, online assignments could be
