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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Research shows that extra time on exams / tests / assignments is counter productive for ADHD as an accommodation.

There is scientific evidence against it and none for it.

For the ADHD brain, the more time you have, the more time you put it off, procrastinate, do other things. The ADHD brain executes better under tighter deadlines and more structure, not less. [/quote]
I actually agree with this. My ADHD 13yo DD rushes through things, doesnt take the time to read questions fully etc. she has “ extra time” because I think it’s an easy thing to offer. She’s never needed it though[/quote]

As a tutor, I can say that it might be that she's never needed it because no one every showed her why she needed it - what kind of mistakes were connected to attention -- or how to use it.  In addition, she probably was discouraged from using accommodations by enough peers and teachers to just not ask for it.

I see this all the time in kids I tutor.  I also regularly tutor kids with disabilities who are very bright and can score well, with accommodations, on tests in ways that other students (and adults) cannot, even if they had all the time in the world. [/quote]

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