Should I tell professors about ADHD?

When kids have ADHD (also known as ADD), it’s important to talk with their teachers about how it affects them. Knowing which ADHD symptoms your child struggles with will let teachers find ways to help your child be successful in the classroom.

What are reasonable accommodations for ADHD in college?

Some of the most common accommodations — ones that are fairly easy to get at most colleges and universities — include: Extended time for exams. Breaks during exams. Reduced-distraction sites for exams.

Can ADHD make you fail school?

March 3, 2021, at 11:24 a.m. WEDNESDAY, March 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — College students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have a harder time making it to graduation than their peers do, a new study suggests.

Do universities accept students with ADHD?

By law, colleges and universities cannot deny entrance solely based on disabilities — but they are also, by law, under no obligation to alter their admissions standards. However, most colleges do take note of extenuating personal circumstances, such as ADHD.

Do professors Really Want you to come to class?

Professors really want you to come to class. They want you to learn the material, and, more important, they feel really cruddy when only 10 students shown up the day before spring break. (Hey, they’d like to be off skiing, too.)

Do college professors care about the grades of their students?

It depends on your definition of “care”. I’ve been a high school teacher for 19 years, and a college professor briefly during that stint. I can tell you this much: College professors, in general, do not spend as much time worrying about the overall grades of their students as high school teachers do.

How are professors handling pass-fails?

Beyond pass-fail policies, which are generally adopted at the institutional level, individual professors are cutting nonessential course content, moving deadlines to the end of the term, dropping low assignment grades and grading leniently overall.

How do professors handle deadlines and attendance during covid-19?

Steven D. Krause, professor of English at Eastern Michigan University, says he used to be stickler for deadlines and attendance. He deducted letter grades for assignments every 72 hours that they were late and failed students who didn’t contribute to virtual class discussions. Then COVID-19 happened.