• Provide as much positive attention and recognition as possible.
• Clarify the social rules and external demands of the classroom.
• Establish a cue between teacher and child.
• Spend personal discussion times with these children emphasizing the similarities between the teacher and child.
• Get in a habit of pausing 10 to 16 seconds before answering.
• Probe irrelevant responses for possible connections to the question.
• Have children repeat questions before answering.
• Choose a student to be the "question keeper."
• Using a well known story, have the class orally recite it as a chain story.
• When introducing a new topic in any academic area, have the children generate questions about it before providing them with much information.
• Distinguish between reality and fantasy by telling stories with a mix of fact and fiction and asking the children to critique them.
• Assign a written project that is to contain elements that are "true," "could happen but didn’t," and "pretend, can’t happen."
• Do not confront lying by making children admit they have been untruthful.
• Play attention and listening games.
• Remove un-needed stimulation from the classroom environment.
• Keep assignments short.
• Communicate the value of accuracy over speed.
• Evaluate your own tempo as teacher.
• Using the wall clock, tell children how long they are to work on an assignment.
• Require that children keep a file of their completed work.
• Teach children self talk.
• Encourage planning by frequently using lists, calendars, charts, pictures, and finished products in the classroom.
