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The Pomodoro Technique breaks study time into small, manageable intervals with rewards built in after concentrated efforts of productive time. It can also be easy to procrastinate and put off studying when you know you've got a long window of time available.

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It can be very overwhelming to have a whole day to study! For students with ADHD, it is often hard to know where to start or how to use your time effectively. We hear a lot from parents and teachers we talk to that their students with ADHD can take all day staring at a book, chapter or notebook and not get any studying done. The Pomodoro Technique: Why it can be a good match for students with ADHD At the completion of the 3rd 'pomodoro', take a long break for 20 minutes. 'pomodoros').Īt the completion of 'pomodoros' 1- 2, take a short break for 5 minutes. Steps 1-3 will be repeated 3 times to total 30 minutes of work or 3. (Completing steps 1- 4 is considered completing one 'pomodoro'.

Stop working when the timer for 10 minutes goes off.

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This is just an example of modifications you can make! It may take some trial and error to make it work for your student. Work intervals, break intervals and number of pomodoros (or rounds of work) can be modified for your individual student and changed over time! Below is a modified Pomodoro method which may be a better fit for student. That's OK! We can't improve unless we start where we are. For some students, it may be a challenge to focus for even five minutes. The first time you try this, start with an interval that is achievable. We need to start where your students are and build from there. For many students with ADHD and learning challenges, 100 minutes of work will be far too long. What's important to realize about the Pomodoro Technique is that it can and often should be modified! We always want to start with small, achievable goals to set our students up for success. At the completion of the 4th 'pomodoro', take a long break for 20-30 minutes. (Completing steps 1-4 is considered completing one 'pomodoro'.)Īt the completion of 'pomodoros' 1-3, take a short break for 5-10 minutes. Stop working when the timer for 25 minutes goes off. The original Pomodoro Technique Cirillo used is described below.

It's called the Pomodoro Technique because 'pomodoro' means 'tomato' in Italian, and Cirillo was using a tomato-shaped kitchen timer when he originally started using this method. The Pomodoro Technique is a time management strategy created by Francesco Cirillo. Today, we'll be discussing the Pomodoro Technique: what it is, how to use it, and why it's a great study technique for students with ADHD. This is also a technique which we sometimes incorporate into educational therapy sessions since it's a great tool to be used across subjects and disciplines and since it fits into the broader framework of self-advocacy and learning how to learn. This is an extension of an article we recently wrote about teaching strategies for students with learning disabilities.

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As ADHD tutors, we're excited to kick-off a new series where we'll be discussing study strategies for students with ADHD.

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