Here are a few tips from Dave Pughe-Parry to help you get focused and improve your study habits.
- Place your desk against a blank wall with no posters
- One subject at a time – only have the books you need on your desk while studying a particular topic.
- Work to your attention span for each subject. Might be only 5 - 10 minutes. Take a short break and do a chore or have a quick swim, run etc to refresh your brain.
- Cover your bookcases so that you don’t get distracted by other outstanding work.
- Turn headings into questions. eg. What makes the West Coast so good for fishing? Instead of trying to learn the names of all the fish off by heart.
- Use non-vocal music and white noise such as fish tanks and fans to damp down distractions.
- Tap into your visual brain. Create visual contexts to help you grasp concepts.
- Use Google Calendars and reminders to help plan for your exams.
- Ask your teachers to give you your homework at the start of the lesson so you have time to write it down
- Have study parties with your mates. Create your own Trivial Pursuits for different subjects.
These suggestions are just a tiny sample of what you will learn if you sign up for our ADHD Study Skills Coaching Course. This is a one-2-one coaching course.
If you have any tips that will be useful to our readers, please share them in the comments.
I love this quote:
“A year from now, you will wish you had started today.” — Karen Lamb