MY WHIRLING TWIRLING MOTOR: ADHD Educator Guides
Best Users: Classroom Teachers, School Librarians, Home Learning
Best Audience: Grades 01-04
EDUCATOR GUIDES
Educator’s Guide to the Picture Book
Author Merriam Sarcia Saunders, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and ADHD-CCSP (Certified Clinical Services Provider with intensive and specialized training in ADHD, Autism, and Coaching for ADHD), walks us through using her picture book My Whirling, Twirling Motor in a school setting and answers questions like:
How do we build community-wide empathy for our students with ADHD?
How, as classroom teachers, do we accommodate and integrate the behavior and experience of these students?
As school librarians, how do we create an environment that welcomes and engages a student with ADHD?
DOWNLOAD My Whirling Twirling Motor: Educator's Guide (PDF)
“We serve a complete spectrum of children in our daily work. At the same time, caregivers and teachers are also a significant portion of our readership. This item is a necessity for any well-rounded collection, and is highly contemporary in terms of its usability.” —Jonathan Dolce, Public Librarian
Educator Tips for ADHD and Other Behaviors
In a 17-page professional development guide,LMFT and ADHD-CCSP Merriam Sarcia Saunders explores ADHD and related behaviors in the classroom and how to best accommodate affected students.
“As you use this guide for tips to manage the squirmy one this year, please remember: his brain is making him do it. He no more wants to misbehave than you want him to. He WISHES, despite his non-compliance, his inattentiveness, his touching that thing you told him not to touch again—he wishes he could be good for you.” —Merriam Sarcia Saunders
DOWNLOAD There is One in Every Class: Educator Tips for ADHD and Other Behaviors (PDF)
Images © Tammie Lyon
ABOUT THE BOOK
My Whirling Twirling Motor
By Merriam Sarcia Saunders
Illustrated by Tammie Lyon
Published by Magination Press / American Psychological Association
ISBN-13: 9781433829369
Age Range: 6 – 10 Years
Charlie feels like he has a whirling, twirling motor running inside him all the time and sometimes he just can’t settle. When his mom wants to talk to him, he figures he’s in trouble…but she has a surprise for him instead! Includes a Note to Parents, Caregivers, and Teachers with more information on ADHD, behavior management, and helping children focus on the positives.
“The story reinforces that his being overactive and impulsive is not intentional and does not make him bad….A must-have for young readers with any type of behavior difficulty and their caregivers.” –School Library Journal, Starred Review
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“A practical, sensitive depiction of a child with ADHD facing challenges and receiving affirmation…Compassionate, helpful, and wise.” —Kirkus Reviews
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“This story can help children with ADHD understand that while they cannot always control their whirling, twirling motors, they can be successful every day. Parents, caregivers and teachers will find the author’s notes valuable as they navigate how to reinforce the positive and catch kids doing something good.”
—Jodi Sleeper-Triplett, MCC, SCAC, BCC, Founder & CEO, JST Coaching & Training
