11. Discourage Frenetic Work Patterns
Teachers and parents could avoid making statements such as, "You can go out to recess as soon as you finish your assignment" or "You can watch television when you finish your homework" to help students refrain from rushing through their work. Such words may inadvertently encourage students to work too quickly and carelessly.

12. Get Organized
To help students organize their assignments a notebook with three sections labeled "Work to be Completed," "Work Completed" and "Work to be Saved" may be used. In addition, color-coding notebooks for different subjects may also be helpful for organizing work.

13. Use Daily Planners
For organizing assignments and activities a student should use a structured daily planner. It is recommended to have a planner that is broken down by subject within the day and has sufficient room to write all the information he needs would be preferred.

14. Set Up a Home Office
Parents should guide their child/adolescent with setting up his/her own well-organized office at home. Also, parents should schedule a weekly time that their child/adolescent will dedicate to straightening up the office and making sure all office supplies are well-stocked (e.g., post-its, pencils, pens, highlighters, paper, paper clips, stapler). It is advised for the student to find his/her best time(s) for studying (his/her most alert times of day), and post these times as his/her "Office Hours." He/she should also experiment with different kinds of background noise levels that work best for him/her when doing homework of studying. Some students actually concentrate better in a noisy environment or while listening to music while others may need to use ear plugs.

15. Allow Time to Wind Down
A lot of students with attention problems have trouble falling asleep at night. It is helpful for them to have an established routine for going to bed at night. For instance, they could read a book or have a book read to them. Students can engage in stretching exercises before getting in bed and they could drink a glass of milk or hot chocolate prior to going to bed. Students might also listen to quiet, easy music while falling asleep. White noise, such as a fan, may also be helpful in facilitating sleep.