Mindfulness practice is an approach that is showing promise in helping adults with ADHD improve focus and better monitor attention. In her book --The Mindfulness Prescription for Adult ADHD -- Dr. Lidia Zylowska explains what mindful awareness is and how it can help adults with ADHD.

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Research finds that students who received ADHD coaching show substantial gains in their overall approach to learning - including improvements in their ability to organize, direct and manage cognitive activities, emotional responses and overt behaviors. They are better able to formulate goals more realistically and consistently work toward achieving them, manage their time more effectively, and stick with tasks even when they find those tasks challenging. In addition, students report that coaching helps them to feel less stress, greater empowerment, increased confidence, and have more balanced lives.

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"What exactly are executive functions and how do they affect a student's learning?" -- About.com reader

Deficits in executive function can make it more difficult for a student to plan, prioritize, organize, pay attention, remember details, and control emotional reactions.

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ADHD can make studying for college classes quite a challenge. You may find that you are putting a lot of time and preparation into studying with little to show for all your effort. Finding individualized strategies that work for you is helpful.

If you are currently in college or are an adult with ADHD who has already graduated, please share what particular strategies you found to be most helpful. What are some of the study tips you recommend?

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