manyamile

My daughter's HS counselor seems to think that Colorado College's block scheduling fits well with a student who is bright but significantly attention defecit primarily inattentive. The school has six weeks of one course at a time. My sister, who is also ADHD, thinks that this type of schedule would be terrible for an ADHD kid because a few "off days" could ruin a class grade. What do any other ADHD kids think?

nyc

D was briefly interested in Colorado College b/c of the block scheduling. The "few days off" disaster was a definite concern for us.

In one of the guide books astudent commented on missing 2 days of block classes was the equiv of missing over a weeks' worth of "regular" classes. This must be difficult for all sutdents, but especially so for ADD and other LD students.

Good luck.

schoolmarmABC

I wouldn't think it would be too good. You focus all day long on one course, and it lasts for, what, a month.

Then that course is over, and it's on to the next course, all day long, for a month.

melmariet

Why don't you ask your daughter if it sounds like an environment she'd prosper in...

bessie

The school has a reputation of being a good place for ADD kids. My friend's highly paid LD educational consultant highly recommended it for her (very) ADD son.

Cardinal Fang

I have ADD and so does my son. A one-course-at-a-time schedule would have been wonderful for me when I was in college. I wouldn't have had to keep track of what I had to do for four or five classes; I could have just concentrated on the one I was doing at the time. For me, that would have been fantastic.

It would suit my son wonderfully also, but unfortunately the only two colleges we know of with that kind of schedule are Colorado College and Cornell College (not Cornell University, but Cornell College in Iowa), and he does not like either of those locations.