1. Resource Groups for students with AD/HD, does it work?
1. Why resource groups?
2. What has been done so far?
3. Does it work?
4. Plans for future
NTNU Student Service Section, Name, title of the presentation
Advisor Reidar Angell Hansen
2. Why?
• Students with time management issues
• Starting problems
• Forget to do things
• Compulsory work not handed in
• Should have been to counselling earlier in the
semester
• Meet other students with the same challenges
– Exchange experiences
– Learn from and with eachother
Name, title of the presentation
3. “It’s good to be able to talk to other people, get
things off your chest and be understood. It’s also
nice to see that you can help other people.”
Resource group participant
Name, title of the presentation
4. How?
• Self governed
• Facilitators
• Extra meetings with special topics
– Medicine
– Openess
– Sleep
– How to Cope with exams
Name, title of the presentation
5. “I see the facilitators as equals, and it’s good that
they’re not people in authority.”
Resource group participant
Name, title of the presentation
6. What happens on meetings?
• The circle
– What to do the coming week?
– What did you do last week?
• Topics regarding AD/HD and different issues are
discussed
• Personal challenges (not at UNI)
• Report with check list
Name, title of the presentation
7. “The resource group is the only place where
I can get any sort of help.”
Resource group participant
Name, title of the presentation
8. Does it work?
• Yes!
– …but not for all
• Newcomers
– Change within the group
• In the toolbox
– Resource group
Name, title of the presentation
9. “ The resource group is a small dose
of group pressure and support”
Resource group participant
Name, title of the presentation
10. Vision?
• Making the resource group better for the students
• Trying to find a recipe (never a recipe for all)
• Different approach for different people
Name, title of the presentation
11. Thank you for your attention
Name, title of the presentation
