GOALS and Objective of Research Plan:
1. Help students and families struggling with attention deficit disorder build a comprehensive educational plan, designed to increase their personal needs and ability.
2. Increase awareness and promote understanding for all students with add/adhd.
3. Provide classroom teachers with positive tools to help all stakeholders involved with the student. The ability to aid parents and guardians and identify myself as experimented during ARD meetings on all concerns of attention deficit.
Action Step (s)
Intended
Outcomes
Person (s) Responsible
Timeline:
Resources Needed
Assessment
1. I will meet with all special education team leaders and department head. Encourage participation and aid.
Build a teamwork atmosphere between the teachers who will be needed during the research.
Jake Burnett
Aug 15 through
Sept 5th
2010
Approval from site supervisor
I will include all discussions in my notebook, for future reference.
2. I will meet with all special education teachers at CLHS, to determine their level of understanding and acceptance of attention deficit.
Through casual briefing, I will realize the power of the stigma of the mental label. Evaluate the program accurately.
Jake Burnett
Aug 15 through
Sept 5th
2010
(CHADD)
Website
This will be an informal meeting, to evaluate the educator’s feelings and attitudes of the condition. I will make additions to my journal of individual and overall results.
3. Special education staff members volunteer questionnaire. Design a short survey containing 12 questions on topics pertaining to attention disorder.
To begin to develop helpful material to use at the conclusion of the project.






Jake Burnett
Aug 15 through
Sept 5th
2010
12 questionnaire designed by my site supervisor, sped dept head and myself.
The questionnaire will allow me to decide if my research has been successful at the conclusion of the project.
4. Monitor behavior of first day activities between add/adhd students and classmates, teachers and faculty
Build data for the action research project.
Jake Burnett
Aug 15
2010
(CHADD)
Website
Understanding of typical first day results.
I will include all discussions in my notebook, for future reference.
5. Meet with school counselors and sped dept head to compile the percentage of students failing semester standards.
Decide if the diagnosis of attention deficit failures are equally compared to non-attention deficit students. The data will be from the 2009-2010 school year.
Jake Burnett;
School Counselor;
Special education staff.
Sept 5 – 10, 2010
12 chosen students who agree to participate in the project. Student’s grades from the 2009-2010 school years.
The research data will aid in my future research and results.
6. Determine research variables in school and social achievement of students with attention deficit.
Determine if the students are deficient in self-esteem, motivation, and peer relations.
Jake Burnett;
School Counselor;
Special education staff
Student in the study.
Sept 5 – 10, 2010
Edtrust.org
website
I will include all discussions in my notebook, for future reference
7. Students will determine factors that have negative outcomes in the school atmosphere.
Create a survey that will help discover areas of concern such as class size, school resources level of school violence and conflicts.
Peer study students
Jake Burnett
The survey will be given during the fall semester.
CHADD
website
The research data will aid in my future research and results and will be included in final project.
8. Research school data that have been successful educating the add student. Compare their curriculum with CLHS, and compare the results.
Determine the best avenues to reach the students. Such as Ongoing social skills interventions in school and available resources and training for school-based counseling and support services

Jake Burnett

The activity will continue through the 2010-2011 school year.
Research journals and internet research.
The research data will aid in my future research and results and will be included in final project.
9. Research school educators that have been successful educating the add student. Compare their curriculum with CLHS, and compare the results.
Determine if there are tools that could be provided to the teaching staff to aid the students. Such as assessment techniques and amount of home work given.
Jake Burnett
The activity will continue through the 2010-2011 school year.
Research journals
Internet research.
Result findings will aid in future research and will be provided in my final project.
10. Determine the significance of home life and family on the attention deficit student.
Compile data pertaining to home life such as, family involvement in schools, parent teacher communication, family expectations and parental education.
Jake Burnett
School Counselor
The family study will continue throughout the research project.
Journal research and meeting with school counselor.

Result findings will aid in future research and will be provided in my final project.
11. Observe popular methods of treating add/adhd students. Such as medications behavioral plans and diets.
Discuss treatment possibilities with a trained professional and school resources. Discuss these methods with the students in my study group.
Jake Burnett
Trained professional
Study group
The activity will continue through the 2010-2011 school year.
Medical journals, online research and discussion with trained professionals and study group.
The information gathered will help build knowledge of the variety of methods used in treating attention deficit.
12. Complete the action research project.
Develop a action plan to produce all data that has been collected during the project.
Jake Burnett
The end of the 2010-2011 school year.
The compellation of all data gathered.
The final report will be the conclusion of my action research report.