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Do you have other students in the class who are not considered special like this? How many?
For the ADHD students you could try to give them as many legitimate reasons to move around the classroom as possible because they like to move. Put their books in a cubby hole in the back of the classroom so they have to get out of their desks to fetch their books, ask them to sharpen pencils or erase boards to get them out of their desks often, send them off to the office with notes (arranged with the secretary before hand who will praise them for doing a good job of delivering the notes). Give them short term assignments - one section of the job at a time and get someone to check it for them immediately. It doesn't always have to be you. I am supposing that you don't have a teacher's aid but you could get parents, retired people or future teachers to be a TA for these children and train them to operate in the classroom. Check on the ADD and ADHD sites for other suggestions that will be very valuable for you.
Change the lighting in your classroom if possible if you have florescent lights. Provide a rocking chair as an alternative to a stationary desk chair. You can also create a small office with a fridge or stove cardboard box so that the students can work in a quiet space if they are distracted by others. Don't use it as punishment but as an alternative way for them to cope and manage their difficulties. They are loving wonderful warm people if given the chance and it sounds like you want to give them a chance.

Yes, I have had great success with these ideas. It varies with the students though.
There is a thread on Dyslexia in Applied Linguistics Forum and another in Adult Education on ESL and learning disabilities. Those ideas might help.

I am working as a teacher in a special school with severly hearing impaired pupils, but some of my pupils have additional problems as well (like ADHD for example).
I normally work with youngsters who stays at school after their classes are over (so I mostly do homeworks and create some fun activities for the children to do). As I am not English native, this part isn't much interesting to you.
Recently, I have started teaching English to our highschoolers too. (begginers level).Teaching English to hearing impaired pupils is a tricky job (especially if it is not their native tongue) as most children find it really difficult to learn foreign language as oral speech is already a second language for them sort of. For teaching English to hearing impaired pupils it would be useful if you could learn Hand Alphabet (International one for example), and some basic gestures.You also could find more info on total communication approach. For oral communication they must be able to read from your lips well, so it is useless to talk when you are writing on the blackboard for example. For things they do not understand use natural gestures or defined ones if you know them. Use pictures, photos and illustrations as much as it is posiblle in your classes.
Hope this helps.

I often work with students are foreign to the country but I haven't had a problem with commuting because I speak Korean (their native language). But recently, I've found it very difficult to make this child "tick". He never wants to speak unless he's spoken to and when he does talk, he says one word answers. I've tried using Korean to speak to him as well as Englsh. I'm sure I'm not he only one that has difficulty trying to make English learners comprehend instruction. Can someone suggest any strategies or methods in providing more comprehensible input for ELLs. Also how to make the material meaningful so they understand the purpose of some of the concepts and skills we learn.