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Top Ten Stocking Stuffers for ADHD Kids – and Adults

Posted by Kayla
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We don't want to steal any of Santa's magic, but since he's really busy this time of year, we thought we'd give you a list of things that we've found our ADHD kids appreciate finding in their stocking! 1. Fidgets. - These cool things give a child, a teen, or an adult, something to fiddle with - instead of chewing their nails, rocking their chair, twirling their hair, poking the kid in front of them...Here's a list of fidgets for adhd. 2. Sharpies. Label everything with Sharpies. Water bottles, books (we labeled the outside pages of our boys' books even if we had to pay a fine!), … [Read more...]

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How to Help your ADHD-I Child Greet the Dawn…or at least the School Bus

Posted by Brock
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If your idea of a good morning is one where you don’t have to get your children up, you must be a parent. The same erratic sleep patterns that can wreak havoc with an established bedtime also make wake-up calls a repeated, frustrating exercise. Some folks take mornings better than others, but unless everyone in your family has agreed to take night jobs and night classes, getting up in the morning remains a necessity of life. Take a look at these tips to keep mornings more civil for all involved: 1. Pay attention to alarming details. First of all, you shouldn’t be the token alarm … [Read more...]

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Timers for ADHD

Posted by Kayla
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Looking back over the last ten years, one piece of equipment keeps showing up - the TIMER. Timers have been essential in our house. There are all sorts of timers - free ones on the computer or your microwave. Timers that come as a function on a watch or a cell phone. iPhones have special timer applications. There are visual timers, timers that buzz/flash/beep, timers that sing. (Here's a whole page of reminder clocks.) We've used timers for all sorts of things - like on Halloween night we set the countdown for 30 minutes and let the kids eat all the candy they wanted. That is NOT a … [Read more...]

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Clocks for ADHD

Posted by Kayla

When Ron was in his second year of college, he signed up for his first 8:00 class. This was a huge deal for him, as he has always been a chronic oversleeper. Lots of ADHD kids are. Nevertheless, I quit waking him up while he was in high school; when he oversleeps, it's his problem. (He has walked the four miles to school.) At the beginning of college, Ron simply scheduled later classes. But one semester a class he really wanted to take was only offered at 8:00. So he signed up. To make sure he wakes up, he has set THREE alarm clocks and his cell phone. He also has asked my husband to check … [Read more...]

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