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Why We Must Think of Children—and our Nervous System—as Trees
Free Self-Regulation and Mindfulness Activity and Worksheets
Join Varleisha Gibbs, PhD, OTD, OTR/L, as she shares several transformative exercises for children and families challenged by sensory processing disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorder, and various other neurodevelopmental disorders.
5 Free Resources for Teachers
We're celebrating National Teacher Day by offering teachers FIVE of our best school-and teaching-related worksheets and videos...for FREE!
Access each resource below and feel free to share these free activities with all your teacher friends and family. #ThankATeacher
Self-Regulation Strategies & Techniques for Children with Autism, ADHD, and Sensory Processing Disorder
Plus Earn 1 Free CE Hour
Join Teresa Garland, occupational therapist, international speaker, and author, as she shares over 35 of her most effective interventions.
10 Rules for Managing ADHD in School
Plus 80 recommendations in an exclusive CE video & Worksheet...
Children and teens with ADHD have serious deficits in their executive functioning and self-regulation which can interfere with pursuing goals or contemplating multiple solutions. In dealing with these deficits, here are 10 specific rules to managing children and teens with ADHD in school.
Breath of Joy
A Yoga Practice for Children with ADHD
Sometimes children with ADHD just can't stop moving...Here's a quick and enjoyable strategy to help restore attention and focus.
4 Easy Steps to Calm a Stressed Child
If you work with children who struggle with self-regulation, mind-body strategies that use yoga, meditation, mindfulness, and guided imagery can be especially effective, and often fun, for the child to gain their composure. Use this activity, called The Steps, at home, in the grocery store, or wherever life takes you.
3 Meditative Techniques for Self-Regulation
With the help of children with and without autism, award-winning author and self-regulation expert Teresa Garland, MOT, OTR/L, has created a collection of interventions that can be used to help any child get calm and stay calm. Here are some fun methods to help achieve calm attention.
3 Specific Rules for Managing ADHD
The CDC reports that 6.4 million children in the United States have been diagnosed with ADHD. As the prevalence of the diagnosis continues to rise, it's important to have tools and strategies at the ready for managing ADHD in school.
Here are three classroom rules that are easy to implement and follow...
Here are three classroom rules that are easy to implement and follow...
Does Sugar Mimic or Increase ADHD Symptoms?
Have a cranky, irritable, and unmotivated child or teen that cannot concentrate well? Perhaps sugar-loaded foods are to blame!
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