Some kids with ADHD can better focus their minds when their hands are allowed to be busy. Try these unique fidget ideas.
level at school, right now. She’s using a thumbs up/thumb sideways/thumbs down signal system to communicate how she’s feeling to her teacher or aide. Thumbs up means she’s fine. Sideways means she could use a fidget or a little movement as she works. Thumbs down means it’s time for a break — a walk to the resource room to check in with Mrs. Carter, or a few Tae Kwon Do moves in a private space.
As Natalie and I talked with her psychologist earlier this week, her fingers pulled, twisted, and twanged the elastic-y laces in her shoes. When she tried to stretch a loop of the lace clear over the toes of one shoe, I reached over and moved her hand away. She moved it right back, and started to pull and twist again. When I removed her hand a second time, her psychologist stood up and went to his bookshelf.
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