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Every practice in the library, in one list. Narrow it by how long you have, who it is written for, and where you are right now.

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Exercise, food and other supports remove filterTwenty minutes remove filterInvolves someone else remove filterClear all
How long you have · Twenty minutes
A minute 1Five minutes 8Twenty minutes 4Longer 2
Who it is written for
A practitioner 4Someone I care about 3Me 1
Where you are right now
Coping, mostly 3Getting ready for something 1
On your own, or with someone · Involves someone else
Involves someone else 4On my own 4Both of us together 2
Theme · Exercise, food and other supports
Systems for daily life 9The cost of avoiding 9Screens and attention 9Treatment and medication 8Medication and how it works 8Moving your body 7Shared spiritual life 6Feelings and focus 6What ADHD actually is 5Staying regulated in conflict 5Breaking the worry loop 4Exercise, food and other supports 4Rituals of connection 4Growing empathy 4Getting assessed and diagnosed 4What worry does 3Get started 3Knowing your partner 3Rebuilding trust 3Repair after rupture 3Reading, numbers and learning differences 2Facing it a step at a time 2Shame and stigma 2Answering bids 2Breathing 2Your nervous system 1Posture and how you carry yourself 1Food, caffeine and fuel 1When you use something to cope 1Righteous anger and perfectionism 1What anger actually is 1The moment before you snap 1Structure and routine 1Your sense of time 1
When
Any ordinary day 3Coming and going 1

A weighted vest seems to do its work in roughly the first quarter of an hour. Twenty minutes did not beat fifteen, so longer is not more help.

Use it as a tool for a moment rather than a garment for the day: on before the piece of work that needs the most sitting still, off once that is…

Twenty minutesExercise, food and other supportsMedical and treatmentQur’an 20:81

If you are thinking about a weighted blanket or vest for a child, let an occupational therapist set the weight. It is a specific number for a specific body, not something to guess at in a shop.

The pull to order one straight away is understandable, especially after months of bad nights. What an OT does is match the weight to the child's size…

Twenty minutesExercise, food and other supportsMedical and treatmentQur’an 55:8

When a test trips a child on something it was never meant to measure, change how they answer rather than what is asked. A spelling test spoken aloud is still a spelling test.

One girl saw letters as solid three dimensional shapes that would not sit together on a page, so writing them was a perceptual problem rather than a…

Twenty minutesExercise, food and other supportsMedical and treatmentQur’an 2:286

Ask for photographs of every bottle rather than a list from memory, then pass that list to the prescriber. Recall is patchy about names and hopeless about doses.

Intake forms catch some of it and a photo of the shelf catches the rest, including the two things nobody mentions because they seem too minor to…

Twenty minutesExercise, food and other supportsMedical and treatmentQur’an 6:141

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