Practices

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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Reading, numbers and learning differences Someone I care about Under stress Clear all

Who it is written for · Someone I care about

Someone I care about 2 A practitioner 2

On your own, or with someone

Involves someone else 1 On my own 1

Theme · Reading, numbers and learning differences

Grounding and settling 29 Cool the body first 26 Your nervous system 21 The fear underneath anger 17 What anger actually is 14 Equanimity and perspective 11 Feelings and focus 11 The moment before you snap 10 Systems for daily life 9 The cost of avoiding 9 Breathing 8 Moving your body 8 What worry does 7 When anger turns to harm 6 Screens and attention 6 Shame and stigma 6 Tolerate distress 6 Breaking the worry loop 6 Medication and how it works 5 Choosing your response 5 Facing it a step at a time 5 When everything feels flat 4 Shame 4 Letting it out safely 4 Bringing the future closer 3 What you are actually defending 3 Exercise, food and other supports 3 Righteous anger and perfectionism 2 Self-compassion 2 Your sense of time 2 Structure and routine 2 Treatment and medication 2 Reading, numbers and learning differences 2 Making it stick 2 Getting assessed and diagnosed 2 Feeling from the inside 2 Growing empathy 2 Food, caffeine and fuel 2 What ADHD actually is 1 Remembering to do it 1 Rest and pacing 1 Obsessions and compulsions 1 Get started 1 When you use something to cope 1 Anger, alcohol and the body 1

When · Under stress

Any ordinary day 27 Under stress 2 In a change 1

If a parent has been saying since the first year of school that something is wrong with their child's reading, start from the assumption that they are right. They have watched more of it than anyone else has.

The usual story is years of being told the child is fine, a little behind, will catch up, and then a diagnosis at nine or ten when the easiest years…

Twenty minutesReading, numbers and learning differencesCoreQur’an 80:3

A child who cannot bear the noise, the lights and the scratchy jumper all day will be hard to be around by the afternoon. That child usually gets described as badly behaved rather than as overwhelmed.

Once a child is understood to be choosing it, everything that follows is punishment, the arousal climbs, and the sensory difficulty gets worse. That…

Twenty minutesReading, numbers and learning differencesCoreQur’an 49:11

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