ADHD Done Differently

Did you know that research tells us that children with ADHD learn more effectively if they can move during the activity they are doing? They also need regular movement breaks between activities. Grab this pack today and add it to your ADHD toolkit! This pack contains 10 exercise visuals on 20 A4 full-colour printables. 10x with a 30-second reminder on them and 10x without the time, for use with timed and untimed breaks, so you can put them on the wall and make movement or exercise stations. Th

UPDATED March 2024 - Now includes a printable PDF and a fillable PDF. ADHD brains are often known as 'interest-based brains'. When teaching our ADHD children & adolescents, if we can use their own interests in activities, we can often increase their engagement in activities and tasks - and let them have fun while they learn! This is a comprehensive checklist that can be done with children or adolescents (and their parents) to identify their current interest areas (or find new ones!) so we can

ADHDers often need work aligned with their interests to help them be motivated to complete the work. This is a must-have resource for any child or adolescent who loves Minecraft and is working on their literacy! This resource contains sounds-write aligned (initial code and extended code) word lists so they can learn to read and spell in a motivating way. * UPDATE: It also includes new Minecraft vocabulary from their latest update from June 2023 (Edition 1.20) - including cherry blossom biome,

The guide is designed to empower educators with knowledge and practical strategies to support neurodivergent students' working memory in the classroom setting. Recognising the critical role working memory plays in learning and academic achievement, this guide provides evidence-based approaches tailored to the needs of neurodivergent learners. Please note: this guide is aimed at educators in the classroom setting. Any education or health professionals working in classrooms or schools would ben

Children with ADHD can have a hard time sustaining their attention to a task, especially if the task is boring or prolonged. When their attention shifts away from a task, it is also difficult for them to re-engage in that same task without support. This is a simple, yet effective strategy where we are supporting a child, not only to attend to an activity but to self-monitor how they are performing in relation to a goal or task and encourage them to continue until the task is finished. Comes in a

You will receive 3 attractive png images for you to use as part of your online or telehealth lessons. Add them into your resources or drag them onto the screen during screen share to use them to focus your student's attention. * NOT for commercial use

Allied Health Professionals - How often do you head into a school visit for your ADHD child or adolescent, and are not exactly sure what you should be looking out for!? This resource provides you with checklists and recommendations for ADHDers in the classroom setting. This resource comes with two different checklists and HEAPS of recommendations for support related to what you notice in the classroom for the ADHDer child or adolescent. A Teacher and Classroom Observation ChecklistA child/adole

Colourful Semantics is a fantastic approach for children with ADHD, and any child with a range of speech, language, or communication difficulties. These visuals are colourful, engaging and can be used to reduce the working memory load for children while learning new sentences! It helps facilitate: Vocabulary development Narrative development Sentence length and complexity Oral and literate language comprehension and production Asking and Answering questioning & great scaffolding visuals f

This resource can be useful for ANYONE, including parents/carers and students, educators and allied health professionals who are interested in helping students with school can't (aka school refusal). What does this resource include: 1. A summary of school can't - which includes evidence-based information about what it is, what it isn't, reasons for school can't as well as some support ideas. 2. A traffic light system student activity to help find out what each student is finding easy or enjoyabl

Children with ADHD often speak louder than their neurotypical peers. This places them at higher risk of developing vocal nodules and voice disorders. These visuals are fantastic to use in your clinic, home or within a classroom, to: * encourage self-awareness of how children use their voice * encourage goal setting with your child & * providing a visual reminder to use speak at an appropriate voice volume

As a neurodivergent parent AND clinician passionate about supporting neurodivergent children in the classroom, I'm excited to introduce our resource for 2024! A practical printable designed to empower our primary school children to self-advocate for what supports and accommodations they might need in the classroom!This printable acts as a bridge, offering valuable insights into the strengths, sensory, social and learning needs of each neurodivergent child. It's a tool you complete with your neur

Use these fun, engaging visuals with Blank's levels of questions, to support comprehension and expressive language in the classroom, clinic or even at home. They come in 2 sizes and come with a short explanation sheet for each level. Level 1 - 8 question types Level 2 - 14 question types Level 3 - 12 question types Level 4 - 6 question types

A mini package for teachers and therapists of neurodivergent children and adolescents to support movement and fidgeting to focus. The pack includes: 1. A brief rationale (based on research evidence) as to why neurodivergent children (ADHD) should be using movement and fidgets to focus and attend in our classrooms and clinics. 2. A list of sensory-motor movement ideas you and the child/adolescent can try to see which ones best support their learning. 3. Examples of neurodiversity-affirming goal

Visuals for the classroom and desk for addition, subtraction, division, multiplication and equals. Uses varied vocabulary to support comprehension of maths questions.

This is a printable PDF you will be able to download that includes 24 cognitive verb cards. Each card contains the word, a visual representation of the word and a child friendly definition of the word. Cognitive verbs help us think critically about our world, and can help increase our understanding of academic language. From 'think' and 'feel' to 'compare' and 'synthesize' these cards can be used with children to explore and understand important concepts.

Are you looking for some Christmas-themed activities to keep your kids busy at home or at school? Here is a resource for you! It includes: Find the pictures - Can you find all the Christmas-themed objects?Design your own Christmas tree activityDraw your own reindeer using a die, a pen and a piece of paper! But beware - they may look a bit silly!Christmas Word search - for younger childrenChristmas Word search - for older childrenA colour by number - for younger childrenWould you rather questions

This is a printable visual resource for children who have challenges with emotional dysregulation, stress or anxiety. It contains three printable visuals that can serve as reminders for your child to use one of the strategies: Feather Breathing, Robot to Ragdoll and 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding Strategy. And includes pictures of tools and tokens when children use the visuals. These strategies are simple and easy to implement at home, in the classroom or in therapy. It can be used to teach an individual c

Do you need help motivating your child with ADHD to engage in therapy or in activities in the classroom, clinic or at home? Use these printable reinforcement targets to encourage fun, engagement and active play. Print them out, stick them to a whiteboard, cupboard, wall, corkboard or even used bottles. Then have fun aiming beanbags, balls, or nerf guns at the targets as motivation or reward during therapy activities.

Research tells us that many children with ADHD struggle with negative thoughts. I know this is true of my children with ADHD, but we can be a big part of working with them to help them shift into a more positive thought space. I have a FREE download to help you and your child or adolescent to challenge their negative thoughts. GRAB IT HERE! These questions can be so useful in helping your child to challenge those thoughts! One of my children with ADHD, after they have made a choice that gets th

This freebie comes with visuals to help you and your child brainstorms ways they can look after their whole self - Mind, body, spirit, skill improvement, relationships and outdoor time! You will also get a blank chart for them to come up with their own goals in each area. We set goals each week (including my husband and I!) and check in during our Sunday "Family Meeting" to see how we are all going.