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Regulation

• How stimming helps with regulation

• Wiggling improves performance in students with ADHD (Hartanto et al., 2016)

• When choosing a fidget strategy, it needs to meet 3 criteria:

  1. It alerts you and arouses you,

  2. It operates outside awareness

  3. It doesn’t bother others around you

Fidgets

• Applying chapstick

• Fiddling with a pen

• Sensory rubber rings

• Desk buddy

• Chewing (not-toxic and chewable) - Chewellery for children and adults

• Spinner rings for teens and adults

• Stretchy, bouncy bands for school and home chairs

• Ear defenders for sensory overload

School supports

• Use a clear plastic box rather than a locker for school books

• Turn lined pages sideways to align number columns and avoid confusion

Adults

• Jobseeking: Use Indeed for searches, as drag and drop - easier to do the thing

• Storage - use clear storage boxes

• Use muffin trays to organise draws

• Use ice cube trays to organise jewellery

Both

• Showering - if you step into the shower and lose track of time

• Use a shower timer, like

• 4-minute Showerbob timer:

• 5-minute hourglass timer

• Or use a Spotify shower timer playlist

Food

• Add protein to every meal - but requires executive function, so need to

• For snacks, use cheese sticks, individual serving of nuts, jerky/biltong, protein balls, Greek yoghurt

• Typically less processed than carbs

Keystone practices

• Nutrition: Concentrate on macronutrients like protein

• Protein supports cognition for hours rather than minutes

• Consider the impact of chemicals, preservatives, food colourings, processed foods