Posts tagged ADHD
Weighted Blanket... Does It Work?

This week in our house we tried something new. Actually we tried two new things, speaking to a therapist and we tried a weighted blanket for our middle child. Both of our kids suffer from General Anxiety Disorder (GAD), however our middle child (he’s 8) struggles much more than our eldest. Night times are the worst with falling asleep and then staying asleep. I’d read a lot recently, and heard a lot recently, about weighted blankets supporting kids and adults with anxiety to sleep better. This past week we tried it out.

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One Step Forward..... One Tiny Step Back

For kids with learning challenges, or any child at all really, summer is always a time of great growth. It’s a time for new adventures and challenges. Sometimes there are amazing gains which surpass what we might have been expecting. Other times something comes out of nowhere and knocks you over. Whichever way it goes it’s all growth and celebrating the small wins is as important as the big wins.

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