ADHD Archives - Meraki Lane

25 Energizing Brain Breaks for Kids | Engaging your students in regular brain breaks in the classroom can help improve attention, focus, retention, self-regulation, and more! We’re excited to share our favorite quick and easy movement ideas to help kids shed excess energy, and have included ideas for children in preschool and kindergarten, elementary school, and middle school. These activities are fun, calming, and perfect for indoor recess days! #brainbreaks #brainbreaksforkids #sensorybreaks

Focus and Control: 25 Energizing Brain Breaks for Kids

16 IEP Tips for Parents | If you’re the parent or teacher of a student with a learning disability, challenges with executive functioning, or a developmental delay like autism or ADHD and you want to know how to prepare for an IEP meeting, progress monitoring tips, how to ensure your child’s accommodations are being met, and how to set IEP goals and objectives, this collection of ideas is for you! #IEP #IEPmeeting #IEPtips

Learning support for your child: 16 IEP tips for parents

60+ ADHD Diet Tips and Recipes | Whether you’re looking for menu plan ideas for kids, for teens, or for adults as a natural treatment for attention deficit disorder, this collection of breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, and dessert recipes is perfect for the whole family – even for picky eaters! We’ve even included a great recipe books for smoothies to help ensure your child is getting all the nutrients he or she needs. #ADHD #ADHDDiet #ADHDKids #ADHDStrategies

The ADHD Diet For Kids: 60+ Tips and Recipes For Parents

27 Play-Doh Games or Kids | Play-doh mats are a great way to teach kids their numbers, letters, and shapes, and there are so many free printables for different themes, like the weather, the seasons, and various holidays like Christmas, Valentine’s Day and Easter. They also help develop a child’s fine motor skills! Check out our favorite play-doh activities for fun in the classroom and at home. #playdoh #playdohactivities #playdough #playdoughrecipe #playdoughactivities #finemotoractivities

27 Play-Doh Games & Activities to Develop Fine Motor Skills [& More!]

19 Activities for Kids with ADHD | If you’re looking for fun games and activities to help kids with impulse control and anger management while also teaching them important coping skills, like how to calm down before their emotions get out of hand, these gross motor activities are a great place to start. Suitable for use at home, in therapy, and in the classroom, these tips and ideas are perfect for parents and teachers. #ADHD #ADHDstrategies #ADHDactivities #ADHDkids #specialneedskids

19 Activities for Kids with ADHD that Burn Energy and Improve Focus

Good Behavior Charts for Kids | Looking for the best reward system for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners, kids in first grade, and beyond? From our best tips for creating sticker charts, to our fave free printable behavior charts, to reward chart ideas you can use for just about anything, these DIY ideas will inspire you to replace punishments and consequences with positive reinforcement! #behaviorcharts #rewardsystem #behaviormanagement #chorechart #positiveparenting #positivediscipline

Good Behavior Charts: 28 Reward System Tips and Templates for Kids

ADHD In the Classroom | Teaching kids with ADHD can be extremely challenging. From poor behavior management and an inability to pay attention, to speaking of out turn and struggling with hyperactivity and poor self-control, teachers can find it difficult to find ways to help young children with ADHD. Check out 18 of our best teaching tips and ADHD strategies for a successful school year! #ADHD #teacher #classroommanagement #teaching

ADHD In the Classroom: 18 Teaching Tips to Maintain Focus and Motivation

19 ADHD Parenting Tips that Work | If you’re the mom (or dad) of a child with ADHD or other learning disabilities that cause problems with attention, hyperactivity, and/or self-control, we’ve got 19 simple yet effective ideas and strategies for families you can start implementing with your children TODAY to help improve focus, concentration, and behavior management at home and in the classroom. #ADHD #ADD #parenting #specialneeds #positivediscipline #positiveparenting

How to Discipline a Child with ADHD: 19 ADHD Parenting Tips that Work

If your kids are prone to after school temper tantrums, this post explains why they occur, how to identify triggers, and the best coping strategies to prevent an after school emotional meltdown. Perfect for kids of all ages and abilities, included special needs kids with autism, sensory processing disorder, and ADHD, these parenting tips will also help your children with self-control and self-regulation! #tantrums #meltdowns #backtoschool #autism #SPD #ADHD #specialneeds #parenting #parenting101

The After School Emotional Meltdown: 15 Preventative Tips for Parents

Therapy Toys for Special Needs Kids | 19 easy and fun occupational therapist approved toys for kids with developmental delays like autism, sensory processing disorder, and cerebral palsy. Perfect for use in speech therapy, play therapy, occupational therapy, and at home, these products and activities help kids develop their gross motor and fine motor skills, aid in language development, and help improve cognitive skills.

19 Therapist-Approved Therapy Toys and Games for Special Needs Kids

Visual Schedules for Children with Autism | Looking for daily routine charts to use in the classroom? Need free printables to use at home? Looking for DIY daily and weekly visual schedules for autistic children? From simple charts that teach life skills, to behavior support ideas, to portable PECS pictures, learn how to make your own visual routines and where to buy ready made communication boards that last.

Visual Schedules for Children with Autism: How and Why They Work!

How to Stay Calm When Your Child is Yelling | Want to know how to stay calm as a parent, even when your children are out of control? We’re sharing 9 tips for moms and dads who want to know how to be more patient, calm, and present with their kids. Whether your child is just misbehaving, or struggles with developmental delays like ADHD, autism, sensory processing disorder, and/or ODD, these behavior management tips will help!

Special Needs Parenting: How to Stay Calm When Your Child is Yelling

Anxiety in Children | Everything you need to know about the signs and symptoms of childhood anxiety (stomachaches, lack of sleep, school anxiety, etc.), the best parenting tips for mom and dad, and 7 coping skills and activities for kids with big worries. #anxiety #mentalhealth #kidstherapy #playtherapy

Anxiety in Children: 15 Tips and Coping Strategies to Teach Self-Regulation

Oral Motor Activities for Kids | If your child has autism and/or sensory processing disorder & you’re looking for oral sensory activities you can do at home, in the classroom & as part of speech therapy, we’ve got 16 fun activities for toddlers, kids in preschool & kindergarten & beyond! These activities help with a variety of challenges like picky eating and inappropriate chewing, sucking & biting.

The Oral Sensory System: 16 Oral Motor Activities for Kids

30 Play Therapy Activities for Kids | 30 simple therapeutic activities for children you can use in a counseling setting or at home to help a child express their emotions surrounding a trauma or ongoing feelings of anxiety. Perfect for toddlers, kids in preschool, school-aged kids, for tweens and teens, and kids with autism, ADHD, and anxiety, these activities offer a great way to teach healthy anger management and coping skills.

Play Therapy Techniques: 30 Therapeutic Activities for Children

Breathing Techniques for Anxiety in Children | If you’re looking for simple relaxation techniques and breathing exercises for kids that work at home and in the classroom, we’ve got 10 ideas to help. These calming activities are perfect for anxiety and stress as well as anger management, and help teach healthy coping skills so kids can calm down on their own when big emotions strike.

Breathing Techniques for Anxiety: 10 Calming Activities for Kids

Gluten Free Casein Free Diet for Autism | The GFCF diet is one of many alternative autism treatments, and some parents see an improvement in autism behaviors when they put their child on a gluten free and dairy free diet. We’re sharing our best beginner tips for a smooth transition to the diet as well as 20 of our favorite kid-approved GFCF recipes to help get you started.

Gluten Free Casein Free Diet for Autism: 29 Tips & Recipes for Parents

DIY Good Behavior Chart for Kids | Looking for a reward system to support your positive reinforcement efforts with children either at home or at school? Perfect for parents trying to control rambunctious boys, teachers trying to enforce classroom rules, and moms who desperately want their morning routines to run smoother, these ideas also work well with special needs kids with autism, ADHD, etc.

Positive Parenting: DIY Good Behavior Chart for Young Kids

21 Sensory Break Activities for Kids | Also known as ‘brain breaks’ & ‘movement breaks’, these sensory breaks for kids are perfect to help students with ADD, ADHD, sensory processing disorder, autism & other developmental delays calm down & focus in the classroom. Perfect for teachers & parents, these fun ideas also develop gross motor skills, improve self-regulation & help with behavior management in the classroom.

Sensory Integration at School: 21 Sensory Break Activities for Kids

11 Phrases to Calm an Anxious Child | The internet is full of all the things you should never say to an anxious child as well as great coping skills and tips about children and anxiety, but what parents really need is a list of things to say to an anxious child when big emotions take over. We're sharing 11 ideas and our favorite anxiety books for kids!

How to Help Kids with Anxiety: 11 Phrases to Calm an Anxious Child

56 Occupational Therapy Activities for Kids | Whether your child has sensory processing challenges, struggles with fine motor, gross motor, and/or visual motor skills, needs help with handwriting, or needs core strengthening exercises, we have 56 fun learning activities that are perfect for kids with developmental delays like autism and sensory processing disorder. These pediatric OT ideas will not disappoint!

Learning Through Play: 56 Occupational Therapy Activities and Tips for Kids