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Outwit Your Boredom: Sensory Strategies for Living with ADD

Archive for November, 2007

Rick’s Most Interesting Fidget Strategies for Studying

After the ADD Class on Fidget to Focus, my friend and fellow coach, Rick Prevatt, sent us these strategies that have worked for his clients:

  • One client used to strap a light to his head, and go walking around the block at night. Said he could read it one time and remember it that way.
  • I had clients that put something underneath one leg of the chair or desk at school so it was unbalanced, and they could rock it.
  • Rocking in a rocking chair while studying works consistently with many people.
  • Listening to books on tape while running or exercising works well too.
  • One client would read out loud, but it was boring her and she couldn’t retain the info. When I listened to her, it bored me too. I had her then read it in a funny comical way, and she could remember and understand easily that way.
  • Another person had problems focusing during test. I sent her a pen that had a level in it. She would balance the bubble in the middle, and it was just enough to allow her to focus easily.
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