Re: Re: ADHD- Balance Board

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Hi Nesa,

I use the balance board for a variety of activities. I really love it for children who have difficulty with visual attention and eye tracking. I start them with gentle weight shift in standing right and left, while I toss a large playground sized ball to them from various heights and distances. This often sets the stage for more focused, organized visual eye tracking and retraining. You can progress to increase speed and make the ball smaller. I also use the board as an educational tool to go through visual flash cards with math facts or sight words while balancing. As students get "good" you can also switch the weight shift to front and back with one leg in front of the other- with special focus on the back shift to release the calf muscle. Always position the board away from walls with protective mats around it, as children not use to it can easily fall when starting out. I always begin

with assistance from the back with my hands on hips for the best support and least dependence. You have great ability to reposition someone when assisting from the hips, vs the hands- and they engage their balance more, rather than depending on the person assisting. Hope this helps, good luck!

From: nesasg <galister.dcruz@...>Subject: Re: ADHD- Balance Board Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 10:17 PM

Hi ,We are also using the balance board for attention deficit. So far, I have got my son who's 9 to stand on the board for 10 mins a day and do an activity ( some manual dexterity exercises that Dr Masgutova recommended for him). He's not hyper but has attention deficit. I hope you can share with us how you used the balance board to help children with similar problems.Also with regards to the weighted blanket, do you mean have the child lying under a weighted blanket while doing the Reflex Exercises?Regards,NesaSingapore> > From: gmsale <gmsale@...>> Subject: [childrenwithchalle nges] ADHD> childrenwithchallen gesgroups (DOT) com> Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 12:07 PM> > > > > > > Hi again,> > I have two boys, , 7 diagnosed with ASD and Cameron, 5. Cameron > has never been diagnosed with anything but he has some behavioural > issues and his school teacher calls me once a week. We've gone around > different psychologists here in Singapore with conflicting opinions > about him, from autsim, dyspraxia to dyslexia and sensory > integration disorder. Services are still developing here. I have > decided not to listen to any of them and just to listen with my eyes > and my heart. He has low muscle tone and sees an OT once a week. I > also engaged a speech therapist to help him with his articulation.>

> However, as I sat in Dr Masgutova's seminar two weeks ago, she > mentioned something interesting, that many children with ADD are > thought to have dyslexia. I had settled on the "fact" that he might > have dyslexia.> > As I thought it through, I now suspect he has ADD or ADHD. It does > not matter to me whether he has an official label, I would just like > to help him accordingly. Now that I read up more about ADHD, I think > that I might have it too! > > Anyway, I am digressing, I would like to hear from parents of > children with ADHD and how reflex integration has helped their > children. There are days when I just feel like I don't understand my > younger son at all and it is not a good place to be in, for the two > of us.> > Thank you.> >

Grace>

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Hi Nesa!,

We will have Beverly & Grant in the camp doing the balance board. They are the best!

Your son will luv this! In addition to that, you kids will be on the balance board 1hrs each day

for 7days. Definately you will see major improvement!

Yonie

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ADHD> childrenwithchallen gesgroups (DOT) com> Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 12:07 PM> > > > > > > Hi again,> > I have two boys, , 7 diagnosed with ASD and Cameron, 5. Cameron > has never been diagnosed with anything but he has some behavioural > issues and his school teacher calls me once a week. We've gone around > different psychologists here in Singapore with conflicting opinions > about him, from autsim, dyspraxia to dyslexia and sensory > integration disorder. Services are still developing here. I have > decided not to listen to any of them and just to listen with my eyes > and my heart. He has low muscle tone and sees an OT once a week. I > also

engaged a speech therapist to help him with his articulation.> > However, as I sat in Dr Masgutova's seminar two weeks ago, she > mentioned something interesting, that many children with ADD are > thought to have dyslexia. I had settled on the "fact" that he might > have dyslexia.> > As I thought it through, I now suspect he has ADD or ADHD. It does > not matter to me whether he has an official label, I would just like > to help him accordingly. Now that I read up more about ADHD, I think > that I might have it too! > > Anyway, I am digressing, I would like to hear from parents of > children with ADHD and how reflex integration has helped their > children. There are days when I just feel like I don't understand my > younger son at all and it is not a good place to be in, for the two > of us.> > Thank

you.> > Grace>

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Thanks Yonie and . I will try some of the activities you mentioned , sounds good and simple to do. I have just realised that my son's attention deficit is affected in some measure from his tracking problems.Thanks to Yonie we discovered this and have started using the balance board.

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 8:33 AM, Yonie Yonie <yy2crazy2b@...> wrote:

Hi Nesa!,

We will have Beverly & Grant in the camp doing the balance board. They are the best!

Your son will luv this! In addition to that, you kids will be on the balance board 1hrs each day

for 7days. Definately you will see major improvement!

Yonie

[childrenwithchalle nges] ADHD

> childrenwithchallen gesgroups (DOT) com> Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 12:07 PM> > >

> > > > Hi again,> > I have two boys, , 7 diagnosed with ASD and Cameron, 5. Cameron > has never been diagnosed with anything but he has some behavioural > issues and his school teacher calls me once a week. We've gone

around > different psychologists here in Singapore with conflicting opinions > about him, from autsim, dyspraxia to dyslexia and sensory > integration disorder. Services are still developing here. I have

> decided not to listen to any of them and just to listen with my eyes > and my heart. He has low muscle tone and sees an OT once a week. I > also engaged a speech therapist to help him with his articulation.

> > However, as I sat in Dr Masgutova's seminar two weeks ago, she > mentioned something interesting, that many children with ADD are > thought to have dyslexia. I had settled on the " fact " that he

might > have dyslexia.> > As I thought it through, I now suspect he has ADD or ADHD. It does > not matter to me whether he has an official label, I would just like > to help him accordingly. Now that I read up more about ADHD, I

think > that I might have it too! > > Anyway, I am digressing, I would like to hear from parents of > children with ADHD and how reflex integration has helped their > children. There are days when I just feel like I don't understand

my > younger son at all and it is not a good place to be in, for the two > of us.> > Thank you.> > Grace>

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Alice

It can be used for developing balancing skills. It is not the same as Svetlana uses but it has some of the same features.

Diane

From: Alice McKeon <alicemckeon@...>Subject: Re: ADHD- Balance Board Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 3:25 AM

Hello Ladies: I have one of those circular balance things. It has a flat plastic top surface to stand on and a round half-sphere shaped bottom. It can wobble in any direction. Is this wobble thing like your balance boards or are they strictly left and right sides? Alice