WOW ADHD

04/18/2026

The ATNR reflex works to separate the two sides of the body vertically.

Notice all of the extra movements with the retained reflex. These are involuntary movements that can be exhausting for our ADHD population. This in turn can lead to dysregulation.

When this reflex is not integrated kids can have difficulties with:

✔️ Crossing midline
✔️ Hand eye coordination
✔️ Eye tracking
✔️ Laterality

All of these factors can make reading and writing very difficult.

So if you want to work on reading and writing, let’s start at the bottom of the pyramid.

The good news is that we can tailor exercises for our WOW kids to integrate their reflexes!

… and we have fun while doing it!

04/12/2026

Week 1 recap!

We do a lot in 1 hour!
✔️ Sensory motor Circuit
✔️ Partner/group work
✔️ Story time- direct teaching about executive functioning
✔️ Calm down/ progressive muscle relaxation

Our sensory motor activities are carefully chosen to target reflex integration, motor planning, proprioception( heavy work), sensory processing, hand eye coordination, visual tracking. These activities are fun yet challenging. We are constantly evaluating the QUALITY of movement and HOW the kids react to the movement.

The partner activity this week was brilliant! Rolling while your partner bear walks over you. They must have the correct timing to move smoothly. This is a regulating heavy work activity requiring motor coordination. This is where the kids can get to know each other and be silly.

We read “My Brain is a Race car”. When you have a fast brain, you must have pitt stops ( sensory breaks) to keep that car going.

We introduced Wowie! The body talks and we need to listen… this is interoception. This is the foundation is self regulation- the art of noticing.

At the end of calm down, the kids wanted to experience the feeling of several weighted blankets, then busting out of it.

We love parent feedback ♥️

Can’t wait forweek 2!

04/06/2026

Understanding the WHY behind AHHD changes everything.

It shifts the question of what’s wrong, to what does my child need.

That is where progress begins and parents understand kids do well if they can.

When kids understand the WHY they become closer to self acceptance. Many ADHD kids face correction constantly. At WOW they learn that the brain and body talk. We teach how the ADHD brain works and experiment with tools to help regulate, attend and be their amazing self.

Our group is almost full!

Starts April 9

Can’t wait to WOW 🤩

03/27/2026

02/14/2026

Happy Valentine’s Day!

♥️from WOW♥️

We love each and every WOW participant we have had in our group!

Have a great day!!

❤️♥️💙💜💛💚

02/10/2026

Week 5 was a blast!

We really feel like we are in a groove and understand these kids…. And they are understanding themselves!

They are making connections between what we are teaching and discussing in group to home and school.

In the sensory motor component, we can see strong bodies and improved posture and motor control.

Parents have already bought some of the tools we use at wow 🤩

Families are understanding how and when to regulate.

One more session. We will be sad to see this group go 🙁

02/02/2026

Week 4!

We love seeing the kids working together, having a shared experience, laughing and negotiating social situations.

The ball excercise focused on the Moro reflex, which targets anxiety and fear. We all know those kids who are constantly in fight or flight. As well, we are working on those postural muscles which make it easier to sit and engage at school. We are grading our movement by grasping the ball with our legs. All while having fun!

We are starting to think about our WOW Tools for regulation. Each child will have a different set of tools when they leave 😊

We continue to do visual emotional check ins. Lots of tired kids this week because ya know- January 🫠. But they all leave feeling a little more energized ⚡️

01/27/2026

Week 3 was fun!

The kids are getting more comfortable and we are having great discussions. They are getting to know each other and being silly. What more could we ask for!

This week’s topic was EMOTIONS. It is important to have a safe way to label emotions and do check ins. Using a visual representation is preferred as it is easier to process and less intimidating.

No emotion is bad.

Every emotion is valid.

Sometimes our emotions can “sneak” up on us.

Understanding how our body feels gives us signals to understanding our emotions.

01/15/2026

This!

This was my favourite moment of our session tonight!

We all just finished our reflex integration story where we found our magic box of fidgets.

But the kids all found a box of these suckers instead 😀

They all immediately started pushing them on the floor and popping them off.

The sound was mesmerizing ⭐️

It was a shared moment of joy by all of the kids.

It was unscripted. They all discovered it together and immediately started making this suction noise together.

This is ADHD