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Every practice in the library, in one list. Narrow it by how long you have, who it is written for, and where you are right now.
Set the room up so that movement is already there for the taking: somewhere to stand, something to hold, a chair that lets you shift. Then nobody has to decide in the moment whether it is allowed.
This is a change to furniture and habit, not to willpower. A standing spot for part of the day, a wobble cushion, knitting or whittling while you…
If attention is the diagnosis and reading, writing or maths is still unusually hard, ask whether there is a second thing sitting underneath. The two travel together often enough that one label is rarely the whole story.
A specific difficulty with reading, written expression or number sits alongside attention problems in a large share of cases, and it needs its own…
Support does not have to stop at eighteen. Plan for it to thin out gradually through the twenties, at a level everyone has agreed rather than one that gets argued over every month.
A workable version names three things: what is still being helped with, how much, and when you will look at it again. Every six months is usually…
Keeping your own prescription going is a skill like any other: when to reorder, who to ring, what to do when the pharmacy has none. Better learned before the week you need it.
Put the whole thing in one place: the name and dose, the surgery or clinic, how far ahead a repeat has to go in, what happens when you travel, who to…
Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.