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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our DS with significant ADHD was quite similar to yours at that age. The two sports that were gamechangers for him were swimming and Tae Kwon Do. He now does multiple sports and his coordination has come such a long way with medication and lots of practice.

It's great that your son has started swimming. If you belong to a pool, summer swim is a particularly fun way to get introduced competitive swimming and low pressure. My son is never better regulated and more peaceful than after a good swim practice!

TKD emphasizes many of the things you're worried about including coordination and self esteem. It helped my DS to gain some impulse control and body awareness. He loved that he had a clear goal of working toward the next belt  and was only competing with himself. He has had to move on because baseball and swimming take up most of his time now but the foundation from several years of TKD is still apparent and I hope he will go back someday. Highly recommend Flying Kick in Bethesda. Master A is wonderful with kids like ours![/quote]

I was going to recommend TKD as well.  Our 8yo son with speech and social/emotional delays and ADHD has thrived in TKD and it has given him so much confidence.  I credit much of our experience to the studio we go to, InCourage Martial Arts in Fairfax.  All of the masters there are wonderful and meet the kids where they are.[/quote]

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