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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A weighted vest and a wiggle seat might help.

A smaller class and hours and hours of physical activity might help.

Other than that, there's nothing you can do. IMO. I think expensive therapy would be a huge waste here.[/quote]

We tried a weighted vest - no effect whatsoever (though his teachers called in a panic - thought he had a major body injury that he had to wear a body cast for!)

I'm going to try the wiggle seat.

Would love a smaller class but we don't have any options where we are. I've also looked into co-ops, home care with a  small group of kids - literally nothing unless I quit my job to drive out to the suburbs in the morning. The crisis isn't that bad yet.

The funny thing is that we do not notice any difference in his behavior between no activity days and hours and hours of activity days.  We live in the city and walk and scooter everywhere, and the kid never stops moving in any event. School takes him to the park every day for 2 hours, I usually take him back to the park after school. He runs around the house.  Never stops. He's still a maniac at school. Then some days he'll watch tv for 5 hours (rarely, but happens, e.g. on a school holiday where the babysitter cancels and I have to work from home) and once he gets up from the tv his behavior is the same as the days when he was running around for 6 hours.

We've also noticed no difference in days with sugar versus days with only healthy stuff. Or days with dairy versus days without. Or days when he takes an allergy pill versus days without. The reality is that this is just a core part of his brain.  [/quote]

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