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Can exercise help kids with ADHD?
Exercise helps kids with ADHD organize and improve classwork and homework, manage mood swings, make and keep friends, and optimize their brains for learning.
Brian Vieira
May 12 min read


The Big Three in ADHD
Does your child have symptoms of ADHD? If you have a child or student that is constantly fidgety, inattentive, impulsive, and unfocused in a manner that's inappropriate for their age or development, they may have ADHD--especially if it runs in their family. If you think that your child or student might have ADHD, you should know about the natural chemicals (or neurotransmitters) that can misfire in the brain.
Brian Vieira
Apr 173 min read


What is VITAAL-K Therapy? (Part one)
What is VITAAL-K Therapy? VITAAL-K Therapy is Movement-Based Literacy for Neurodiverse Learners. TAG VITAAL-K™ Therapy is a clinically recognized, strand-based literacy intervention designed for children with ADHD, dyslexia, and enrichment needs. Rooted in neuroscience and delivered through rhythmic, multisensory routines, TAG VITAAL-K™ empowers clinicians to transform literacy instruction into a dynamic, whole-body experience. This is not a curriculum. It’s a therapeutic...
Brian Vieira
Dec 15, 20251 min read


Movement-based literacy helps kids with ADHD learn to read
This student with ADHD went from failing all his classes to passing them all because he used movement-based literacy at T.A.G. The Academic Gym.
Brian Vieira
Dec 12, 20251 min read


How to use movement-based learning to help kids with ADHD
At T.A.G. The Academic Gym, we used movement-based learning to help kids with ADHD. Notice how this student is always moving. Now his constant need for movement might be considered a distraction in a standard classroom, but at T.A.G. we use his need to move to his advantage.
Brian Vieira
Dec 4, 20251 min read


Vital-K Therapy™—How exercise can provide support for ADHD
What if the key to unlocking focus, confidence, and academic success in kids with ADHD isn’t found only in a pill—but in a punch, a chant, and a jump?
That’s the promise of VITAL Kinesthetic Therapy™ (VITAL-K Therapy™), a groundbreaking approach developed by educator Brian Vieira, founder of The Academic Gym®️.
Brian Vieira
Sep 11, 20252 min read
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