A typical ADHD behaviour is to constantly fidget and be on the go. These children very often fail to achieve in a traditional educational environment simply because they cannot focus and the inability to complete a task is one of the defining symptoms for the condition.
During 5 years I was based at a pupil referral unit for children who were unable to cope in mainstream education, I researched using sensory equipment which was normally used with physical disabilities in children, within the ADHD context.

What I found was very exciting. Children respond very well to colour. A useful tool was to colour in patterns’ with children and interpret the colours that they use and the way they go about the pattern as an interpretation into their learning personality. By using light and colour equipment in a special way known as ‘rainbow journey’, I was able to evolve a formula for identifying colour diet deficiency. We all need colour. This is light transmitted along the optic nerve which upon going through the pineal gland splits into rainbow pathways, each of which fire a sequence of pineal circuits and brain hormones. Sometimes these colour triggers are deficient, a little bit like the seasonal affective disorder, whereby people are known to go into depression a certain times of the year because these brain hormones are out of balance.
By using homeopathic colour essences as defined by the colour formula, and working with games involving specific colours with the children, we saw a dramatic improvement in the hyperactive behaviours and in almost every case there was a better result in the children having better sleep patterns,

One technique within the rainbow journey is to allow the child to play in UV light for a while. After a 10 minute session they would typically return to class in a more focused and attentive way. The Ultra Violet passing through the pineal gland simulates the UV in early morning sunlight which activates serotonin the feel good brain hormone. It also triggers the pathway to the evening sunlight which is higher in infra red light and this is what triggers the melatonin pathway which is another brain hormone that helps the nervous system get ready to relax for a goodnight’s sleep.

This cycle is what is compromised in so many ADHD behaviours.