Behavior Charts

My Super kid is not bad, his behavior is a result from altered brain wiring. So super mom and dad have to use visuals, incentives and token style rewards to motivate. He lack that internal motivation. Unfortunately, after a few months with something working really good it all of a sudden stops working, Thankfully I am super and can come up with a new plan on the top of my head during a really stressful moment. Can't you? Here are the most recent ones that have worked.

Here are some of our super charts.

Token reward chart. Breaks the day up so he is not deflated after one wrong choice. This is great during the school year because he nine times out of ten  always loses his sticker at school (one sticker for the whole day...don't get me started). So we give super kid other opportunities to be super. Tokens are just a stamped image that says happy that I circle punched. Look in the dinner time you can kinda see it. This one is replaced by our summer method and I will start a fresh chart when school resumes. Any Ideas?

For the summer we are using a simple plain glass jar that super kid can fill with tokens (same tokens from this chart). The ways to earn the tokens are a bit different. Random tokens given for when he is acting super, or we see him trying super hard at something, reading a book, or doing a summer camp activity to completion. He can turn these tokens in for timed computer time, timed Wii, water play in the yard or a trip to the pool, and park time (we live in Texas so spending an hour at the park is a luxury).

Ransom Box

The ADHD kid is sometimes disorganized. I say this word sometimes because he is also hyper organized at times...maybe a touch of OCD coming out. This one works wonders because the super home also stays clean and tidy. Here is the link that will take you to another hot spot so that you, too can be a super parent. The way this works is at the end of the night we give one quick warning about the toys being left in the living room, super kid's usual response is "I know, everything is picked up". Then heads to bed with his normal, I didn't have a drink- get out of bed 5 times, all the while super mom and dad are putting our super powers away and turning a bit muahhaaa evil. Why do we get so much joy over taking his toy to the ransom box I have no idea. But in the end he has only ever lost three items and only having to do three chores to get his toys back. I'll have to say this is a winner. We will expand it to shoes soon because I am tired of walking over them. But, then super dad will also start losing his shoes...hmmm, next blog post:

How to get your super husband to do chores. Take away his shoes.

Overall these charts and routines work well but we have to be really super and stick to them. It is really about us the super parents following through. Super kid thrives with routine, so we do our best to keep it that way.

happy behavior charting.

the super mom