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ADHD motivation technique
I homeschool a daughter with ADHD, and I have found a technique that
works more often than anything else I've tried. When I tell my daughter a task to accomplish, I use a variation of the carot - stick routine. I set a timer with a time limit for her to do the task in. Then, I tell her that if she gets it done early (say ten minutes for a 45 minute task), I will give her a reward. If she takes too long; however, she is told she will be punished in some way. It has produced amazing results and should help others out there. If you are in a homeschool group, paste this technique into those group's email servers so others can benefit. Also, and this is a personal request. I've written a Christian book on God's Providence that I am giving away for the benefit of the body of Christ. It is at.. http://beingone.20m.com/providence.html Check it out, and include it in your posts of this email (if you would) so that others may be blessed by it as well. Thanks. http://beingone.20m.com/providence.html (30 Days of Providence) |
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SPAM ALERT.... Don't feed her!
"K C" wrote in message om... I homeschool a daughter with ADHD, and I have found a technique that works more often than anything else I've tried. When I tell my daughter a task to accomplish, I use a variation of the carot - stick routine. I set a timer with a time limit for her to do the task in. Then, I tell her that if she gets it done early (say ten minutes for a 45 minute task), I will give her a reward. If she takes too long; however, she is told she will be punished in some way. It has produced amazing results and should help others out there. If you are in a homeschool group, paste this technique into those group's email servers so others can benefit. Also, and this is a personal request. I've written a Christian book on God's Providence that I am giving away for the benefit of the body of Christ. It is at.. http://beingone.20m.com/providence.html Check it out, and include it in your posts of this email (if you would) so that others may be blessed by it as well. Thanks. http://beingone.20m.com/providence.html (30 Days of Providence) |
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"animzmirot" wrote in message ... SPAM ALERT.... Don't feed her! You did already !!!!! |
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"K C" wrote in message
om... alternativebeliefs If she takes too long; however, she is told she will be punished in some way. My, that's certainly a typically Christian approach. Too bad you can't teach her life lessons about doing things for the sake of doing them, rather than because some big bad entity is going to GETCHA if you don't. -- Byron "Barn" Canfield ----------------------------- "Politics is a strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles." -- Ambrose Bierce |
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"Byron Canfield" wrote in message news:wbk6c.34870$1p.538456@attbi_s54...
"K C" wrote in message om... alternativebeliefs If she takes too long; however, she is told she will be punished in some way. My, that's certainly a typically Christian approach. Is it? I've yet to meet the typical Christian. How nice that you have. Too bad you can't teach her life lessons about doing things for the sake of doing them, rather than because some big bad entity is going to GETCHA if you don't. Perhaps we can talk about what it is like to be ADHD or ADD? Firstly, I can't imagine giving my daughter a 45 minute task, not even at age 11. Rewards might have worked better for me than punishments, and Lord knows that when I was in school I learned to take whatever the teacher could dish out! It didn't matter how in trouble I was going to get. The threat of trouble in no way enabled me to concentrate on my work or be productive. Neither did the promise of reward do anything to help. It didn't matter how badly I wanted the reward either. Why? Because the *problem* is not one of motivation! Duh. Likewise, doing for the sake of doing, while an admirable quality, does not address the reason that it is difficult for an ADD person to *do*. Have you dealt with ADD or ADHD, Byron? Wanting to do something, wanting to do a good job at it, all of it is irrelevant to the question of why that child can't keep his or herself on task. It's not lack of motivation or stuborness that makes a child sit before a workbook for three hours, giving up play-time or priviledges, when the work will take less than 15 minutes to complete. It is certainly not because the child has not been taught to do things for the sake of doing them. What has worked best for *my* child is to stand over her, admittedly not pleasant for either of us, and insist that she stay on task and even walk her though the tasks, ask prompting questions, tap her page and have her read or re-read. And most importantly to be absolutely sure that she is learning that she CAN GET DONE. Quickly. 10 minutes or less, usually. Education happens when a child is receptive. I can't imagine any concept in elementary school that takes longer than 10 or 15 minutes to teach. And then later you teach it again. But not right away, and not for 45 minutes straight. I *could* give her half an hour or 45 minutes to complete tasks but most of that time would be spent diddling around or day-dreaming and those are not useful habits to encourage. Giving her less time is better. -Julie |
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