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It works! It works! It works! Little K has several learning challenges. Her very slow auditory processing makes giving even simple directions to K monumental tasks. Many times when we had somewhere to be in the morning, it took at least as long to help her get ready as it did to get myself and the boys ready to go out the door. Every single direction had to be short and simple and followed up completely. Giving verbal cues and redirection were constant as she would interpret less than 1/2 of what was said to her so she needed constant reminders. Her visual processing is right on target (or at least very close). Hmmm...the dilema was in finding a way to give her visual cues. We considered traditional chore charts but they were often small with small blocks to check off and K has a hard time following along (left to right-top to bottom). It had to be bigger. She has also lost a lot of strength and control in her fingers so it had to utilize those skills as well to strengthen and maintain the skill she has but not be too complicated. This is what we came up with... Big K took 2 foot long strips of finished oak and mounted 7 clothes pins per strip and then attached them to the wall. I drew first on orange 1" by 2 1/2" index cards the things she needed to get ready in the morning (getting dressed, eating breakfast, brushing her hair, brushing her teeth, packing her lunch (everything is ready she just puts it in her lunch box), packing her backpack (again, everything is laid out) and getting her shoes on) then I put one word so she would understand that that meant the picture (for future). I put these on the top row in the order they are done in. Next I got green cards and put her 7 chores on them (feeding the cat, feeding the dog, sweeping the kitchen, starting the dishwasher, put away cups and silverware, gather her dirty laundry and pick up her toys. Again, with one word to mean that activity. After every single card was made, I asked her what it meant. If she got it, then I went with it and had it laminated...if not, I started over and always asked her what made her think of . The next line was blue and involved her school subjects (math, history, science, reading, ballet and music...I also had a writing one but Grammie accidently laminated it with math :) so I have to redo that one). Finally, I had yellow cards with her night time routine on it (bath, pajamas, brush hair, brush teeth, pick a movie, story time and bed). Now, before anyone gets too excited about the pick a movie thing...let me just say that it works for our family. We have overcome HUGE sleep anxiety issues with Little K related to her treatment, hospital stays and in the ICU. We are making steps and this works for us. So, back to our system. Little K knows what each color means and each line is for (morning routine, chores, school and night time routine). As she performs each task, she flips the card over to show it is done. This way, she still knows what is left. If she does not have to do that particular thing that day, I just leave it turned over when I set up her board before I go to bed. So far, so good!
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