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Nov. 3, 2006

Focus child! FOCUS!

So my nine year old has some serious problems focusing on the task at hand. The other day it took her one hour to correct two math worksheets. At one point she handed it back to me twice with the same answer for one of the problems. Now maybe Im a big meanie but if it is something we have been doing for months such as borrowing in subtraction I dont help her. If its something we just learned I will guide her down the right road, but I tell her Im not doing the work for her, which is what she really wants. She then proceeded to take another hour on her spelling which should take between 15-30m. MAinly because she gets distracted and does not focus.

Here is my husbands suggestion. He wants me to let her pick out a piece of candy before she starts the lesson. If she finishes in the allotted time she gets the candy, if not she does not.

My thought is using her breaks as incentives. Give her computer time, karaoke time, drawing time, part of a video, or something else she enjoys doing during her breaks. If she does not complete the assignment on time then she has to finish it during break time. She loves her breaks so Im really thinking that she might miss one or two before she takes the hint.

Any other ideas?

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Nov. 4, 2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous

"My daughter has ADHD. She would often take an hour and a
half to do her 15 spelling words. I decided to buy a roll of tickets
and set a generous time limit for each of her lessons. Each lesson
she finished correctly and on time, she would get a ticket. I purch-
ased cheap little things from Oriental Trading Company for the kids
to trade their tickets in for. Most everything we try gets old after
awhile, but we started doing this early last year and it still works.

Now it is cheaper because instead of spending her tickets she is
saving to see how many she can earn. My oldest son is not spend-
ing his either. You can use any kind of reward for them to purchase,
but the tickets they get for each lesson shows their accomplishments.

You do not actually have to purchase a roll of tickets either. I origi-
nally made my own tickets out of construction paper adding a small
inspiration sticker and my initial so that they could not fool me with
their own made up tickets. The tickets at Oriental Trading Company
were only about $2, and I got tired of making them." -- Tracey W.

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