thanks for the prayers, and @Elizabeth, thank you for being so willing to help, you have a very giving spirit. We are treating JoElle with mood stabilizers, so it is very up and down. Even throughout each day, very much of the up, then the down. Not depression, just not able to control herself. She cycles fast like me.
Tim and I just sat down and drew out a rewards chart and ideas of rewards, like spending 15 minutes alone with one of us doing an activity of her choice, piece of candy, staying up an extra 15 minutes, watching a fave show before bedtime, etc. We are going to get a large presentation board to put it on, then use velcro, so JoElle can move it herself when she does the things we want her to do. This is her positive motivation, so she will NEVER go backwards.
What we are targeting is: 1) Listening and obeying the first time 2) Eating twice per each time slot (oh yeah, we are breaking it into three times periods each day- time she wakes up to nap/ rest time; from time rest time is over till Daddy gets home; and from the time Daddy gets home till bedtime)
3) Keeping room clean- which we will define for her
4) Brushing teeth twice a day and taking a bath
5) Being Calm and having self control (again explanations will be illustrated as we do CONSTANTLY!)
Then, I am going to pull out of my garage my color chart from when I taught first grade, and when she doesn't do the things she should, I will have her change her color. There will also be a few rules- be nice to Alexa, be nice to Mommy, and be nice to Daddy. I don't think at this point there will be a negative consequence, I think she will just not be happy to have to change colors.
Then, if she DOESN'T have to change colors, she will get to add a paper gumball to a paper gumball machine, when it is full she will earn a BIG prize, not sure what yet :) but it will different each time.
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