Comments on: Daily Challenges of ADD http://drcale.com/homework/daily-challenges-of-add/ Terrific Solutions to Parenting Problems Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:02:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Claire http://drcale.com/homework/daily-challenges-of-add/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Claire Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:55:19 +0000 http://drcale.com/homework/daily-challenges-of-add/#comment-31 In my household the red card idea would not work. When my son does something that is unhealthy for him and/or the family, I walk away and give him no response, no energy. I show him that I just don't care for the behaviors that are damaging; if it isn't productive I don't water the weed. This technique has worked to effectively reduce the negative behaviors my son was exhibiting at home, where systems of removing privileges and discussing poor behavior had always failed. In my household the red card idea would not work. When my son does something that is unhealthy for him and/or the family, I walk away and give him no response, no energy. I show him that I just don’t care for the behaviors that are damaging; if it isn’t productive I don’t water the weed. This technique has worked to effectively reduce the negative behaviors my son was exhibiting at home, where systems of removing privileges and discussing poor behavior had always failed.

]]> By: Mrs Mom http://drcale.com/homework/daily-challenges-of-add/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Mrs Mom Wed, 07 Feb 2007 02:35:17 +0000 http://drcale.com/homework/daily-challenges-of-add/#comment-18 Phyllis, My daughter's 2nd grade teacher uses a system that's similar to this. In her class, each student starts out the day with a green chip. They get one warning if they're doing something disruptive. The 2nd time she has to speak to them, they get their green chip taken away and are handed a yellow chip. If they do something else later in the day that causes another disruption to the class they wind up with a red chip. At the end of the day, they hand their chips back to the teacher and she records what everyone has at the end of the day. After they get 10 green days, they get to choose a prize from a box. (The prizes are small things like small note pads shaped like cats or dogs, pencils, small koosh balls, erasers, "gold" coins, etc.) At first I thought it was a great idea, but she's been using this system since October, and now that it's February I have got to say that there's a small group of kids that are almost always on green every day. There is a large group of kids whose behavior varies greatly throught any given week. And there there is a 3rd group of kids that are almost always "on red" or at least yellow at the end of the day. The system really doesn't seem to be making much of an impact in the kids' behavior. The results have been the same since October. I hope your plans to implement a similar plan net you better results! Phyllis,
My daughter’s 2nd grade teacher uses a system that’s similar to this. In her class, each student starts out the day with a green chip. They get one warning if they’re doing something disruptive. The 2nd time she has to speak to them, they get their green chip taken away and are handed a yellow chip. If they do something else later in the day that causes another disruption to the class they wind up with a red chip. At the end of the day, they hand their chips back to the teacher and she records what everyone has at the end of the day. After they get 10 green days, they get to choose a prize from a box. (The prizes are small things like small note pads shaped like cats or dogs, pencils, small koosh balls, erasers, “gold” coins, etc.)

At first I thought it was a great idea, but she’s been using this system since October, and now that it’s February I have got to say that there’s a small group of kids that are almost always on green every day. There is a large group of kids whose behavior varies greatly throught any given week. And there there is a 3rd group of kids that are almost always “on red” or at least yellow at the end of the day. The system really doesn’t seem to be making much of an impact in the kids’ behavior. The results have been the same since October.

I hope your plans to implement a similar plan net you better results!

]]> By: Phyllis http://drcale.com/homework/daily-challenges-of-add/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Phyllis Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:42:30 +0000 http://drcale.com/homework/daily-challenges-of-add/#comment-14 Thank you, Dr. Cale, for your help! I would also like to add "immediate" rewards for the seeds. Children with ADHD/ADD cannot wait, and if given the option of getting something small now, or waiting for something big later, they usually choose "now". We are using "pink cards" for my daughter and throughout the day I catch a seed and give her a pink card. She loves it! It's immediate! Then we save her pink cards and when she has 20 of them, she gets something she wants. I'm thinking of adding "red cards" for weeds. If she gets 2-3 red cards, she loses a pink. What do you think about that? Thank you, Dr. Cale, for your help!
I would also like to add “immediate” rewards for the seeds. Children with ADHD/ADD cannot wait, and if given the option of getting something small now, or waiting for something big later, they usually choose “now”. We are using “pink cards” for my daughter and throughout the day I catch a seed and give her a pink card. She loves it! It’s immediate! Then we save her pink cards and when she has 20 of them, she gets something she wants.

I’m thinking of adding “red cards” for weeds. If she gets 2-3 red cards, she loses a pink. What do you think about that?

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