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What a week--he missed school again and now he's at the beach
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 378611" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Terry, we have various reward schemes (aka bribery, but I have no shame) surrounding schoolwork.</p><p></p><p>difficult child 3 gets a worksheet per subject per week. If he completes one worksheet within one day, he earns half a credit. A second worksheet, he gets a seconf halfcredit. A third - he earns a full credit.</p><p></p><p>Work done on u=interrupted days or days away from home - that work can get added onto the next adjacent school day. So if on Day 1 (at home) he has completed two worksheets and done half of another, and he completes the other one next day when we have to also go out to see a doctor, he gets a full credit for the one he completed on Day 2.</p><p></p><p>difficult child 3 cashes in those credits. Originally I was buying him a bag of lollies per credit. Then he decided he wanted a computer game, but one game was the equivalent of six bags of lollies. So he banks his credits.</p><p></p><p>Another reward scheme we use, is Mum Time reward. He earns fifteen minutes of my playing a computer game with him, for certain achievements. Originally it was for a meltdown-free day. Meltdowns were defined as having to be sent to his room. Currently he earns game time for getting to bed before 11.30 pm. He cashes in game time by asking me to spend time with him playing a computer game. It's a non-material reward, us spending time together.</p><p></p><p>It helps.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 378611, member: 1991"] Terry, we have various reward schemes (aka bribery, but I have no shame) surrounding schoolwork. difficult child 3 gets a worksheet per subject per week. If he completes one worksheet within one day, he earns half a credit. A second worksheet, he gets a seconf halfcredit. A third - he earns a full credit. Work done on u=interrupted days or days away from home - that work can get added onto the next adjacent school day. So if on Day 1 (at home) he has completed two worksheets and done half of another, and he completes the other one next day when we have to also go out to see a doctor, he gets a full credit for the one he completed on Day 2. difficult child 3 cashes in those credits. Originally I was buying him a bag of lollies per credit. Then he decided he wanted a computer game, but one game was the equivalent of six bags of lollies. So he banks his credits. Another reward scheme we use, is Mum Time reward. He earns fifteen minutes of my playing a computer game with him, for certain achievements. Originally it was for a meltdown-free day. Meltdowns were defined as having to be sent to his room. Currently he earns game time for getting to bed before 11.30 pm. He cashes in game time by asking me to spend time with him playing a computer game. It's a non-material reward, us spending time together. It helps. Marg [/QUOTE]
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