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[quote=Anonymous]Some kids need more than a task chart. Like for bedtime, instead of just a task chart in a hallway, you can hang up instructions for each task at the location where he does it (ideally with pictures). Like a sign in the bathroom with the steps of toothbrushing broken down. Also there are lots of visual timers designed for kids with ADHD.

Combining this sort of thing with rewards helps as well, whatever their currency is. A trick I use is that every time my kid does what I ask, when I ask, I put a crafting pom pom in a jar. When the jar is full, we go to the store and she can pick out a new book or toy. It's very visual (the pom poms are colorful) and an easy way to "catch her being good."

I'd also look at you schedule and see if there are pinch points you can avoid. We try to avoid scheduling tasks our ADHDer is resistant to right after tasks she really enjoys. So for instance, she has to get totally ready for bed right after dinner (pajamas, teeth brushed, room straightened). THEN she can play or read or watch TV, or whatever her leisure activity is that night. That way when it's time for bed, we don't have to get her through a whole routine. In the mornings, we frontload the hard stuff (getting dressed, packing bag, even putting on shoes) before breakfast. We keep a toothbrush in the small bathroom near the front door so she can do that right before we leave.

I also seek to reduce decision making as much as possible. She wears outfits on a rotation and the next outfit is always hung up at the front of her closet on school days (she wears a uniform, which helps a lot). She eats the same packed lunch daily, and the items are in numbered containers she eats in order. That kind of thing.

It's a lot of work, but we have seen good improvement over the last few years, and I rarely have to physically dress her or just pick her up and move her through these tasks as I did when she was 5 /6. And there are fewer fights and no yelling.[/quote]

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