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[quote=Anonymous]My son was exactly the same. Disorganized, slow, loves Legos - those things won't change but your son can adapt if he is sufficiently motivated. For example, long term consequences like money for purchases is too distant -- you have to find something immediate. We have a very successful rule now that if he gets downstairs past a particular time in the morning, he does not get to choose his own breakfast, and instead eats scrambled eggs or oatmeal which he's not crazy about. When he leaves his lunchbox at school he gets lunch in a pink or girly shopping bag (sorry it's un-PC but it works.) And for school, as long as we don't hear from the teacher he has autonomy but if we hear bad news, the autonomy goes away and we check every assignment. So, intrinsic and immediate consequences.[/quote]
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