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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here: interesting about the timer. He knows to read the time and while I am getting dressed to take him to school, he keeps calling out 'it is 7:55' etc. but when so come out, he is sitting around on the floor putting together a puzzle, still in his Jammie's while his clothes are laid out for him on the sofa. I don't know what I should do short of dressing him up or standing next to him and coaching him to get dressed. Same with breakfast or practically any other activity.

Another issue is that he won't acknowledge [b]instructions[/b]. So, I don't know if he is willfully ignoring me or if he just can't stop to say yes or something different. [/quote]

You can't give him instructionS, you need to give him 1 instruction at a time. Time each one.

I found that once I used the timer, my very impatient H realized that my son was doing everything in the time expected but that 2 minutes feels like 10 to him.

No. Don't dress him. Sit there and say okay you have 2 minutes to get dressed. Put on timer, sit and wait. He gets a star if he make the time and after 10 stars he gets ice cream at night. [/quote]

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