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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a kid a bit like this OP.  Very willful.  And it becomes a power struggle with the teacher.

I think you can set up a reward system and also if the behavior doesn't improve, set up a consequence he cares about and follow through.[/quote]

Is this something that has improved with time with your child or are you suspecting something diagnosable? Thank you for the suggestions I’d love to hear more about your experience and what has worked for you.
-OP[/quote]

I don't suspect anything diagnosable.  She can do what she's supposed to in the end.  She'd just often rather not because it's more fun to chat with her friends and fool around.  She's very social and smart and of course we're never supposed to say this as a reason (and don't say it to the teacher, they don't react well) but she's sometimes bored.  She'll say the teacher repeats the same things over and over and she already got it and so then in her mind, she can do whatever she feels like.  But of course that doesn't work.  At all.  Which I explain to her.  You're disrupting other people.

I set goals for her and tell her I'm going to check in with the teacher at certain intervals and then if she meets the goal, she gets something she really wants and if she doesn't, something she really doesn't like happens.  This motivates her.  We work together on the goals, the reward, and the consequence.  The consequence should be painful.

I do think your thing could be a tic as others are suggesting or something he can't control.  But based on what he's saying to you, not sure.

An eval never hurts.

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