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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. We have tried time out. He doesn’t respond to it- doesn’t seem to care. When he took the cheese, he runs away laughing and he’s very fast and I (literally) can’t catch him. I let him pick out his clothes and he still doesn’t get dressed. When I yell at him, or when my husband yells at him, he sort of freezes and ignores us. I feel like he’s so difficult that lately i just relent and let him watch tv. I’m out of things to do. The only thing he consistently does it take his shoes off before coming in the house (a rule) but everything else he ignores. He isn’t motivated by rewards and isn’t deterred by time outs. Sometimes he’s great (mainly when not in the house) [/quote]

You don’t have to be faster. Just follow him, take the cheese away from him when you get there, and give him a consequence (time out, loss of privilege, etc.).  We used to keep a running list on the fridge for DD of privileges lost (no dessert, no choice on TV/movie selection, no TV, no playdates, no time at the park, no playing games together, no specific toy (Barbie, crayons, etc). His world may get pretty bleak for a while, but if you can catch him some time before he gets into trouble and loses a treat, you can give him a treat and explain that you want to give him treats and do fun things with him because you love him and want him to be happy, but that you can’t when he misbehaves.

If he watches TV when you’ve told him not to, turn off the TV, or send/take him to his room, or if necessary unplug the TV.

Picking out his clothes doesn’t seem to be helping, so don’t bother. If you have to manhandle him into clothes, you pick them out. If he wants to wear what he picks out, he needs to dress himself.

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