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[quote=Anonymous]The first thing to do is simplify her morning routine so that it only includes items that are absolutely necessary.  Ideally she sleeps in her clothes for the next day but, if not that, they are chosen in put out for her in whatever room is easiest/least distracting.  Breakfast should absolutely be eaten in the car.

So her routine might looks like this:
1. Get out of bed and walk into the bathroom
2. Use potty, brush teeth and hair, put on clothes.
3. Walk down a flight of stairs, put on shoes by the front door.
4. Walk out front door, get in car, buckle seat belt, get handed breakfast bar and sippy cup with milk.

Then you need to assign times to each of these tasks. Like 3 minutes for 1 and 15 minutes for 2.  Load all of these into a chore/behavior app that gives stars when each of these tasks are done in the allotted time.  With rewards associated with numbers of stars.

Then set up a rule that says when she gets her seatbelt buckled before the car clock reads 8:00 (or whatever time) she is immediately handed a Hershey's kiss.

This worked like magic for my ADD 6-year-old DD.  Implementing it sounds like a pain but it is WAY easier than what you are currently doing.[/quote]

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