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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do you keep track of the times? Do you have some sort of visual chart? I want to implement this with my dd. [/quote]

When the kids were younger, we didn't keep track of it at all.  On Saturday/Sunday, they'd ask how many extra minutes they had and we'd just make up something.  Sort of like the 'list' we keep all year of the things they want from Santa or their birthday.  :lol:  As they got older, we'd start giving them coins.  A penny is 1 minute, a nickel is 5, etc.  If we were doing halves (like 2.5) we'd just do it mentally.  They each had a jar to keep their coins.  The jar was up high so only DH and I could reach it.  [/quote]

We sort of do a variation of this system, using those plastic gold coins you can get at party stores, Target, etc. We keep the coins in a small bucket, and each kid has their own coin jar. The kids earn coins for good behavior like listening the first time, helping around the house, saying please or thank you without reminders, etc. and lose coins for bad behavior like back-talk, hitting, teasing, etc. With our ADHD child, we will also reward coins for eating a good meal, because he has issues with appetite suppression due to his medication. I've found it's the only way I can get him to eat on some days! They can trade in two coins for a TV show or 20 minutes of iPad or XBox time. You can modify the system to suit your kids' particular behavior level. For example, if they are already pretty compliant, maybe you only give one coin for certain behaviors so they don't end up amassing a huge number of coins. Our ADHD son seems to only have 2-4 coins in his jar at any particular point. 
Prior to this coin system, we had tried various charts, but this definitely works better. I don't know if it's necessarily the best way to get kids to comply, but if anything, it really cuts own on the yelling in our household, because we just use the loss of coins as a threat, and that usually gets their attention.[/quote]

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