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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, a lot of the comments here (punishment, natural consequences, etc) are from people who don't have a child with ADHD.

My teen does.  He has a lot of trouble cleaning his room and the house.   What really helps is breaking things into tiny details as a checklist and requiring him to do them.   Saturday mornings before he can have any fun he has to do the following list.   I am VERY SPECIFIC about all parts of the job and make sure each job doesn't take much more than about 3 minutes.   I think he gets instant feedback as he checks off each one -- he doesn't seem to mind doing these things, whereas if I told him to "clean your room" he'd have no idea where to start.

Bed

___  Clean all junk out of bed – socks, empty food wrappers, clothes, books, etc.  put socks in laundry basket, wrappers in trash etc.
____ Take sheets and blanket off of bed; put them into hamper.
____ Make bed neatly with new sheets and blankets; fluff pillows.

Desk

____Clean clutter off of desk top; garbage to trash, dishes and cups to kitchen; school stuff to book bag, books to shelf, etc.
____ Organize items left on desk top neatly
____ Polish top of desk with wipe; throw wipe in trash

Floor/clothes

____Pick up all dirty laundry on floor and put in laundry basket.
____Put away all clean, folded laundry, neatly, in correct drawers.  
____If laundry basket is full, carry it downstairs to washing machine.
____ Pick up all books and electronics on floor and put away in correct location.
____When carpet is cleared of all clutter, vacuum the rug, all parts of the rug
      (including corners and under the desk).

Dresser

____ Close dresser drawers completely. If you can't, rearrange clothes until you can
____ Declutter top of dresser so you can see the wood.
____ Wipe dresser top with polishing wipe; throw wipe in trash

Closet

____ Close closet door completely. If you can't rearrange things so you can.
____ Pick up clothing that has dropped to the floor of the closet and hang it up.

Windowsills and doors

____Clean off all junk, garbage, etc from both windowsills.
____Wipe down windowsills with cleaning wipe; throw wipe in trash
____Wipe window panes with spray cleaner and paper towel; throw towels in trash
___ Wipe door handles and light switches with cleaning wipe, throw wipe in trash.
___ Empty trash basket into a new garbage bag;
___Put garbage bag in garbage can outside; return cleaning spray and wipes to cleaning closet

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OMG thank you for this![/quote]

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