Staying on task

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Staying on task
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Wed, 12-05-2007 - 10:20pm

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Thu, 12-06-2007 - 5:50am

I struggle with this too, because in DS's case rewards (bribery :-) clearly work far more effectively than any other technique, and I am not sure how to get him on to the next stage (where he does the work for the joy of doing it well, or because he's been told to!) - behaviour modification techniques where you use rewards are supposed to work this way, but don't seem to with Aspies! I have to pay DS pocket money

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Thu, 12-06-2007 - 4:45pm

These are the problems that we have too.

                                

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Thu, 12-06-2007 - 5:20pm

Well I know it is not writing on some of it because his assignments are abbreviated. He told me that he just plain does not want to do it. He would rather be doing something more interesting and fun. He will do it for a reward so he completely understands everything. (He has straight A's)

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Fri, 12-07-2007 - 4:27pm

hi,sounds like our ds a few months ago.he's just started at a new school at the beginning of this term and things have really improved.our ds has a chart in class,that if he does the work he's got to do for that lesson,he gets the last 15 mins of that lesson doing something fun.eg,on the computer,playing outside with another class friend which helps with the