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Anyone have tips for difficult child's poor planning?
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<blockquote data-quote="skeeter" data-source="post: 187749" data-attributes="member: 439"><p>first - there is no magic "bullet", and what works today may not tomorrow.</p><p></p><p>I've been dealing with this all of NL's 17 years.</p><p></p><p>We've found several things help. Agree with sitting down and breaking the long term projects into managable "chunks". NL gets overwhelmed if faced with something huge and basically does nothing but spin his wheels.</p><p></p><p>We also cannot say "clean your room". We need to break that down into "pick up your dirty laundry and come tell me when you are done". Then "take your dirty laundry and put it in the washer and come tell me when you are done". Then "sweep your rug in your room and come tell me when you are done". See the pattern?</p><p></p><p>For school, we tried planners - he forgot to write things down. We tried a voice recorder, he lost it. He does his homework and somehow "forgets" to hand it in. It's mind boggling. I just have to continually do verbal reminders and hope he "gets" it.</p><p>I also make sure at least once a week he empties his back pack and organizes it. I'd love to do his locker, too, but haven't figured out a way to do that with my work schedule.</p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skeeter, post: 187749, member: 439"] first - there is no magic "bullet", and what works today may not tomorrow. I've been dealing with this all of NL's 17 years. We've found several things help. Agree with sitting down and breaking the long term projects into managable "chunks". NL gets overwhelmed if faced with something huge and basically does nothing but spin his wheels. We also cannot say "clean your room". We need to break that down into "pick up your dirty laundry and come tell me when you are done". Then "take your dirty laundry and put it in the washer and come tell me when you are done". Then "sweep your rug in your room and come tell me when you are done". See the pattern? For school, we tried planners - he forgot to write things down. We tried a voice recorder, he lost it. He does his homework and somehow "forgets" to hand it in. It's mind boggling. I just have to continually do verbal reminders and hope he "gets" it. I also make sure at least once a week he empties his back pack and organizes it. I'd love to do his locker, too, but haven't figured out a way to do that with my work schedule. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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