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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 188768" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>How did the psychiatric react? Did he have any suggestions?</p><p> </p><p>For the morning routine - you may want to address that with difficult child - "You are now old enough to take responsibility of getting up in the morning. I will get you an alarm clock radio with a CD player. You can set it to play which ever CD you want to wake up to. Let's figure out what time you need to get up." Ask how much time he would like to shower, dress, eat, gather school bags and coats, etc. Figure out from there what time to get up.</p><p> </p><p>Give him a poster board with colored markers. He can make his morning routine - remember to add the time for medication.</p><p> </p><p>Tell him that if he follows his chart, dad will be much calmer in the morning. In fact, dad will be very impressed that he is mature enough to do this on his own.</p><p> </p><p>I did this with my daughter when she was 10 years old. I think creating a poster is fun. Maybe give difficult child an old magazine to find pictures to decorate each step if he wants.</p><p> </p><p>husband needs to allow difficult child to follow his schedule - no changing the routine - If everything is on the schedule, everything will get done.</p><p> </p><p>And then again, it may not work - just an idea to try to make mornings calmer.</p><p> </p><p>Another crazy suggestion (it does work for my kids) - ask husband to treat difficult child as a guest. Instead of saying, "It is time to go - get you stuff now!" try, "We need to leave in a few minutes, how close to being ready are you?" or "We need to leave in five minutes, will you be able to be ready? Is there anything you need help with?" "How much more time do you need? Can you be ready sooner?" You know, when you have guest, you don't demand that they are ready right now, you work with them to leave on time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 188768, member: 5096"] How did the psychiatric react? Did he have any suggestions? For the morning routine - you may want to address that with difficult child - "You are now old enough to take responsibility of getting up in the morning. I will get you an alarm clock radio with a CD player. You can set it to play which ever CD you want to wake up to. Let's figure out what time you need to get up." Ask how much time he would like to shower, dress, eat, gather school bags and coats, etc. Figure out from there what time to get up. Give him a poster board with colored markers. He can make his morning routine - remember to add the time for medication. Tell him that if he follows his chart, dad will be much calmer in the morning. In fact, dad will be very impressed that he is mature enough to do this on his own. I did this with my daughter when she was 10 years old. I think creating a poster is fun. Maybe give difficult child an old magazine to find pictures to decorate each step if he wants. husband needs to allow difficult child to follow his schedule - no changing the routine - If everything is on the schedule, everything will get done. And then again, it may not work - just an idea to try to make mornings calmer. Another crazy suggestion (it does work for my kids) - ask husband to treat difficult child as a guest. Instead of saying, "It is time to go - get you stuff now!" try, "We need to leave in a few minutes, how close to being ready are you?" or "We need to leave in five minutes, will you be able to be ready? Is there anything you need help with?" "How much more time do you need? Can you be ready sooner?" You know, when you have guest, you don't demand that they are ready right now, you work with them to leave on time. [/QUOTE]
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