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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 305813" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Finding that balance of what they can do vs what they just can''t do can be a real challenge. </p><p> </p><p>By trial and error I learned that Travis is very able to clean and do it well as long as someone is near to keep him on task and give him step by step directions. (otherwise he gets overwhelmed and just stops and stares at it) He can maintain that level of clean if there is someone to remind him and make sure he follows thru with putting stuff away ect.</p><p> </p><p>I didn't want to do the actual cleaning because I knew at some point, and hope at some point, he'd be living on his own and I wouldn't be there. So he'd have to know the "how to" part at the very least.</p><p> </p><p>This isn't the only area this organization thing shows up in. It was also a major issue with his school work and other things.</p><p> </p><p>So far at college his room is clean and seems pretty well organized. I haven't helped him one bit with it either. But I did tell him that having a stye for a room in his apartment would probably be grounds to dismiss him from school as it's student housing. So he's trying harder.</p><p> </p><p>Guess we'll have to see how it goes. Also, I've left the majority of his things at home to reduce the clutter factor. And he has very little spending money to add to the clutter on his own.</p><p> </p><p>The plan for her to repay you in services she is able to do is a good one and just might pay off big time for both of you. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 305813, member: 84"] Finding that balance of what they can do vs what they just can''t do can be a real challenge. By trial and error I learned that Travis is very able to clean and do it well as long as someone is near to keep him on task and give him step by step directions. (otherwise he gets overwhelmed and just stops and stares at it) He can maintain that level of clean if there is someone to remind him and make sure he follows thru with putting stuff away ect. I didn't want to do the actual cleaning because I knew at some point, and hope at some point, he'd be living on his own and I wouldn't be there. So he'd have to know the "how to" part at the very least. This isn't the only area this organization thing shows up in. It was also a major issue with his school work and other things. So far at college his room is clean and seems pretty well organized. I haven't helped him one bit with it either. But I did tell him that having a stye for a room in his apartment would probably be grounds to dismiss him from school as it's student housing. So he's trying harder. Guess we'll have to see how it goes. Also, I've left the majority of his things at home to reduce the clutter factor. And he has very little spending money to add to the clutter on his own. The plan for her to repay you in services she is able to do is a good one and just might pay off big time for both of you. :happy: [/QUOTE]
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