Any recommendations for picture based sticker reward chart?

[BigWellyLittleWelly]

DD1 is 3.6, mild hemi CP, development delay (now being labelled as cognitive disability).

We are attempting to PT her, but also encourage her independence - she 'can' put trousers and socks on but invariably doesn't bother and just becomes hysterical. Same with teeth brushing and hair brushing, she 'can' do it but rarely without becoming hysterical. Three days a week we have to be out of the house at 8am and with a baby to also get up and ready I turn into a horrendous yelling fish wife!

So. (And please please tell me if I'm wrong and this is a bad idea). I'm going to try and encourage her in a daily routine using pictures and reward with a sticker on the chart for everything she does on her own. She likes routine although can cope if things change at short notice.

As she gets used to the reqard system being used for the 'easy' tasks like brushing teeth, putting PJs back on her bed, brushing hair, then we can move onto encouraging choosing her clothes and getting dressed and then onto using the toilet.

Could this work? Can anyone recommend a good place to find sticker charts or shall I sit and build our own? Thanks in advance

I used sticker charts with my NT DD for potty training. I was a bit like you and wasn't sure if it was a good idea but in the end - when getting nowhere with any other way - I gave it a go and it really did work. Gradually I phased it out and now just use sporadically for things when she just needs a bit of extra encouragement.

Not sure re pre-made charts, I just drew one up on a piece of paper and later on she took to wearing the stickers instead.

Also to say, the first time I tried the stickers as incentive she wasn't that bothered but I left it, tried again a couple of weeks later and she really did want them. So always worth revisiting again if it doesn't work this time.

I hope this helps x

ok - brilliant thank you

I have gradually been encouraging an interest in stickers - in fact there is very little she won't do for a sticker or a midget wine gum but because she is epically bad at teeth brushing I don't really want to go down the reward with sweets option.

I love the idea of using a daily routine and rewarding her for small steps.

The only thing I would like to say is that when I did some behaviour training (ex LSA) We were taught not to remove rewards as they have been awarded for something seperate to any bad behaviour or non co operation and removing them can cause resentment and frustration. Sorry zzzzz

The marble in the jar is a great reward system, I would recommend a small jar and small rewards to start with.

Good luck

I love the felt clothes/washing line idea!

Good for you zzzzz

And anyway, mum training is the best !!! IMHO

No way zzzzz you give amazing support on this board and have helped me and others loads of times.

I just thought that the OP might as well benefit from some of the training I got from a pretty good behaviour team.

At the end of the day we all adapt strategies to make them work for our children.

Yay to that polter sadly having done some brilliant training when I was working in a crazy inner city school, hardly any of it has benefitted Dd3 as she just doesnt respond to most traditional behaviour strategies.

The best thing I bought out of the school with me was being pretty much unflappable when faced with some seriously challenging stuff