So I'm looking for some advice , help with my dd who is 9, she is on the waiting list for adhd/asd. She has diagnosed dyslexia.
So my question is how do you as a parent deal with getting ready for school or bed?
My daughter has waves of getting up no problem and getting ready , and then waves of getting up and dressed (albeit slowly, she does it) having breakfast but wen it comes to brushing teeth , getting shoes and socks on, any distraction puts a halt to this, I will go and check how she's getting on and she will be standing looking out her window, I say to her u need to clean ur teeth and she will either ignore me, or say no, and then after a 10min battle of me saying ur going to be late , I'm going to take this or this away she will slowly do it , but it's a battle and alot of the time she's then late, she says she doesn't care if she's late , wen we get to school she's absolutely fine.
We have tried a number of different charts for morning , and rewards for on time, they work for a little while then she seems to get bored and doesn't want to do it. I've just sorted a new chart today to try, but how do ppl deal with the distractions, I send her up to get ready she says she's getting ready , I go up 10mins later and she hasn't done anything and is sorting something in her room, looking out window , or sitting there playing with a toy. If I stay up there with her , she just argues with me and refuses to do anything.
Bedtime was always fine but now similar thing is happening some nights, as morning. I have done a bedtime chart to follow aswell.
But is there something I should be saying, doing, to help her do what she's meant to be doing without being distracted? Just looking for any advice , help from someone who's had similar situation , and how they deal with things . Thanks