Looking for Daily or Weekly Charts for son with ADHD

[acfowlie]

Hello

I'm looking for suggestions on different boards that my son could use to aid in staying organized on daily/weekly basis. Something similiar to daily chore boards or something like that.

Thanks

[JamB11]

I highly recommend checking out the parent training materials from ADHD dude. You will not be disappointed.

He recommends taking photos of your child doing each task so that they have a visual of the expected behavior

[acfowlie in reply to JamB11]

Thank you

[JamB11 in reply to acfowlie]

adhddude.com/membership-plans

Here is the direct link- this is one thing that made the most impact in my child’s and my life

[Peerandparent]

I also recommend taking photos of spaces to show how they look when tidy(ish), and labels/pictures showing where things live. Organization and prioritization is tough for us.

Suggestion 2: Try to find a way to make the lists fun. Reward getting the thing done. Offer big rewards for doing the thing before you remind him.

Suggestion 3: Checklists for me don't work in the long run unless they are short, new, and manageable. They can easy become a source of intimidation or overwhelm, or they can fade into the background. Alarms are good. My phone has a million and one alarms on it for everything from "start thinking about dinner" to "Did you make a lunch for work tomorrow?" A watch with multiple alarms could work... I came across this just now (i.e. I'm not endorsing it, merely noting its existence) watchminder.com/

Suggestion 4: I thrive on what I refer to as rituals. It's kind of a rigid routine. When I get home I do things in a certain order (keys go on the hook, bag goes on its hook, lunch gets unpacked, etc..) Remembering a to-do list is hard. Remembering the next thing in a daily sequence is easier. I don't need to remember the list; I just need to remember what comes after putting my shoes away.

Suggestion 5: As much as possible, make the space and the task ADHD friendly. You can google "Adhd friendly space" and get a number of articles. What works and is efficient for someone with ADHD may not make complete sense to a neurotypical person. The key is making his space and routine adapt to him as much as possible.

Suggestion 6: Novelty. We love something new, and we tend to paint the familiar into the background. Any strategy you put in place needs to have a certain degree of flexibility while still keeping the core components. Hopefully by the time you run out of ideas, certain key things will have become habit.

Suggestion 7: One change at a time. Change is hard, and there might be 20 things bugging you (and likely him) right now, and if you try to change them all at once, odds are it won't work too well. Instead, pick one thing. Make it routine (e.g. Put your bag in the same place every day, or dishes cleaned up after meal.) Get that to stick, then you have an anchor you can sequence another item to (e.g. after putting your bag down, pull out your planner and see if you need anything for the next day, after cleaning up the dishes, pull out your homework and put some music on.)

Suggestion 8: When tidying, have a bin for garbage, a bin for recycling, and a bin for anything that doesn't belong in the room being tidied. And don't try to get the task done all at once. I'll ask my son to put away 3 things, then ask him again 20min later or so. When I ask for 3, I often get 5-10. When I ask for 10 I get an overwhelmed and deflated kid.

Hope these suggestions are helpful!