Monday - We've had a terrible case of the terrible 2's lately, mostly on work/school mornings during the week. Alec doesn't want to get dressed or brush his teeth - he screams and fights us the entire time. He's also started biting again at school, which is serious and upsetting to me. It's hard to discipline Alec when he does something at school because we aren't there when it happens. So, we decided to try a reward chart to help with the problem. Alec gets a star on his chart every time he does one of his "chores" without throwing a fit and he gets a star for not biting, hitting, or kicking at school. If he gets all stars during the day he can watch Dora, Thomas, or Sesame Street when he gets home from school. If he gets 22 stars during the week, he gets a special surprise on the weekend.
So far, the chart seems to help, he gets really excited to get stars. It's not a given reward though, we've already had some days where he only got one star. As he gets better and masters the 4 "chores" we'll add some more to help with other problem areas. We'll see how it goes.
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