Tips on how to get your ADHD child to....?

Question

Clean their room, and keep up after themselves?

I have tried everything! I need some help here?

Answer 1

I found that if I ask in a nice voice with a please I can get my ad/hd nephew to do a lot. You kinda have to remind him of each task.

Answer 2

I have to tell her very specific things to do. Like first I'll tell her to pick up all her shoes, when she complete's that I'll tell her to put all her books in the bookcase in order tallest to shortest. One step at a time and patience. She cannot do this with Radio or TV on or she gets side tracked. Sometimes it can take up to 4 hours. But I have to be patient and realize her mind gets overwhelmed and it goes so much easier if we do it this way. She's 9 and we've done it this way since she was 6.

Answer 3

Do a rewards system.  Make cleaning fun!  Set a timer and say if you get all your toys up in ___minutes then you get a star on your reward chart.  After so many stars he gets to see a favorite movie, go to the zoo, you make his favorite dessert, something fun for him.  

My husband is ADHD and his parents did this when he was a young child.  It worked well for him and I think it will do well for your son too :)

Answer 4

REWARD and CONSISTENCY. We have a chore chart each week.He has 5 chores.Simple easy to do everyday things.Cleaning his room,hanging his coat,cleaning his dishes,doing his homework and going to bed without a fight.He gets a sticker for each thing he does on his own without being asked( i give little subtle hints throughout the evening) At the end of the week we count the stickers and he turns them in for rewards 1-10 stickers he gets a special treat 11-20 stickers eh get to eat dinner in front of the TV.21-30 he gets a 30 later bedtime and 31-35 stickers he gets treasure box.Treasure box contains cars books stickers craft stuff balloons bubble silly string all kinds of little stuff.He gets to pick a treasure for doing his jobs.Over time we will change these to make sure they are working for all of us.So far it is amazing.Since he doesn't get home from school until 4 he has a strict routine in the evenings in order to get all his chores done so he doesn't have time to misbehave and I am getting what I want

Answer 5

Give them a list (assuming he can read). I do this with my daughter who is inattentive too. She seems to really get into crossing things out one by one, and it keeps her on task. I just save it on my computer, print it out/change the info. on it , as I need to. Then I hand it to her, and she crosses them out one by one.

Of course after the list is done, a reward or treat is a big incentive as well. Good luck!

Answer 6

Use a reward system for him.  Even if he gets 15 minutes extra up every night he keeps it clean.

Answer 7

My 6 year old son is ADHD and we have a check list for him.  It is organized into Morning, Afterschool, Right before bed, and Weekends.  When he has something to look at, it helps him stay on track, plus he does not feel overwhelmed because it is broken into small things that he can do in a matter of minutes.

Answer 8

My almost 8 y/o son has ADHD and ODD and I can get him to pick up his room most of the time. He is on Strattera 25mg and Risperdal 2mg. Now, trying to get my 5 y/o daughter to pick up after herself, is another story.

Answer 9

set up a reward system for your ADHD child. somehting that he can get instantly if he cleans the room (a quarter worked for me).

You can also set up a weekly bonus if he cleans the room without being told for a week you can then give him a bonus (an extra dollar). Set up 2 jars for his rewards he can keep the daily rewards to spend now and the weekly rewards can be put into a bank account to save for larger items.

If money isn't what he is interested in try another reward system ....time on his gaming system ..make him WANT to clean the room and keep it up.

Answer 10

My nephew has ADHD and my brother could not get him to do any chores or eat properly, etc. So he started this little token rewarding system, he used the little bingo cover ups as tokens and each one was worth 5Pt's. When my nephew would do something like brush his teeth, eat right, clean his room, put clothes away/ in hamper, put toys up, be kind to someone, etc he would get a token. Then my brother made a list of items he could buy with the tokens. Like 10 Pt's a extra hour of TV, 20Pt's choose a special food for dinner, 15Pt's extra 20 mins before bed time, 35Pt's a 5 dollar bill, 60 points a new toy. And so on and so on. It really worked, because he started this when my nephew was 5 he is 8 almost 9 now and he is so much better. He is responsible, more caring towards others, and acts better and more normal in general. I really think you should give this a try. My brother also got his meds a dose higher and it really calmed him down alot more! You could also try child therapy! And watch how much sugar and caffeine intake they get, it can cause there condition to get worse and they will get way to out of hand! Good Luck! I hope you give this a try and it & i have helped!