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November 02, 2006
Discipline Made Simple; The EasyChild
Many parents that have children with ADHD usually seek out different products and/or books to help with the disciplining their children. Most of the time the products are ineffective, costly and with the appearance of preying on the parents in a sometimes, desperate state of mind. But, that is all about to change. There are a lot of people talking about marble systems and token systems and how well they really have worked. The reasoning behind that is simple. ADHD children need to have a “hands on”, consistent behavior plan.
They need to see exactly what to expect and participate in the discipline. There is a new computer program created by Leland J. Ancier, President of the Home Encourage Company, called The EasyChild. This program is a fantastic tool, easy to use and also small so it doesn’t take up a lot of your computer’s hard drive.
When I first visited their website I was a bit skeptical. I downloaded the software and was taken by surprise. At the first glance of the program I was hooked. It takes a huge portion out of inconsistency problems that most parents have, even if no one in the house hold is ADHD. And it will grow with your family and has both an allowance chart and a token chart.
It’s a great tool to have and use. It takes little to nothing to set it up and tailor it to each child of any age. All you have to do is enter your Family’s Name and your child/children’s name. Then with a simple click on the “Points sheet” icon or “Token” icon, a window will open and have a PRE-made chart already set up for you. If you want to change a behavior task or an Incentive, all you have to do is right click and choose to add, delete or edit and it will open a small view window.
Then just enter the task that you want to add, and click “OK”, the process is the same when entering or changing the point system and allowance behavior incentive. EasyChild will even generate reports at the click of your mouse, so you can see the areas in need of work and patterns of behavior that should be addressed. As if that isn’t enough, once you set it up, you can print it out and use as a weekly guide for your children to have a reminder to check off as he or she accomplishes a task.
The information that is filled out on the printed sheet can be entered into your computer and will only take about 5 minutes or less to do. This is probably one of the best ways to keep a handle on things for the entire house hold that I’ve seen. I think it’s a great tool kit, and I’m sure the other parents will feel the same way. The NC Times says “EasyChild uses positive reinforcement to give both parent and child what they want: good behavior and rewards". It is defiantly some thing that would be of great use to any house hold.
To order a copy of Easy Child Click Here
Posted by margo1 at November 2, 2006 06:57 PM
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