Educational Discipline
This disciplinary structure eliminates physical discipline and provides positive reinforcement for positive behaviors. (Works well with HFASD youth-Level1)
Materials: (Can be found on Shop Page under Parenting products)
Chore chart that can be displayed with a daily check off for completion.
Play Money ( for use in the home only)
Piggy Bank for savings
Small White Board that can be displayed with payment list
Active Minds - Write-and-Erase - Wipe Clean Learning Boards Ages 6+ - Cursive (Active Minds Welbs)
Gamenote Double Sided Magnetic Letter Board
BLUE PANDA 150 Sheets Fake Checkbook for Kids
Left side under Taxes-Costs of activities: Create a cost list of EVERYTHING the youth REALLY likes to do, but consider the effects of your list and times. For example, social media-$2 for 30 minutes up to an hour. Video games $2 for 30 minutes, up to an hour. Remember if you set each for 2 hours, that’s could have your child on the game or social media for the entire evening everyday. If you do not want your child to overload on those things, limit each to an hour at most, meaning $2 for 30 minutes, up to an hour instead of up to 2 hours. Be mindful of the other activities your child likes and set the rate at $2 each, to be paid for with the play money provided them. Any activities they don’t really like or don’t really do too much should remain free for them to have things to do those times they may be saving or run out of funds.
SET UP
Chore board should be completed with list of chores and ready to be checked off daily and reviewed on payday for completion. DO NOT PAY IF ALL CHORES NOT DONE DAILY FOR THE PAY PERIOD!!! NO PARTIAL PAYMENTS!
White board should reflect payments and costs!
Top of Whiteboard should state Allowance amount (Allowance $250), Left side under Allowance-Taxes - $50 (Room, food, water, electric, laundry)
On the Right side is Fines
Under Fines, you want to list every behavior that is an issue as well as not maintaining their room, completing chores, etc. with a fine amount of $5, the fine must exceed the cost of the activities they get to purchase. This way there is an incentive to remain Fine Free, meaning follow directions and follow the rules-maintain positive behavior.
Step 1
Provide the youth a list of chores to be completed around the house as well as an allowance for chores. Payments should be set at an amount comfortable for the parent with an additional $50 added to it.
Unless All chores are completed for the week, child does not get paid anything. You don’t get paid for half a job. Do not stray from this, maintain that rule or it defeats the purpose fo the structure if you negotiate with the youth. NO NEGOOTIATION. NO PAY IF ALL CHORES NOT COMPELTED FOR THE WEEK!!!
Step 2
Provide a one-time initial free payment to begin and then no more funds until the first payday. Once payday arrives, review the pay chart with the child present their allowance short of the $50 in play money to be used within the house. As long as they completed ALL CHORES, they get paid.
Step 3
Follow the guideline of making them pay for negative behaviors EVERY TIME THEY OCCUR and allow them to pay for the activities they like as long as they have money, unless otherwise grounded. But also work on their handwriting. If they cannot print, work on their printing, if they can print, begin to work on their cursive, unless they already know cursive for step 4 and 5.
Step 4
Come the weekend, you cash them out whatever funds remain, or they can place the funds in their savings or checking (which is with you, but they must track their funds in the ledger of the checkbook (at all ages, they can do addition and subtraction, with or without your help). This teaches them how to save money.
Step 5
Upon returning from the outing, they must return the cash to you and you must hold it for them (piggy banks and combination safes can be purchased from Amazon also). In order to access that cash for use, maybe for things or field trips at school, they must write you a check. Depending on the age you may fill out the check for them until they are old enough to learn and they can print their name instead of sign their signature, but adjust as age appropriate and eventually teach them to fill out a check and sign their name. This teaches money management as they track their balance in the ledger and make decisions to spend or save their money.
Step 6
Continue step 5 until youth has their first job.
This teaches to control and manage behaviors, consequences for actions, writing, signing, managing money, saving, counting money, addition, subtraction, following directions and attention to authority, rules, and laws. It also prepares them for their first job with an understanding of taxes.
© Angela Butler, PhD, LPC, ASDCS 2016