The Daily Behaviour Chart
The Daily Behaviour Chart is for children who have frequent difficulty following rules and are oppositional and defiant. With this chart you can design it to suit your child's needs, and add and delete tasks as you see fit.
Place the chart where your child can easily see it and use clip art for each task if you child isn't able to read yet. This makes the chart for visual and easy to understand. ( tip: you can also let them pick or design their own clip art)
Encourage your child to check his chart frequently to prompt him to do his/her next task. For those that are oppositional you can make each task worth four points if he does his/her task without arguing. If they argue they earn only one point. Outright refusal or failure to comply earns a zero point.
Bedtime is a great time for cuddles and also to review the chart while praising your child for each task completed. When going over the tasks that were not completed or argued about, be sure to talk gently. Go over the tasks not completed and ask encouragingly what he/she could have done differently and how they plan on earning those points tomorrow. Remain positive and let them know that tomorrow is a new day and another chance for them to earn more points. Go over the points already accumulated.
For the Daily Behaviour Chart to work, you must do it every day without FAIL. You must be the cheerleader for your child to follow the chart. Behaviour charts that do not work can usually be traced back to the parent's failure to give points each day and failure to reward points earned. If you are tired to fill in the chart, how can you expect your child to have the energy to do all the tasks you are asking.
Create your own Reward List by asking your child what he/she would like to earn. Be sure to list the television, telephone, Internet, video games, movies, toys, and food treats. These can be powerful motivators that will get your child excited to earn points. If you give them to him/her without charging points, you are left with little reason for him/her to cooperate.
Remember to give your child plenty of chances to earn points. This will only encourage them to cooperate and to realise that they will be well rewarded . They should earn enough points so that they can spend some each day for daily privileges and treats as well as be earning enough for those bigger privileges and treats.
Use a Bank Sheet each time they earn and spent points. (a credit & debit sheet)
Click on the link below for your own copy!
Place the chart where your child can easily see it and use clip art for each task if you child isn't able to read yet. This makes the chart for visual and easy to understand. ( tip: you can also let them pick or design their own clip art)
Encourage your child to check his chart frequently to prompt him to do his/her next task. For those that are oppositional you can make each task worth four points if he does his/her task without arguing. If they argue they earn only one point. Outright refusal or failure to comply earns a zero point.
Bedtime is a great time for cuddles and also to review the chart while praising your child for each task completed. When going over the tasks that were not completed or argued about, be sure to talk gently. Go over the tasks not completed and ask encouragingly what he/she could have done differently and how they plan on earning those points tomorrow. Remain positive and let them know that tomorrow is a new day and another chance for them to earn more points. Go over the points already accumulated.
For the Daily Behaviour Chart to work, you must do it every day without FAIL. You must be the cheerleader for your child to follow the chart. Behaviour charts that do not work can usually be traced back to the parent's failure to give points each day and failure to reward points earned. If you are tired to fill in the chart, how can you expect your child to have the energy to do all the tasks you are asking.
Create your own Reward List by asking your child what he/she would like to earn. Be sure to list the television, telephone, Internet, video games, movies, toys, and food treats. These can be powerful motivators that will get your child excited to earn points. If you give them to him/her without charging points, you are left with little reason for him/her to cooperate.
Remember to give your child plenty of chances to earn points. This will only encourage them to cooperate and to realise that they will be well rewarded . They should earn enough points so that they can spend some each day for daily privileges and treats as well as be earning enough for those bigger privileges and treats.
Use a Bank Sheet each time they earn and spent points. (a credit & debit sheet)
Click on the link below for your own copy!
| daily_behaviour_chart.pdf |
The Weekly Behaviour Chart
This chart is used for children with only minor behaviour problems or those incapable of a comprehensive behaviour program.
Select three behaviours that both you and your child want to work on for earning rewards. Discuss the rewards that he/she would like to earn each day by completing those tasks. These rewards should be small but motivating enough to get him/her excited about completing them.
For each task completed he/she receives one reward, giving three possible rewards to be earned each day. The reward must be given quickly so that he/she doesn’t lose motivation.
At the end of the week, if he/she has completed seven out of seven days, they earn a bigger reward for 100% success. Some tasks such as homework may only be assigned five days, so he/she earns their big weekly reward if he/she is successful five out of five days. Friday or Saturday is a good day to give the weekly rewards.
Click on the link below for your own copy!
Select three behaviours that both you and your child want to work on for earning rewards. Discuss the rewards that he/she would like to earn each day by completing those tasks. These rewards should be small but motivating enough to get him/her excited about completing them.
For each task completed he/she receives one reward, giving three possible rewards to be earned each day. The reward must be given quickly so that he/she doesn’t lose motivation.
At the end of the week, if he/she has completed seven out of seven days, they earn a bigger reward for 100% success. Some tasks such as homework may only be assigned five days, so he/she earns their big weekly reward if he/she is successful five out of five days. Friday or Saturday is a good day to give the weekly rewards.
Click on the link below for your own copy!
| the_weekly_behaviour_chart.pdf |