In order to give my son to have the best chance to succeed at school I created a reinforcement binder for the teacher. My son often does not like to do hard work. But, if there is an incentive at the end (a favourite activity), he usually will complete the work. The reinforcement binder has some favourite activities: mazes, streets signs, and maps. The idea is the teacher can say “when you are finished this activity, you may choose something from your binder”. He will then get to look through the binder and pick what he would like to do. It works out nicely, that our most of our son’s favourite activities are marker and paper activities. However, you can provide a box of quiet toys, favourite books or magazines to look at. An added bonus, is that the other children may become interested and lead to socialization opportunities.
Today, was our school visit before the first day as part of our transition plan. We presented the binder to the teaching staff. We also let our son have a look through it and pick out a reinforcer. He finished a few of the activities while he was at the school. He now has developed some excitement about going to school. We’ll keep you posted as to how the binder is working out during the first week.
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