When we were in Germany, our neighbor was a woman named Waltraud Czadek and she absolutely loved our children, especially Mindy. She didn't have any grandchildren yet and had no prospects in the immediate future and she really longed for grandchildren. She did many kind things for our family and our children were her surrogate grandchildren while we were there. We wanted to stay connected with her so we tried to make videos for her. We made some in December 2010 and I'm not sure if she ever got the DVD we sent her to work but I was happy to discover these and put them on my blog. There are 9 videos so I'm splitting them up.
The original post was written in January of 2015. I wrote an update at the bottom of this post in March 2021. A few months ago, a friend of mine told me about something she was doing in her family to help her family function better. Her teenage autistic son had been struggling a lot so they had been working with behavior therapists to help him and this "Do Dots Family System" had been recommended. As she described it, I was greatly intrigued since it sounded like something I wanted to implement at my own house. I looked into it and decided to purchase it right after Thanksgiving. Here is my review of how it has worked for us over the last six weeks or so. The basic idea of the chart is that children need to take care of their responsibilities before they get any privileges. It strongly reinforces the concept of "Work Before Play" . The chart helps children see in a very visual way that, until they have completed their responsibilities, they are on Le...
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