Spreadsheet - To Do list

[anon4now]

I'm making a multi-purpose-ful spreadsheet for my son, per his request/our discussion.

I'm listing a lot of "things" that he's forgetful about, so he can have a visual and check it off for the day. (thinks like leaving a wet diaper on the bathroom floor, every morning!)

So I thought I would use it as a blood sugar log, and a mood diary. So far I have the following:


Wake Up Time:
Blood Sugar:
How do I feel today?: Tired Normal A lot of energy
Mad Sad Happy
Don't want to talk Talkative


To Do List:
blahblahblah

Does anyone else have any suggestions. I was thinking of doing this for different parts of the day. Wakeup, home from school, dinner time, bed time. That way if he "feels" different from time to time I can see that. And maybe adding any comments like what's he's proud of (ooh, thats a good one) today etc. I want to keep it positive, and I want to get some information out of it without lecturing him. Any suggestions would be helpful. If you need a better explanation, just let me know. I foget that you aren't in my head (there wouldn't be any room anyways!)

Thanks in advance.
Anon

[misty]

How about "the best thing that happened to me today was__________" and "What I enjoyed most in school today was____________". I don't do a written sheet with Shannon, but I always get the most info when I ask her those sorts of open ended questions. I think your idea is a great one!

[bugsmom]

Apr 28, 2008 11:48:05 GMT -5 misty said:

How about "the best thing that happened to me today was__________" and "What I enjoyed most in school today was____________". I don't do a written sheet with Shannon, but I always get the most info when I ask her those sorts of open ended questions. I think your idea is a great one!

We do that every night at the dinner table. We each take turns and answer..."What was the best part of your day?" and "What was the worst part of your day?" It's amazing the things Josh will spill out with these two questions and then we all talk about the situations. I think its nice for Josh too, because he gets to hear that Mom and Dad don't have perfect days and can feel the same way he does about things.

I think that would be a great thing to put in your list, Anon.

[anon4now]

Ok, check this link out:

spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pKilABckPR6P6uDCrRjAdAg&hl=en

Tell me if it works. It's my spread sheet. There are three tabs on the bottom, morning, afternoon and evening.

Tell me what you think.

Anon

[bugsmom]

I can't see it Anon...you have to have a google account.

[charliegirl]

If you have a google toolbar you can access it. If not, you can always get a google toolbar and just click for it not to show up in your header. I like it because I can do my google search easily.

I think you may want to clarify what you mean by cleaning the living room and kitchen though. Cleaning sounds overwhelming but if you state something like, pick up your things and put them where they belong in the living room and make sure breakfast dishes are in the sink or dishwasher, it sounds more manageable and doesn't make him think he has to vaccuum and dust, etc.

[carol]

If he had a bad day, and we all do, maybe he can have something on the spreadsheet where he can address what he could have done differently. This helps for self-awareness and possible change of behavior for the next time. Sounds like a great idea.

[anon4now]

This week has been trial period, and it's going great so far (it usually does at the begining).

I have to make some changes so he can add comments daily. I was thinking about breaking down the cleaning, but it's been his chore for over a year, and he's been semi-successful with it. So I might start to fine tune it as we go, see what he struggles with and add it to the cleaning list.

I'm also very glad he is being honest with it. Monday morning he was mad, and he wrote it in his book. So I'm glad he's not trying to think of the "right" answer. I'm starting to feel opitmistic.

Anon