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Like many parents now days, my son has been clinically diagnosed with ADHD. We’re working with the doctors and the behavioral specialists to keep him focused and to help him be his best, and to that end we have implemented a variation of a token system to help our son stay positive and to reward him for good behaviors.
Our token system is comprised of little pebbles that our son can collect when he was good days at school and when he exhibits behavior we are working on at home. He can then use these pebbles to buy certain privileges such as watching tv, playing video games, staying up past his bedtime, etc.
At home it’s easy to give him that instant feedback when he does well. He simply goes to the kitchen and gets his pebble. On the road and around town we have a hard time because we will either forget to bring his pebbles or his pebble bag. Enter Tally Counter for iPhone.
This is a free, dead simple app that lets you hit a big button to increase a counter. Whenever our son gets a pebble when we’re around town, I let him hit the button. The application also shows the counter value on the Home Screen by way of a badge. It’s easy to use and gives our son instant feedback when he does well, and when we get home, we have an easy way to tell how many pebbles he’s earned.
