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Justme

My 9 year old asd son has been urniating on his bedroom floor now for the past few months. There s no medical reason for him doing this it is just simply the fact he can't be bothered to go to the toilet. He's not happy with the smell and i have tried everything to get rid of it and tried to explain to him that its there because he wees on the floor. He has done it so much the smell carries round the house and i am getting extremely upset now that i can't get rid of the smell no matter how i try and you can see with the looks on peoples faces when they enter the house how bad its getting. I really haven't a clue where to go from here. I have tried reward charts taking xbox time and other things like this i am clueless.

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  • Justme said:
    I have tried reward charts taking xbox time and other things like this i am clueless.

    When you've tried this, how have you approached it?

    We, on the spectrum, are often motivited more by positive, reward-based, motivation, than negative, punishment-based, motivation, and it's important that you phrase things in a positive, rather than negative way.

    So, for example, saying "If you wee on the floor you won't get..." or even "If you don't wee on the floor you will get..." are both likely to be much less effective than "If you wee in the toilet then you will get..."

    Does that makes sense?

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  • Justme said:
    I have tried reward charts taking xbox time and other things like this i am clueless.

    When you've tried this, how have you approached it?

    We, on the spectrum, are often motivited more by positive, reward-based, motivation, than negative, punishment-based, motivation, and it's important that you phrase things in a positive, rather than negative way.

    So, for example, saying "If you wee on the floor you won't get..." or even "If you don't wee on the floor you will get..." are both likely to be much less effective than "If you wee in the toilet then you will get..."

    Does that makes sense?

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