Patent ID: 8562354

Claim:
A method for using a multimedia device for supporting time management skills of a student having an executive function disorder, comprising: receiving scheduling information about a school assignment from the student, the scheduling information including a description of the school assignment and a time by which the school assignment should be completed; displaying an immediate visual reward on the multimedia device in response to receiving the scheduling information from the student; transmitting the scheduling information to a teacher for validation to determine the accuracy of the scheduling information entered by the student, the validation completed independently from the completion of the school assignment by the student; storing banked points in the multimedia device as determined as a result of the accuracy of the entered scheduling information; transmitting the scheduling information to a web-based tracking system accessible to a parent or guardian of the student; and providing access to a reward for an amount of time based on the number of banked points, wherein the reward is selected from one or more of: playing a game on the multimedia device, making or receiving phone calls using the multimedia device, playing music on the multimedia device, watching a video on the multimedia device, or activating an external device for use by the student.