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Here is what Parenting Experts are saying about EasyChild:
Dr.
Ali Hashemian, Ph.D. (ADHD Expert), American College of
Behavioral Medicine, Director of Attention & Achievement
Center
"An excellent
tool to bring much needed and often missing order and structure
to any household. An exceptionally easy tool for parents to
use, it teaches children how to be accountable for their behaviors,
preparing them for real life. It removes uncertainty about
rules and parental expectations. By having clear, concise rules,
expectations and rewards or consequences, uniformly and consistently
applied, it eliminate parental guilt feelings as well."
Dr.
Jeffery M. Bruns, PhD (Psychologist, Lecturer, and Author),
Certified Educational and Behavioral Therapist, Director
Parenting Intervention Clinic
During
my time as a behavior therapist, I identified four characteristics
of children who grew to become successful adults. The children
(1) looked at learning as a process, (2) they were goal oriented,
(3) they were focused, and most importantly, (4) they learned
to earn privileges rather than expect privileges. The
concept of learning to earn privileges is best taught during
the critical stages of learning, ages seven through sixteen.
In this stage of learning, children must become able to do
some things well such as: read, write, calculate, and perform
household chores. These are normal life skills. Yet, in our
society where the individual is often catered to, the positive
ethic of contribution is not always learned. The negative
ethic of instant gratification and entitlement are becoming
more the norm. It is through a child’s contribution to home,
to school, and to a social group, that children gain a positive
sense of self. Giving into instant gratification and allowing
an entitlement attitude can damage a child’s self esteem.
Debra Levinson, Speech-Language Pathologist, Educational
Therapist, Author
"One of the
first things I learned as a graduate student in speech-language
pathology was to avoid power struggles with my young
clients. We were taught to use a timer, to have written rules
and
policies, to provide incentives, and to build our therapeutic
environment in a way that would support our goals regardless
of which
activities a child might choose during any particular session.
This
gave us gentle control while allowing our clients to maintain
their
sense of self-respect and autonomy. Easy Child provides a similar
set
of behavioral supports to parents. The rules are clear. Incentives
are
built in. Decision-making builds the dignity and self-worth of
the
child. Simple. Effective. Efficient. Good stuff!"
Deirdre
Brown-Bridges, Resource Specialist Supervisor for Dept of
Juvenile Services
"as
the Resource Specialist Supervisor I am responsible for making
placement decisions regarding
juvenile offenders, maintaining relationships with current residential
and community based programs, and researching potential programs
that can provide additional services to the population we work
with. I am always seeking information that will allow youth to
be served in the least restrictive environment and/or within
their home setting with wrap around services. Having had grown
up with a strong value system, I can attest to the family cohesion
and respect level that was once a part of our communities. I
think that the Easy Child program has the potential to reinstall
those types of qualities within the homes of our present day
problematic youth. Easy Child may be a way to keep the youth
in their home and avoid outside placement by implementing a hands
on easy to use system that teaches youth values, respect, and
responsibility, all of which, I believe can help to prevent recidivism
with juvenile offenders." |
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