Parents At School
What do you say to a parent who asks, “How involved should I get in school?” Before talking about this question I first want to talk about a more important underlying issue. Relations between parents and teachers are at an all-time low. Parents blame teachers for their child’s poor ... read more
Children as Lions
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Behavior Problem Child
Forty years ago I was the “behavior problem” child. When my mother would bring me to the playground the other mothers would gather their children and leave. I was defiant, difficult to control, physically aggressive and would never sit still. In 1970 I was diagnosed as A.D.H.D. and put on Ritalin.
The Transition
Fast forward to, 18 years ago, I walked into an elementary school and said, “I want to work with your most difficult kids, the kids who drive your teachers crazy, the ones no one knows what to do with”.
A Lion Returns
Since then I’ve worked as a High School and Elementary school teacher, a crisis intervention specialist and a behavior therapist. I developed a reputation for turning around the most impossible cases.Today I conduct seminars and train teachers, parents and therapists in the methods I’ve developed to transform the behavior problem children.I received my masters degree at Antioch University in Los Angeles in Organizational Management in order to bring the study of motivation, communication dynamics, conflict resolution and systems thinking to parenting and teaching. My first book, Raising Lions, is available on Amazon.com or by using the link on the top left of this page.