How the first "Cutting Edge"
'Bad Behaviour' Family
are Doing NowThursday, December 11, 2003
Dear Warwick,
On behalf of Diane and I, we would like to say a big thank you for all your guidance and support in helping us to change our daughter, Georgina's, behaviour. As you know, Georgina was extremely badly behaved and so defiant and rude. You are also aware that we were absolutely desperate. Our local Social Services did nothing to help us and our respective families either lived too far away or refused to help us. We were on our own. We are so glad that we took the initiative to seek one last effort to try to change Georgina's behaviour.
It's been a year since you first came to our home to discuss your strategies for changing Georgina's behaviour. We were shocked to learn that the cause of our daughter's bad behaviour was the way in which we were handling her and that there was nothing wrong with our daughter. It was our behaviour that had to change and there were to be major changes to the way that we interact with her. We started to put in place the strategies that you prescribed and found that Georgina's behaviour began to change within a week or so. We were beginning to see a glimmer of light at the end of a very long dark tunnel. Our daily phone calls to you kept us on track even though some of these calls lasted several hours at a time. You never gave up on us. We held on to the promise that you had never had a failure and that if we were to be the first, then it would be down to our failure to use your strategies correctly. Yes, we were complacent at times thinking that we had "cracked it" only to find that there were signs that the bad behaviour would return, so we had to be on the ball 100% of the time.
A year down the road, we have a functional family now. We are enjoying our daughter now rather than wishing that she wasn't with us. We also know that others are looking to see if we have slipped back to the old ways and whether Georgina has improved. Her schoolteacher can't believe the radical change in her behaviour. She is more confident in herself. She has a higher self-esteem and her social skills are improving.
It was Georgina's 9th birthday last week and we were pleased that of all the classmates that she invited to her party, every child came along whereas last year, she had nearly 100% rejection. Georgina is a popular child and has many friends. We never thought that we would ever experience such a turnaround in our daughter's behaviour and it has all been thanks to you.
We were pleased to have been involved with the Channel 4 programme. If it gives others help who share our plight, then it will have been worthwhile doing it.
Congratulations and may other prospective clients take heart from our success.
We are happy if you wish to use our letter on your web site and to post our email address should any of your clients wish to talk to us about our experience.
Email address: fred.curtis7@ntlworld.com
Best wishes
Diane and Fred Our Christmas this Year
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