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I am a strong proponent of “drawing out the best in each child.” I realized early on that I
was having more success treating my clients’ speech disorders than some of my
colleagues. We often used the same worksheets, same programs, and similar methods
of positive reinforcement, so what was I doing differently? Once I began to supervise
other therapists, I began to understand the answer to that question. In short, there is a
big difference between “drawing out the best in each child” and “pushing in our own
ideas.”
When I examined what was available to help parents and children deal with noxious
oral habits such as thumb and finger sucking, nail biting or pacifier, I realized that there
were many scattered suggestions, but few organized tools to help them in a positive
way. The market offers interceptive methods that place pressure on children to stop.
Some methods advocate forms of punishment such as nasty tasting substances on the
fingers or nails. Others try to force the child to change by using tightly fastened
coverings on the hand or fingers, some of which are hard materials that can injure the
oral tissues if the child attempts to suck the digit while wearing them. None of these
approaches were satisfactory to me and none of them fit with my credo of “drawing out
the best in each child.”
When I developed these programs, I wanted to offer a positive, relationship-building
programs to parents and children as well as to professionals. I wanted to eliminate the
frustration that many parents experience when trying to get a child to stop a habit. And
most of all, I wanted to give the parent what he or she needed to become a “partner”
with their child. Thus, these programs were envisioned and created…..to offer an
unstressful, “fun” way for parent and child to accomplish their goal as a “team.” I offer
you the opportunity to provide this simple, step-by-step, enjoyable, yet inexpensive
programs to your child.
was having more success treating my clients’ speech disorders than some of my
colleagues. We often used the same worksheets, same programs, and similar methods
of positive reinforcement, so what was I doing differently? Once I began to supervise
other therapists, I began to understand the answer to that question. In short, there is a
big difference between “drawing out the best in each child” and “pushing in our own
ideas.”
When I examined what was available to help parents and children deal with noxious
oral habits such as thumb and finger sucking, nail biting or pacifier, I realized that there
were many scattered suggestions, but few organized tools to help them in a positive
way. The market offers interceptive methods that place pressure on children to stop.
Some methods advocate forms of punishment such as nasty tasting substances on the
fingers or nails. Others try to force the child to change by using tightly fastened
coverings on the hand or fingers, some of which are hard materials that can injure the
oral tissues if the child attempts to suck the digit while wearing them. None of these
approaches were satisfactory to me and none of them fit with my credo of “drawing out
the best in each child.”
When I developed these programs, I wanted to offer a positive, relationship-building
programs to parents and children as well as to professionals. I wanted to eliminate the
frustration that many parents experience when trying to get a child to stop a habit. And
most of all, I wanted to give the parent what he or she needed to become a “partner”
with their child. Thus, these programs were envisioned and created…..to offer an
unstressful, “fun” way for parent and child to accomplish their goal as a “team.” I offer
you the opportunity to provide this simple, step-by-step, enjoyable, yet inexpensive
programs to your child.