You asked me if I would write how I felt about this program. Well here goes, I told you about the first incident report, as soon as he realized I had given him an incident report he ran upstairs cleaned his room, finished his homework, fed the cat and dog, and then cleaned the kitty litter box. He then wrote a self evaluation in answer to the incident report:

  "I should have accepted the answer no and should not have yelled. I now know that what I did was not good behavior and I shouldn't have raised my voice next time I will accept the answer as no and will not argue any longer. when and if that time comes again I will just walk away and not be negative."

  We have been working this program for only 3 weeks now and he has finally earned an approved outing. He went to a friends birthday party from 2-4. I showed up at 4:00. As soon as he saw me he grabbed his stuff and said good-bye. The father came running out and asked if he could stay longer and my son looked at me with hopeful eyes, I said no. He shook the father hand said thank you. And we were off. There was no anger towards me, he was very content on life and happy for the time that he got. This is wonderful. I did tell him as we were driving up the driveway that his behavior as we were leaving the birthday party would be considered Exemplary. He was VERY proud of himself.

  Thanks for providing a system that gives control to both the parents and the child, but in a very postive way.

Thanks again,

Cindy

  I would like to take a few minutes and thank you for the home intervention point system. You have been a great aftercare coach as well. You followed up with me regularly. Even when I didn't prompt you, you were shooting me quick notes to remind me that I wasn't alone and you were always giving me quick tips and site information so that I could use the tools that have been made available to me. I have been working the point system with my son for 6 months now and it works. I viewed alot of the videos and used alot of the advise. We are still using the point system today and I am still referring back to information from the system as our situation changes.

Thank you,
Denise

  For my son Tanner, the change started happening the minute we watched the Orientation video. He knew we were now serious and by signing up and spending $ on this system, we were now taking action rather than just threatening via words. By putting the rewards and consequences in writing, they now became real and therefore he became accountable for his own actions. Because he signed the contract and agreed to the terms, we as parents weren't to blame anymore more. The system is set up so the child understands that they now have some control. Soon enough, his behavior changed. In our case, Tanner's actions changed more from possible consequences than any gained rewards.

Thanks,
Chuck