- Is Warwick Dyer the expert who made the Channel 4 Series "Bad Behaviour" and will it be Warwick himself that works with my family?
Yes, he is, and he successfully changed the lives of each family, and yes, it will be Warwick who will work with you himself, no other individuals are involved at any stage.
- What is the age range within which the Consultancy works?
Our behaviour work is with children from a few months old up to older teenagers and those in their early twenties.
My Child is now Twenty
- What type of behaviour is the Consultancy successful in changing?
Our success rate is very high [very near 100%] and we are successful in changing two types of behaviour.
Firstly what is best described as "bad behaviour", which means behaviour that may appear serious but has no serious underling cause. The type of interactional behaviour that is
listed here.
Secondly we work with the parents of children diagnosed with ADHD and other behaviour disorders* with the behaviour that comes from interactional factors that can often be successfully changed.
* with discussion with the professionals who have been involved.
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- Does Warwick have a book that explains his methods and the way he works ?
An ebook yes. It costs £8.40
and it can be downloaded and read immediately - here.
Mercury's Child - download
- What
is the Focus for the training ?
Practical - we work
with the responses you are using to the challenging behaviour.
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- Do you work with clients Worldwide?
Yes. Warwick enjoys travel and will visit and work with clients anywhere in the world. You pay for an economy air fare, we make no extra charge for the time and effort involved; this applies to all countries worldwide.
- How
can I be sure that I need help with my child's bad behaviour?
If the behaviour is causing you
concern and is static or getting worse.
Comments In the National Press about Warwick's work
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- My child does not have a problem at home - only at school - can you still help?
Warwick has been working with behaviour for 25 years much of that time in schools and working intensely with parents for the last 8 years and in all that time he has never come across a case where children behaved reasonably (and were handled reasonably) at home but then behaved badly at school.
Have a look at his response to a parent who asked this question fine at home bad at school.
- How long does the process take?
Following a full day of Training, each family has an intensive in-depth discussion with Warwick each week for six weeks. These phone calls need to be detailed and are often prolonged - many parents ring the day before to book a precise time for the next day which Warwick then keeps free.
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What is the structure of the intervention with families?
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The Problem
You give
us a detailed description of the problem and the changes
that you require
The Responses
You give us a detailed description
of your current responses and what you have tried in the past.
The Explanation
We give a detailed analysis of the
effects of your current dynamics and a detailed explanation of
an alternative response to each of the behaviours that you
want to change
The Intervention
You begin the new responses the moment
you next see your child
Weekly Support
You communicate with us each week
for six weeks or until the changes
identified are achieved
Open-Ended
We are so confident that you will achieve
your goal that you pay only a one-off payment for the
original consultation and the six weeks of in-depth work.
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The big difference - this is the big difference between
our approach and that of other agencies. Not only do
we make detailed suggestions of what you should do (often professionals make general statements rather than give you the detail that you need) but we
also put ourselves on the line each week to support you with
each change that you make. If we were not effective
we would never work in this exposed way.
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- Why do parents choose Warwick's interactive behaviour management training for their children's behaviour?
Because if the changes are to be maintained they need to know how to change and maintain their child's behaviour. They do not need their authority to be undermined even temporarily by someone from outside. With IB (interactive behaviour) training, they remain the focus for change; as far as the children are concerned all the changes are generated by their parents. The alternatives available tend
to be various forms of more intrusive, longer-term, child or family
counselling/therapy.
Parents often come to us after long-term involvement with
other agencies and state that they still do not know what to
do in response to their child's behaviour problem.
We offer a fast practical and effective intervention for
those who want the behaviour problem with their child to change without
long-term intervention or any unnecessary intrusion into other
aspects of their life.
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- Will
the intervention be successful ?
We have not yet evaluated this new weekly support regime. Our success rate with the (much more expensive) daily support intervention is very
high. In fact to date amongst our fee-paying clientele we have a near 100% success rate. We do guarantee that this statement is true (to the best of our knowledge) we do not, of course, guarantee success with an new client.
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- My husband (my wife/partner) does not agree that we have a problem; will you be prepared to work just with me?
No, I am afraid not. Often parents have differing ways of responding to the same problem and this inconsistency is one of the first issues that has to be addressed. Both parents have to agree to make the necessary arrangement to phone together each week and both have to be completely committed for the intervention to be successful. We do, of course, work with single parent families.
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What qualifications and training does Warwick Dyer have?
Warwick is a Teacher he is not a Doctor, Psychiatrist, Psychologist or Counsellor. He had extensive training (6 years of weekly in-service training and weekly case-study analysis) in a team of specialist teachers and worked for 18 years as a behaviour specialist advising and training teachers and parents and advising youngsters.
- Does Warwick have the new US founded Board Certified Behavior Analyst Qualification (BCBA or BCABA)?
Warwick has not been accredited by the new US founded Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BCBA or BCABA) and does not have any formal behaviour analysts' degree or qualification.
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- I know nothing other than what I read here; how can I be sure what is said here is genuine?
Our work has been validated by four in-depth television programmes, this should enable our clients to feel confident about the quality we provide.
We link to a response we made to a client that asked us this question here.
- Behaviour Modification techniques do not work with my child, he/she does not seem to care about punishments and rewards
Parents often say this to us, if this were really true then their child would be very strange indeed. The truth is that parents who say this have no idea of the punishments and rewards they are actually using. Most parents are inadvertently rewarding the very behaviour that they want to change and punishing behaviour that they should be encouraging.
See a recent typical
evaluation
What parents say
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- I (or my partner) have difficulty controlling my own temper and emotions, will this be a factor?
Absolutely. If either parent cannot control their own emotions then their child's behaviour will not change. The training will show you, in great detail, what to do in response to your child's behaviour, so you should have far less reason to become frustrated. However, if you still cannot control your responses then you will not be successful.
- Do
you work with children who have been diagnosed with
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) ?
With the behaviour associated with ADHD, yes. Often professionals working with ADHD advise parents to obtain behaviour management training. If parents or their children are, or have been, under the guidance of another professional then courtesy requires that they (and we) speak to them first.
Our work with ADHD and other behaviour disorders
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- Do you work with children who have been diagnosed with Attachment Disorder;
dyspraxia; or Conduct Disorder or Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)?
As with ADHD yes, but with the behaviour associated with these disorders, and again if other professionals have been involved then courtesy requires that we, and the child's parents, speak to them.
Don't Let disorders provide justification for impotence and inaction
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My daughter's behaviour is so extreme surely, it must be something like ADHD?
No not necessarily. Most behaviour disorders involve behaviour that that is different rather than bad. The key indicators that parents (and professionals) need to look for in reaching a diagnosis are not the 'bad behaviours' listed here.
Warwick is consistently successful with children who display this group of behaviours. Although these behaviours go together as predictably as any disorder or syndrome they are not symptomatic and can be quickly and effectively changed. They are 'interactive' in nature and can be changed by carefully working with parent responses.
The key for parents, even those who have already been given a professional diagnosis, is to subtract all the symptoms that could be the result of interactive behaviour imbalance (i.e. bad behaviour) and see what is left.
Some children drive their parents to distraction. It is
not uncommon for parents to have built up (without realising it)
a repertoire of responses that are seriously inappropriate and
inconsistent, which results in some serious-looking
behaviour. The child's behaviour is extreme - the parent
does not know what to do - so - they repeat what they have
always done. In these cases the child's behaviour although
entrenched is often still relatively easy to change, the
key is to convince parents of the importance of the
consistent use of subtle changes to their own behaviour.
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- Are you are just
going to tell me to be more positive or assertive because I can
try that by myself?
The problem with many behaviour
books and courses is that they do not explain that it is the
totality of how parents respond to their children that needs attention.
Parents are sometimes advised to be positive without being told
exactly how to incorporate the use of sanctions (punishments) or told to use sanctions (time out etc) without being told how to counter the child's avoidance strategies.
When this happens they just end up frustrated and often find
themselves using instinctive, but very harmful, interpersonal sanctions on their children.
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- What can I expect to happen once the intervention starts?
The first thing to happen will be a full day of consultation - Warwick comes to you. The day is very long and can be very tiring so parents need to be prepared. There then follows six weeks of weekly phone calls.
Any supplementary advice is sought in this six-week period and most parents will have gained all the skills they need during this time. Parents then continue to keep a daily record of what occurs.
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- I understand there is a single fee and no other charges what does the fee cover?
Yes, there is a single fee with no other charges, it covers all the work done and all our time in consultation with parents by phone each week. Parents need to allow 2 hours for their phone call each week, particularly in the first weeks. The fee also covers all our travel and other expenses.
- How much will it
cost for the complete intervention?
For the full intervention with support for six weeks parents pay a one-off payment of £595.00 ( $1100* ) This fee covers all the work that we do and all our travel and other expenses.
A deposit of £150 reserves Warwick's services (full amount overseas) we strive to schedule the intervention to begin within two or three weeks.
The fee covers all travel costs and all other expenses, travel outside the UK is included.
( Canadian $1100 )
*as of January 08
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- Can I have the consultation day without the telephone Support?
We will sometimes agree to do this but we do not recommend it.
Please be clear that this option does not include any follow-up support. It is intended to give parents detailed information that may be useful, and personalise the detailed advice contained in Warwick's ebook. It is therefore not designed for a child with extreme behaviour. It is unlikely that you will be able to change extreme behaviour without support.
The day usually starts around 10.30 a.m (depending on travel to you) and runs to at least 4.30 p.m. and we usually work through a light lunch. One-off payment of £435
( US $850 - as of January 08 )
( Canadian $850 ) rates change
- I want to go ahead what do I do next?
Ring us on
0208 653 9768
(international 44 208 653 9768).
Most parents who ring already have a good idea how Warwick works and have correctly concluded that their child's continuing bad behaviour is caused or made worse by their responses to it. Warwick will ask you (and your partner) to detail the problems you are having. Then, if all agree, a date will be decided for the consultation day which starts the intervention.
The consultation day is arranged on a day when your children are not around - children usually do not know that we are involved.
If you require the full intervention (with the six week support) or the single day of training your booking is confirmed on receipt of your deposit.
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- At what times do parents make their weekly consultation phone calls?
Parents need to find a time when they are both available during the day and when their children cannot overhear. They need to
allow 2 hours for their phone call each week, particularly in the first weeks.
Parents who are in different locations during the day can usually arrange a conference call and talk at the same time. They need to find a time each day between
8.30 am and 5.30 pm.
Between 3.30am and 12.30pm Eastern Canada & US.
Between 2.30am and 11.30pm Central Canada & US.
Between 12.30am and 09.30pm Pacific Canada & US.
Between 7.30pm and 4.30am Eastern Australia.
- How
much time will it take?
Surprising little! In
most cases parents begin to see beneficial effects within two or three weeks.
The child's acceptance of their parents' new expectations is often accomplished within the first four weeks; parents then decide the amount of time they still need to completely consolidate their training.
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Too Young to be Naughty
I tell my 15 months old 'No', but he just won't listen
A "Nasty" 2 year old
- What
are the most difficult aspects for parents?
Admitting that the behaviour is
serious, that a child is not going to 'grow out' of it.
Admitting that objective help is needed.
It can also be difficult for parents to accept how quickly
changes in their own responses can affect seriously
inappropriate behaviour.
THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS
What is the theoretical basis of your work?
Theoretical Basis - Click Here
I want to become a client, what do I do?
Just ring Warwick (Monday to Friday 9.30 - 5.30)
on
0208 653 9768
and outline the problems you are having.
