Using guided time and space to manage the challenging behaviors of young children

An award-winning* book has come onto the market that, according to some observers, signals the start of a whole new positive approach to managing the challenging behaviors of young children. In their book, The Think Space, authors Calvin and Carolyn Richert detail a new, low-stress child management approach born out of everyday, real-life experience.

Child Care Provider Magazine, Parent Connection Section

by Jill Dickey; Spring 1997

Tired of Time-Outs that don't work? Annoyed when your gentle warnings, countdowns and even threats are ignored? Time for a new look at discipline, and a visit to The Think Space. Preschool directors (and early childhood specialists), Carolyn and Calvin Richert have developed a new low-stress approach to child management that works surprisingly well with preschoolers. They tell all in their book The Think Space.

Do you ever wonder what to do about the challenging behaviors of the children in your life?. . .

The Think Space is a plan to help children take responsibility for their own behavioral choices while offering adults a safe and responsible way to remove themselves from the emotional loop of misbehavior.

This technique is built on two primary premises:

1) Children repeat behaviors that work and discard behaviors that do not work, and
2) When you help children change the way they think, their behavior adjusts - naturally.

The Think Space uses a six-point procedure that quietly communicates several positive messages - from unconditional love to personal responsibility. While The Think Space is time-intensive at the beginning, the investment is well worth the effort. When applied correctly, The Think Space is both powerful and rewarding.

In this series, Cal and Carolyn Richert carefully guide you to a less stressful and more fulfilling life with children. In almost nine hours of teaching, your life with children can improve dramatically as you learn better ways of thinking about and working with the children in your life.

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The usefulness of the recordings (both CDs and cassettes) is greatly enhanced by the 12 or more individual tracks of each recording. Using the included complete track guide, you will be able to quickly locate and repeat any section as needed.

Course materials: 10 CDs or 5 cassettes, the DWD study manual and The Think Space book and TTS video.

The course is divided into six sections. (See the Course Description, below.)

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You will receive:

• Complete 85-page DWD Study Manual with extra hand-outs
• Ten CD’s – nearly nine hours of crystal clear teaching, assembled from digital recordings of live sessions, including live exchanges with members of the audience
• A copy of The Think Space, the award-winning child management text by Calvin & Carolyn Richert
• Certificate of Completion
• No-charge, unlimited consultation with Take V Seminars staff for 90 days from beginning date of enrolled course
• $75 credit coupon for live seminar registration

While waiting to be seated at a popular restaurant near our home, my wife and I noticed a young child, about three years old, making a fuss over something at a nearby table. The mother made one attempt to correct the situation. Seeing that her effort was being ignored, the mother did something that we had never seen a parent do in just that way.

Without any apparent emotion, she took the fussing child by the hand, walked right past us toward the entrance of the restaurant and stopped in the air lock between the inside and outside doors. With her back against the wall, she squatted down to the child's level, looked him in the eye and said something like, "We'll just stay here until you're finished with your fussing."