What People Are Saying About FLIP IT!®
FLIP IT!® Transforming Challenging Behavior won a 2012 National Parenting Publications Award (NAPPA), handpicked by their prestigious team of expert judges and parent testers.
Below is some of what others have said about the FLIP IT strategy, resources, and trainings!
I have been a family educator for 10 years, and I wanted to reach out to tell you that FLIP IT has truly been a life-changing strategy. This has worked not only for my preschool class, but also for my own children (teenagers now); my son who has autism and is nonverbal; my husband who is a disabled army veteran with severe PTSD; as well as my own coworkers and staff. This has truly been a life-altering gift that you have given me. I wish everyone could fully embrace how powerful this tool truly is!
I have been using it with my 4- and 8-year-old with a lot of success – even this morning when my 4-year-old was upset since she could not find her blankie. It was so cool to see her think through the process and find the solution on her own – and then even later tell me, “Daddy – are you happy that I am using my manners and not having a fit over my blankie?!” THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY LIFE A LITTLE EASIER!!
I visit a daycare with a certain child that falls apart when things don’t go her way, and let me tell you, “it ain’t pretty” when it happens either! Once, she had a two-hour screaming fit because she wanted a certain teacher to hand her a paper towel. (That teacher was busy and she could reach the paper towels herself and others were offering to help … and you get the picture.) So, mostly everybody just walks around her like [on] eggshells.
Yesterday, she threw a fit because another child wore the paint shirt she wanted. (He even took it off for her and she threw it across the room, so then another child put it on who wasn’t giving it up … once again, I’m sure you get the picture!) I decided, “I’m flippin’ this girl!” I went to the couch and held her and said “I know you’re really sad and upset because you want to wear the bunny shirt (insert scream here), but so and so is wearing it right now (insert extra loud scream here). What else could we do to make you feel better? (Insert a little calmer scream, but add wiping snotty nose on me.) Then we began listing some ideas. We came up with wearing it at nap time! She was completely happy with that idea and the crisis was settled in about ten minutes!
I’m convinced that if I had just said “You can’t have the shirt now, but you can wear it at naptime,” she would have continued screaming her “mad as a wet hen” act! Only going through the steps together did she feel validated and given the power to fix the problem herself … well, she thought she fixed the problem herself. What a perfect solution for those children that want complete control! And what’s even better is that the whole ordeal actually helped build our relationship. Rather than me being the bully teacher making her stay in a timeout crying, I was her coach, her supporter and most of all, her understanding teacher that she knows cares and loves her!
Thanks again, Rachel! I’m off to another daycare to FLIP some more kids!
WOW … I am still FLIP IT crazy. Angela and I trained all of the staff when we got back. It took two separate months. [For] next year, I have talked to other content areas (foster grandparents and transportation), [and] they want the training for their people, too. THANKS to you all for the opportunity to become a train-the-trainer for FLIP IT. We continue to brag on it every chance we get. It is so important to us, and the children we serve.
The FLIP IT Train-the-Trainer was one of the best trainings I have attended. I really enjoy trainings that are practical and can be put to everyday use. I have been “flipping” every day!! Thank you for the information!
I loved how [the trainers] made the training easy to understand and treated us all like we were one big family. It wasn’t like they were teaching, and we were sitting there listening. They took our different learning styles into consideration, and you could tell the genuine love for the FLIP IT training.
Thank you again for the training with our staff. It was really interactive and gave our teachers a great chance to ask questions and participate throughout the session. Several staff members even texted me afterward to say how helpful they found it and that they walked away with clear action steps to try in their classrooms. I’ve already heard teachers using the FLIP IT techniques with students, and we’re seeing it work. It’s been great to see the strategy being put into practice so quickly. Thank you for sharing your expertise in such a practical and supportive way!
I left learning lots of things! I’m a speech therapist. One of the best pieces of advice that I got today which I will implement is validation. I plan to validate both the children’s and the staff’s feelings, always approach kids with empathy and use can vs. cannot when giving limits.
I attended your training in San Antonio one year ago this month! I loved it! We (my partner and I) presented to a group of 65 here at Region 10 last Wednesday – 95% of the respondents to our survey, thus far, said they would recommend this training to others!!! All sorts of positive feedback! Just wanted to thank you for making this training so thorough (great stories, easy-to-understand concepts, practice scenarios, and the Practice Picture FLIP Book). [This is] a program that is really easy to be enthused about and present to teachers and others. We will be presenting to more teachers (at their sites) soon. Thanks for all your GREAT work! We are continuing to FLIP IT here in Texas!
