Letters from Satisfied Users
Hi_ both the manuals for students and for parents and teachers are great_ i cant believe that i found so much without paying a penny_ thankyou so much Izzy...in our country resources are not so easily available so your manual is also very precious. also cos its good :-_ i am glad you have written about the importance of laughing at self- i think we dont realise its importance, and so end up being hurt and boring_ i am a school counsellor and i am sure your manual will have beneficial effects on my students and teachers and parents. thanks again_
Gunjan, Bombay International School
Hello____Thank you for your information and your insight on bullying. I am a martial arts instructor and a parent of four. I also work as a special Advocate for children _juvenile delinquents, serious offenders, victims of abuse and neglect in the Norfolk, VA Family Court System. I have been searching the internet reading different programs information and websites on the subj. matter. Looking for the right way to approach bullying and to instruct kids on what the correct approach would be to deal with bullys. ____Your 10 lessons are it_ You tapped into alot of good key concepts in dealing with the problem, alot of methods that I have thought about but never had the confidence to share til now. ____Thanks Again,____J. Roman
Izzy,
I just wanted to jot down a quick email to say thank you for a great seminar. I have been to many seminars, and have felt smarter after many of them. However, I find I have rarely if ever felt wiser. During and after your seminar, I got the distinct impression that not only did I gain some knowledge but also gained wisdom. I find this a rare, and undervalued thing in our profession and society. And interestingly, I find that people tend to feel very strongly about the application of wisdom, both positively and negatively which it sounds like has been your experience with your approach. In working with clients (both adults and children), I have found myself recommending similar things, but have not had a cohesive understanding or language to help me in that process. Now I feel like I do. I also really liked the sociological concepts of the emotional welfare state and raising emotional marshmallows (I think that was the term). It is certainly a frightening and at times a demoralizing trend that I see in the families I work with. Thanks again, and keep up the great work. Jon Jon A. Bergeron, Jr., Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist Scott & White Clinic . College Station, TX
Dear Mr. Kalman,
I attended your Tulsa, OK workshop this summer. The Bullies to Buddies approach was implemented in our school at the beginning of the school year. The program definately brought about a difference in the atmosphere of the school. The "victims" feel empowered and able to handle their own problems. The students are also getting along better and their self-esteem has risen! Thank you for teaching us these valuable life skills.
Sincerely, Jennifer Harris 4th Grade Teacher St. Andrew School
Hi Izzy, This is Fran. I went home and used some of your tools with grandson Corey. I apologized for my anger and how I have been responding to him. He accepted and got up this morning by himself and went to school on time.
Fran Cummings, MFT Diamond Bar, Ca
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Hi Izzy, I just wanted to take an opportunity to say thanks for what you've contributed to the world with your Bullies2Buddies website and the trainings that you do. I work in a mental health clinic for kids and families in Columbia, Missouri, and supervise community support workers. I have been using your materials (ascribing full credit to you, of course) for several years now and have almost completed reading pretty much everything you've written. It's really brilliant stuff and, perplexingly, I must admit, extremely simple, logical and straightforward. That is, I know, due to your understanding that there are no complex solutions. It has helped me out in my personal life, as well. Thanks very much and I hope that you, if you haven't already, get really rich as a result of your work. Sincerely, Scott Leiker, LPC
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Just a quick note to let you know that I attended your workshop on Anger Control Made Easy in Tulsa OK this past year. Ever since attending your workshop I have been utilizing your approach in teaching my clients how to control their own since of anger by controlling other people's anger. I have utilized it with individual and with couples. I have integrated your approach in with my own version of therapy where I focus on my client's processes for creating the kind of lives they are living. The outcomes that I am observing are wonderful and incredible. The changes that are being made in people's lives are significant and lasting. Marriages have improved dramatically with only one to two sessions. Your workshop was the most important and significant training I have ever attended. Please accept my most sincere thanks for the very valuable work that you have done and for your sharing your understanding of the process by which anger is escalated and deescalated via the biological and natural processes.
Thanks so much and best wishes in your future endeavors.Clay Langley, L.C.S.W.
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I am the one and only school social worker for a school district of 6 schools, k-12, and I attended your seminar on anger control a couple weeks ago in the Detroit area. I used your booklet and your website to develop my own condensed one page outline for guiding myself as I run class, group, and individual sessions (I made sure to site you and your website as the source of all the info and principles on the outline). I ran a session for the first time today in a 5th grade class that has been especially problematic, and it was very enjoyable. the kids had a really good time and the principles played out in the role plays picture perfect. The principles also proved their worth when kids gave the what if's during discussion. Your logic and principles seem to be solid in theory and practice based upon the conference and now the real test in the field. If the kids will actually take to heart the lesson and implement the principles, they will surely benefit. Your conference was really excellent. I will surely recommend others to attend your conferences and to visit your website.
Thanks, Aaron Kittredge, SSW
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Hi,
I am the one and only school social worker for a school district of 6 schools, k-12, and I attended your seminar on anger control a couple weeks ago in the Detroit area. I used your booklet and your website to develop my own condensed one page outline for guiding myself as I run class, group, and
individual sessions (I made sure to site you and your website as the source of all the info and principles on the outline). I ran a session for the first time today in a 5th grade class that has been especially problematic, and it was very enjoyable. the kids had a really good time and the principles played out in the role plays picture perfect. The principles also proved their worth when kids gave the what if's during discussion. Your logic and principles seem to be solid in theory and practice based upon the conference and now the real test in the field. If the kids will actually take to heart the lesson and implement the principles, they will surely benefit. Your conference was really excellent. I will surely recommend others to attend your conferences and to visit your website.
Thanks, Aaron Kittredge, SSW
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I work as a health educator for a not for profit health care agency that deals specifically with sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS, so I don't have to deal, generally, with your target audience.
However, I must add, after attending your course, in Schaumburg, IL three years ago, I gained a lot of expertise in an quality which heretofore, I lacked. Namely, PATIENCE. In that regard your fine course was a boon to my ability to hear without bias, listen objectively and act more inteligently. And for that, I sincerely thank you. Keep up the good work you are doing.
Sincerely,
Howard Mirsky, Pharm B.
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