Many children, especially special needs children who have experienced loss of a parent, abuse, or neglect develop behavior problems - such as lying, breaking rules, underachievement in school, or refusal to take responsibility for their actions - that do not respond to traditional parenting or teaching methods (i.e. rewarding, punishing, paying consequences or explaining).
     In this 90 minute video, Dr. Michael Katz, internationally respected psychologist, explains the importance of parents, teachers, and therapists working in an organized and systematic frequent manner on underlying emotional problems involving attachment, control, self esteem, anger, maturity issues, as well as developing a positive attitude and effective values. Dr. Katz emphasizes that children learn, retain, and apply ideas, lessons and concepts when what is being said to them is reinforced with multi-sensory visual and tactical stimulation - making the ideas concrete and tangible.
     Dr. Katz verbally and visually demonstrates step-by step instructions to make nine origami (the art of paper folding) originals: the summersaulter; the piano; the cup; the fluttering butterfly; the jumping frog; the exploding volcano; the hungry bird; the friendly Ninja; and the bed. He demonstrates how these paper structures can be used to help children EXPERIENCE crucial life lessons about attachment, control, self-esteem, anger, maturity, attitude, values, responsibility for our actions, problem solving, conflict resolution, planning for the future, and paying attention.