What Wizard's Way Users Have To Say
Professionals in the education and mental health fields who successfully implemented Wizard's Way and strongly support the program speak out in the testimonial letters below.
 | R. Dale Reynolds, CEO/Administrator, San Luis Rey Hospital says: "Wizard's Way provides a highly effective therapeutic environment. It has dramatically reduced the amount of therapeutic holds, seclusion and restraint that are often a part of a child's in-patient stay." |
| Nicholas Frost, M.D., Medical Director, San Luis Rey Hospital says: "Very effective therapeutic intervention...tends to alleviate the anxiety of youngsters and their families...provides a creative treatment and positive framework for therapeutic work in the hospital...can generalize into the work that the family and the child do in their own home." |
| Kerry Kluner, M.D., FRCPC, Medical Director, Inpatient Unit, San Luis Rey Hospital says: "I am very pleased to report that the Wizard's Way program on the child unit has continued to be highly effective with our young patients and is extremely well received by their parents. The parents have found the program especially beneficial for the children's transition back home whether directly from ICU or through our partial hospital program." |
| Joyce Morrey R.N., M.A., Clinical Hospital Administrator, San Luis Rey Hospital says: "Most creative, innovative treatment approach I have ever seen in a long time... bridges the communication gap between the child's world and the adult world... Empowering to children." |
| Julia Ramirez, L.V.N., Mental Health Counselor, San Luis Rey Hospital says: "Excellent tool aiding in the family's transition from an acute setting to home and/or school. A prime example of positive reinforcement. I believe the smiles on the otherwise angry or extremely depressed children's faces speak for themselves." |
| Gayle Sitarz R.N., B.S.N., Mental Health Program Director, San Luis Rey Hospital says: "Wizard's Way is the one and only children's program that I have ever seen where the therapeutic intent is never lost." |
| Mitch Schaff, RN, Mental Health Counselor, San Luis Rey Hospital says: "Wizard's Way has been instrumental in guiding troubled children in a positive manner. It has allowed them to be kids while working on important issues in their lives." |
| Katie Barr, M.S.W./L.C.S.W., Social Worker, San Luis Rey Hospital says: "Results have been remarkable... tremendous consistency as well as ease of implementation at all levels of treatment, from out-patient, to in-patient and home." |
| Geoffrey Biggs, Mental Health Counselor, San Luis Rey Hospital says: "Finally found a program that uses behavioral, cognative and psychodynamic approaches to therapy. It is reward-based rather than consequence-based and focuses on helping children deal with their difficulties." |
| William Rash, Special Education Instructor, Bonsall California says: "Students consider it a daily highlight. They enjoy brainstorming solutions to resolve conflicts. The program encourages great cooperative learning." |
| Gregory W. Douglass, B.S., M. Div. Pastor, Monrovia United Methodist Church says: "My children and I found Wizard's Way to be an enjoyable approach for expression during some of life's difficult moments. Children find the characters whimsical and non-threatening, just enough outside normal symbols of expression to free childlike imaginations." |
| MaryLou Arnold, Grandmother, Wizard's Way Home User says: "Being a grandmother of ten, I have often struggled with helping my grandchildren cope with trauma in their lives. The game-like setting relaxes children, so they can talk about their hurts. Communication has improved with all members of my family. I will continue to use Wizard's Way." |