Fixing kids behavioral problems is a huge process. Not really sure what you are dealing with, but lets take one of the worst kids I dealt with. A biter that loved to act like an animal. The parents were totally freaked out and didn't know what to do. Did I 'deal' with her?

Yes.

Will I ever ask/encourage someone to do the same thing? No. It is for professionals only. If you can handle it the right way, you know what to do. If you can't you don't.

General rules: 1- Never yell 2- Never get angry. 3- Never set a rule you can't/wont enforce 4- ALWAYS enforce every rule, even on yourself.

Number four: This is a great one for the kids, and I often do it when I am disciplining kids. Say a kid said 'shit' in class. I lightly slap their hand. It doesn't need to be hard. It just needs to be there.

Then I turn to the class and say the rule list for that group. And I will say, Rule X: Use good words, not bad words. Like shit.

Usually there is a smartass in the group who says, "You just said shit." So I lightly slap their hand too.

Then a slap my hand really hard. I mean so it stings. The kids can instantly recognize I am not hitting them hard. Then the smartass usually shouts for me to say 'it' again, and we get into a little game about who gets punished next. "You say it. No you say it. No She says it. Sh~e~it. Then I slap myself again and the kids all laugh.