European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A a. V in i act c of a a a special  classroom. Below learning impaired children pose a special teaching Challenge. Below left the Days Are full for Susan Clark and her assistant Pamela Ontiveros. In the outside world. Where patience caring arid Saccal insights Are often lest in the hurry and the shuffle kids l to Tim Are easy targets for the Back of the hand the hurting putdown the von dumb Little Jerk school of problem solving what works for Clark and the Volunteer  who assist her is what she Calls behaviour management and what works in behaviour management 98 percent of the time is positive reinforcement Quot telling a kid you re doing a Good of Don t quit new Quot she stresses is Light years ahead of the old scolding talk to the tune of a Hickory stick approach a even when kids Are not doing so Good there Are positive ways to motivate to bring out the Best instead of the worst that does t mean they Den t follow the rules to Here they even have to earn their free time Quot but you Don t have to drop a Safe on a kid s feelings Sas Clark to got across the Joys of learning and aching reopens Bly Cut in the Hall i Tell them to put a  on the rip then. Us of your upper Camo Cal and people passing by look at me i be i m crazy a a it a scary when you see How much Power a teacher has to make or break a  student and influence the Way he feels about education and himself Quot Clark 29, m her ninth year in the blackboard trenches says of her work you Start out wanting to save the world and you try your kids Rought even  you re god or at least an Angel for awhile but i Tell them How i feel too and it s not always Good they know i in far from an Angel the fact is. Tins  of teaching wrings you out by Day s end and it s probably Good i Don t have children of my own yet i might not have much left Over for them Quot still when she gets to describing who s Tum a around from a jabbering. Hostile helpless do nothing to a motivated functioning learning student she shakes her head and does not suppress a tiny tremble m liar voice when she says it s like you see a Little Miracle happening Quot she May not be quite an Angel but it s no secret around this school that Susan Clark is one of the very Best of the Little Miracle makers january 21,1990 stars and stripes a a a Page 15