Oh my apologizes Monkeymama when you said you terminated because the child was 'not adjusting' I thought you meant this was a relatively NEW client who snuck in under the wire of the security deposit change .... a client whose infant child was not transitioning to childcare ~ did not realize you were terminating because the child has BEHAVIOR in your program and the client is not helping to resolve it ... do not blame you for wishing you had a deposit to keep in lieu of notice for having dealt with that for however long :(
If I came across a client like that I would do what we did in my one centre and make them sign a 'behavior management contract' aka their child would be put on probation with clear goals for what was needed to occur between now and the time frame I felt was reasonable to see improvement or service would have to cease at that time .... these worked wonders in centre care to get parents motivated to change behavior at HOME and ensure the child was motivated to change them at daycare as well ~ and than if they got pissy and felt it was 'unfair' to have to sign such an agreement well than they were free not to sign it and we would accept that refusal as their 'two weeks notice' and they could just be DONE and forfeit their deposit if they did not want to attend and work with the program ;)
