Does anyone ever put a child back on probation because of bad behavior? He's been with me a long time and I love him dearly. But he has in the past few months become extremely hard for me to handle. He throws toys, fits, hits friends, hits me (only a few times), screams at me and everyone else. Yesterday my helper worked and said "wow...I didn't realize he had gotten so bad". She only subs for me occasionally now instead of the full time helper she used to be, so she hasn't seen him in a while but I have told her about him. I don't think she believed me until yesterday about how hard to tolerate he has become.
Anyway, he didn't used to be this way. He is almost 3 and now the other children are starting to copy his behavior and I do not want that. I have been thinking of terminating him for a while now but today, he destroyed another childs property and I've just had enough. I want to terminate and probably will give termination paper today. However, have any of you used a probation technique when terminating? For example, his care will be terminated at the end of the month unless there is a significant change in his behavior towards me and the other children. Or should I just say he will be terminated and just be done with it. This is so hard for me because his mom is so sweet and I've had him for almost 2 years and he used to be so good.

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