I found O'Connell generally fantastic - receptive to my ethic and willing to work within what I was comfortable with, whilst still providing a structured plan. They do however, do a fair bit of crying. It may be with you right there, holding your child's hand, or their ideal would be with you coming and going from the room, but there was certainly a whole lot of crying coming from most rooms whilst I was there. I wasn't up for crying... so we didn't really get far with settling but came away with a routine that helped.

My gut feeling is that they would tell you to get him back into a cot and then work with his reaction to that. I don't know what else they'd have to offer but I think they're certainly worth chatting to.

ETA - oh, and crossing fingers and toes that you get the job!