Positive Discipline in the Classroom: Developing Mutual Respect, Cooperation, and Responsibility in Your Classroom

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The Acclaimed Bestseller That Can Improve Your Classroom Experience Forever!
Over the years, millions of parents have come to trust the classic Positive Discipline series for its consistent, commmonsense approach to child rearing. Hundreds of schools also use these amazingly effective strategies for restoring order and civility to today's turbulent classrooms. Now you too can use this philosophy as a foundation for fostering cooperation, problem-solving skills, and mutual respect in children. Imagine, instead of controlling behavior, you can be teaching; instead of confronting apathy, you will enjoy motivated, eager students! Inside, you'll discover how to:
·Create a classroom climate that enhances academic learning
·Use encouragement rather than praise and rewards
·Instill valuable social skills and positive behavior through the use of class meetings
·Understand the motivation behind students' behavior instead of looking for causes
·And much more!
Over 1 million Positive Discipline books sold!

What People Are Saying

Barbara H. Davis

Barbara H. Davis, assistant professor, College of Education, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas

As a teacher educator, I have found Positive Discipline in the Classroom to be a powerful tool for helping novice teachers develop effective classroom management skills. The components of Positive Discipline provide beginning teachers (and veterans) with a framework for creating caring environments in which children share in the problem-solving and decision-making processes. I highly recommend it for teacher preparation and school district professional development programs.

Bill Scott

Bill Scott, Principal, Birney Elementary, Marietta, Georgia

Positive Discipline in the Classroom has brought back the joy of being an educator. The jargon-free concepts and strategies are easy to follow and have changed my life as a principal, as well as the lives of my teachers and students. We have all grown together to create a school climate in which everyone is treated with dignity and respect and in which students can learn the skills they need for success. Without question, Positive Discipline in the Classroom is a must for every educator.

Dina Emser

Dina Emser, M.A., former elementary school principal, educational consultant, personal and professional coach

I have seen Positive Discipline transform the way teachers view themselves and their students. By participating in the activities included in this book, it becomes obvious how learning shifts from head to heart, where positive change can really take root.

Jan Reed Forsse

Jan Reed Forsse, adjunct professor, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, California

I encourage every student I teach to use Positive Discipline in the Classroom. Its approach is the key to creating a feeling of community in the classroom--a community in which students truly learn to respect and help each other by using class meetings and other communication and problem-solving skills.

Lonisa Browning

Lonisa Browning, first-grade teacher, Brookhollow Elementary, Pflugerville, Texas

Positive Discipline has influenced my class in ways that amaze me. My main goal for class meetings has been to provide students with the skills necessary to solve conflict, both in and out of the classroom. I have witnessed my children move from "Stop!" to "I value your friendship, and I don't want us to fight anymore. How can I help to solve this?"-thoughtful words for a first-grade child to say and understand. My class has developed into a community of friends who are there to lend helping hands or attentive ears to anyone in need.

Robert W. Reasoner

Robert W. Reasoner, president, International Council for Self-Esteem

This book should be standard operating procedure. I highly recommend it to anyone who seeks to teach young people!

S Miller

Shana Miller, third-year teacher, Olivet Community Schools, Michigan

I have used the Positive Discipline in the Classroom approach for three years. After using this program, I experienced so many successes that I cannot imagine what a classroom would be like without it.

Shannon Potter

Shannon Potter, fifth-grade teacher, Sheridan Elementary, Houston, Texas

As a first-year teacher, I used Positive Discipline in the Classroom as a guide for classroom management. Because this book so clearly explains each of the eight building blocks for successful meetings, I was easily able to implement classroom meetings with my students. They learned mutual respect and problem-solving skills, while I learned how to be an effective classroom manager.

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ISBN-13: 9780761524212
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/28/2000
Edition description: Revised
Edition number: 3
Pages: 272
Sales rank: 122,662
Series: Positive Discipline Series
Product dimensions: 7.35 (w) x 9.10 (h) x 0.65 (d)

Meet the Author

Jane Nelson, Ed.D., coauthor of the bestselling Positive Discipline series, is a licensed marriage, family, and child therapist. Her books have sold more than a million copies
Lynn Lott, M.A., a nationally known speaker and therapist, has coauthored three other books in the Positive Discipline series.
H. Stephen Glenn, Ph.D., also a popular speaker, is the coauthor of the bestselling classics Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World and 7 Strategies for Developing Capable Students (both from Prima).

	Introduction
Ch. 1	The Positive Discipline Dream	1
Ch. 2	The Message of Caring	17
Ch. 3	Building Blocks for Effective Class Meetings	37
Ch. 4	Strengthening Communication Skills	57
Ch. 5	Why People Do What They Do	71
Ch. 6	Effective Problem-Solving Skills	87
Ch. 7	Focusing on Solutions Instead of Punishment	101
Ch. 8	Putting It All Together	113
Ch. 9	Expanding Class-Meeting Skills	121
Ch. 10	Questions and Answers About Class Meetings	135
Ch. 11	Positive Discipline Classroom Management Tools	159
Ch. 12	Teachers Helping Teachers Problem-Solving Steps and Encouragement Meetings	185
Appendix	When Logical Consequences Are Appropriate	203
	Bibliography	211
	Index	215

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Thought Provoking and Enlightening

Positive Discipline in the Classroom is both thought provoking and enlightening. Throughout the book, all of the theories presented were supported by the authors' thinking and therefore allow the reader to make their own judgements. First, it brings the readers' attention to the importance of emotional intelligence and life skills, as well as, their support and development in the classroom. Then, it details the steps necessary in establishing effective classroom meetings which provide students the opportunity to develop and practice these important skills. Additionally, other positive discipline techniques which work in conjunction with the classroom meeting are described. Most importantly, the book forces the reader to think introspectively about many of the standard practices and behavior management techniques currently being used in classrooms around the country and their effectiveness. The thought of all that could be gained by utilizing classroom meetings and other positive discipline techniques to create a safe and caring community in the classroom for all students, particularly encouragement rather than praise and solutions in lieu of punishment, is quite provocative. The program seems too powerful to resist.
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