Positive Discipline in Middle and High Schools
Positive Discipline in Middle and High Schools Question:I need examples of ways to use Positive Discipline in the classroom with middle school students. I have 6 periods each day, with 43 minutes each (ridiculous). Class meetings and other strategies need to be applicable for me in that context. Elementary school teachers ways of implementing strategies […]
Overwhelmed Student Teacher
Overwhelmed Student Teacher I am in a school where screaming at all students is the norm. I have a kindergarten assignment and students are humiliated and degraded in efforts to control their behavior. I was able to show some positive discipline techniques to the teacher the first week by modeling and the students had several […]
Old Class Question
Old Class Question I am a home day care provider and mother of a 16-month-old boy. The problem I am having is that he refuses to share any toys with the other children. As soon as a child picks up a toy, he screams and takes it away from them. As soon as they move […]
Humiliation in the classroom
Humiliation in the classroom Q. My son (Talen) currently attends a Catholic school. He is in the Kindergarten. He has a very strong personality and wants his way ALL of the time in class and wants to do things in his own time. He gives his teacher a hard time and sometimes gets very angry […]
How to Approach a Teacher Who Uses Punishment
How to Approach a Teacher Who Uses Punishment I am a parent of a 6 yr. old boy in the first grade who has had a few occasions of being reprimanded for talking during class. This happened this past week and his desk was moved away from the other students (along with 3 other class […]
High Schools and Positive Discipline in the Classroom
High Schools and Positive Discipline in the Classroom Question: Was just wondering if your program has components for high schools as well as elementary and middle schools. Dave Answer: Hi Dave, Absolutely! Positive Discipline in the Classroom is for Elementary through High School. Although many high school teachers fear “losing” time to “non-academics,” and are […]
Class Meetings Learning Curve
Class Meetings Learning Curve Q. I attended your parenting lecture last night. I thought what you had tosay was wonderful. About a 1 1/2 weeks ago, I attended a Saturday workshop which was at the same school by one of your associates. As a result of that workshop, I have started class meetings almost daily. […]
8-Year-Old With Classroom Problems
8-Year-Old With Classroom Problems Dear Kristin, I have several Certified Positive Discipline Associates who help me asnwer questions. If you read any of the Positive Discipline books, you will find that we don’t advocate punishment of any kind. Rather we use methods that are respectful and designed to teach life skills that help children develop […]
Backward Punishment
Backward Punishment I am a 2nd grade teacher in the Los Angeles area. Lately there has been a resurgence of giving children standards to write as a form of punishment. Since we struggle to help our children reach grade level in writing, I find this way of punishing a student (making him write) rather backward. […]
Class Meetings for Preschoolers
Class Meetings for Preschoolers Question: At what age can children participate in class meetings? Answer: I do class meetings every morning with my little preschool group (made up entirely of 3.5 yr olds), and it’s really a class meeting/circle time hybrid. Every morning one of the children is the “meeting leader” and starts off […]
