Have Faith in Students
Have Faith in Students by Dr. Jane Nelsen and Dr. Kelly Gfroerer, from their book Positive Discipline Tools for Teachers. What does it mean to have faith in students? It doesn’t mean abandoning students to figure out everything for themselves. It means having more faith in how much they can handle, even if it means they […]
Greetings
Greetings Greeting students personally creates an immediate connection with each student.
CURIOSITY QUESTIONS
CURIOSITY QUESTIONS Helping children explore the consequences of their choices is much different from imposing consequences on them. Exploring invites the participation of children to think for themselves and figure out the consequences of their choice, to decide what is important to them, and how to achieve what they want. The end result is focusing on solutions to the problem instead […]
Positive Discipline and the Wheel of Choice
Positive Discipline and the Wheel of Choice Create a Wheel of Choice with your Students. You might want to use the Wheel of Choice a Problem-Solving E-Book that includes 14 lessons to teach students the skills for using a Wheel of Choice.
Avoid Rewards in the Classroom
Avoid Rewards in the Classroom While rewards may be a quick way to motivate students, it is important to stop and think, “What are students learning when they receive rewards?” Research has shown that rewards are not effective long-term and in fact can be harmful to students. The rewards become more important than the inner satisfaction […]
Children DO Better When They FEEL Better
Children DO Better When They FEEL Better Where did we ever get the crazy idea that to make children do better, first we have to make them feel worse? Think of the last time you felt humiliated or treated unfairly. Did you feel like cooperating or doing better? Take time to close your eyes and […]
Decide What You Will Do For Teachers
Decide What You Will Do For Teachers Decide what you will do, not what you will try to make students do.
Connecting With the World
Connecting With the World Connection is a key concept of Positive Discipline, and 2019 was all about connecting with people around the world who are creating respectful relationships in homes and schools. Read the stories below about some of our highlights this past year. Positive Discipline in Medellín, Colombia On October 19th, during Jane Nelsen´s […]
Mutual Respect in the Classroom
Mutual Respect in the Classroom An excerpt from Positive Discipline by Dr. Jane Nelsen Mutual respect incorporates attitudes of: (1) faith in the abilities of yourself and others; (2) interest in the point of view of others as well as your own; and (3) willingness to take responsibility and ownership for your own contribution to the problem. […]
HOW IS POSITIVE DISCIPLINE DIFFERENT?
HOW IS POSITIVE DISCIPLINE DIFFERENT? Excerpt from Positive Discipline Parenting Tools Book by Jane Nelsen, Mary Nelsen Tamborski, and Brad Ainge The majority of discipline models practiced in homes and schools today are based on punishments and rewards. Positive Discipline is based on the Adlerian model of eliminating all punishment and rewards in favor of encouragement that […]
