http://disciplineforsmartpeople.com Non-Stressful Discipline for Teachers and Parents Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:23:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The site is referred to as "for smart people" because this type of person understands that no one can coerce another person into changing one's mind and that the most effective approach for changing behavior is to induce the person to influence himself. This approach has two fundamental characteristics. The first ... http://disciplineforsmartpeople.com/discipline-for-smart-people/ Dear Dr. Marshall, I am the mother of 7 children working on my counseling degree. I spent the last school year as an intern at both an elementary and middle school. It opened my eyes as to why children become disruptive. Punitive teachers ratchet up the anxiety and hostility. Reading your ... http://disciplineforsmartpeople.com/parent-and-counselors-comment/ QUESTION: I am a kindergarten teacher in Spokane Valley, Washington. My colleagues and I have adopted your behavior plan. We are having some difficulties getting kindergartners to value the importance of intrinsic motivation. They'll tell me they are showing level A or B behavior, and they'll even do a reflection to ... http://disciplineforsmartpeople.com/269/ A post was made at the Discipline Support mailring wherein the teacher oftentimes used the word "discipline" with students. Clarification is necessary because the term, DISCIPLINE" should BE USED ONLY with ADULTS—not with students or children. The ONLY part of the approach young people need to understand is the levels of ... http://disciplineforsmartpeople.com/discipline-vs-responsibility/ In a few presentations to teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District, one of my charges was to include some ideas about differentiation. The following are some ideas on differentiation (both in content and process) that I shared. ASSESSMENT (before): Write a letter to your parents. Include interests, talents, learning preferences, ... http://disciplineforsmartpeople.com/differentiation/ People of all ages have an innate desire to feel included. This is especially important to remember for those who work with youth who have a compelling feeling to be accepted. Even when the person is different from others, when the young person FEELS INCLUDED, the natural human desire to belong ... http://disciplineforsmartpeople.com/feeling-belonged/ Darlene Collinson in British Columbia related to me a success story that we should all remember. Her 81-year-old mother was in the hospital and needed to participate in physical therapy before she could be released. The nurses, physical therapists, and physicians were not successful in convincing the patient to engage in ... http://disciplineforsmartpeople.com/the-art-of-influence/ Positive Behavior(al) Interventions and Supports (PBIS) or just Positive Behavior Support (PBS) was established by the Office of Special Education Programs in the U.S. Department of Education. The approach is behaviorally based in that it is a classic use of B.F. Skinner's positive reinforcement of operant conditioning. The program was ... http://disciplineforsmartpeople.com/positive-behavior-support-pbs-a-history/ The following is from the Resource Guide described at In-House Package. The ideas are described in more detail in the book, "DISCIPLINE WITHOUT STRESS, PUNISHMENTS OR REWARDS; How Teachers and Parents Promote Responsibility & Learning at http://www.DisciplineWithoutStress.com. GUIDED CHOICES Guided Choices are used when a student has already acknowledged level B ... http://disciplineforsmartpeople.com/eliciting-rather-than-punishing/ Tanis Carter wrote and sells an inexpensive but excellent little storybook on the Raise Responsibility System for primary teachers. "CHILDREN OF RAINBOW SCHOOL" presents the Hierarchy of Social Development—with an introduction explaining how the levels might be implemented in the classroom. Tanis can be contacted through her e-mail address to order ... http://disciplineforsmartpeople.com/primary-book-for-teaching-the-hierarchy/