How Positive Discipline works Throughout

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• How Positive Discipline works Throughout
• Childrens lives.

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What is Positive Discipline?

• Positive discipline or Gentle discipline
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• basically using positive tools to
• correct a childs behavior.

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You have to learn how to deal effectively with
these types of students

• the attention demander the whiner the arguer
  the bully the fighter the disrupter the
  do-nothing the cheater the homework hater the
  rebel the destroyer

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Misbehavior can be thought of as an opportunity
for teaching new behavior.

• Instead of...
• "Don't hit the kitty."Say... "Touch the kitty
  gently."
• Instead of...
• "Stop kicking the table.
• Say... "Keep your feet on the floor."

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Harmful, Negative Disciplinary Methods

• Criticizing, discouraging, blaming, using cruel
  humor, or using physical punishment are some
  negative disciplinary methods used with young
  children. Often saying, "Stop that!" "Don't do it
  that way!" or "You never..." is harmful to
  children's self-esteem.
• Such discipline techniques as removal from the
  group, or isolation in a time-out chair or a
  corner, may have negative consequences for the
  child.
• Stop using words that hurt.
• Start using words that help.

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Remember

• The goal of discipline is not to
• control children and make them obey but
• to give them skills for making decisions,
• gradually gaining self-control, and being
• responsible for their own behavior.

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Why Today's Children Are Different
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• A child's world today is much larger than it was
  in the past. There is greater access to
  information. Children are much more aware of the
  world around them.
• This new society, with its new economy, demands a
  different set of work skills, such as
  interaction, innovation, negotiation and
  communication.

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FIVE BASIC NEEDS FOR EFFECTIVE DISCIPLINE

• The Need for Survival
• The Need for Love and Belonging
• The Need for Power
• The Need for Freedom
• The Need for Fun

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The Need for Survival
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• Knowing what will happen, in what order, is
  crucial to their feelings of safety.
• They have no way of expressing their feelings
  directly or indirectly. As a result, they have to
  defend themselves in any way possible
• Escape, Act out, Bully other children, or try to
  become the perfect child.
• Failures bring them out, in full force.
• A few necessary, clear and reasonable rules give
  children the security.

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The Need for Love and Belonging
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• . When we feel unloved and alone, we are
  profoundly sad.
• If we value our children's experience, they will
  feel " There is something of value inside me.
• There is no better anti-anxiety and
  anti-depressant inoculation than this implicit
  sense of worth.
• They accept the inevitable frustrations and
  defeats of life with grace and keep moving
  forward.

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The Need for Power
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• we tend to think of power in a negative sense, as
  power over other people.
• The need for power is the need to feel that we
  are in control of our own lives.
• When you give students orders or commands, you
  frustrate their need for power. When you give
  them choices, you satisfy their need for power.
• When students feel powerless, they attempt to
  satisfy this need by disobeying rules (showing
  they are more powerful than the person who set
  the rules).

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The Need for Freedom
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• We are fortunate to live in a society with
  considerable freedom, and we are free to make
  countless choices every day.
• When we talk about helping students learn about
  responsibility, we are talking about giving them
  the freedom to choose.
• We can accomplish the same thing, making sure
  work is completed, with either a threat or the
  offer of a choice.
• Offering a choice meets both their needs for
  power and freedom and teaches them about
  responsibility--it is their choice.

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The Need for Fun
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• When we are having fun, we relax, recharge our
  batteries and enjoy a much-needed relief from the
  pressures that surround us.
• Watch children when they are at play. They are
  constantly discovering, learning and having a
  great time.
• Sense of excitement and fun that accompanies the
  learning.

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• CHILDREN THE CHALLENGE