From the Book - Regular Print
Foreword / Jeffrey R. Ryan --
Introduction : About this book --
The boatman and the passenger --
What is teaching discipline and self-respect? --
Outcomes of teaching discipline and self-respect --
1. Building cooperation and a community of learners --
Rapport : the power of relationships --
Outcomes of establishing rapport --
How to develop rapport --
Techniques for creating dialogue --
Strategies for creating cooperation --
Building a community of learners --
2. Creating classroom procedures and routines --
Changing behavior cycles --
Discipline versus punishment --
Alternatives to punishment --
Classroom procedures and routines --
Teaching classroom procedures and routines --
Steps for teaching procedures and routines --
3. Teaching discipline and self-respect --
Who's in charge? Establishing authority --
Promoting desirable behavior --
Scenarios for creating cooperation in the classroom --
Offering choices - within limits --
Avoiding power struggles --
Setting limits through thinking words --
4. Strategies impacting positive discipline and self-respect --
Self-monitoring checklist --
Staying in the present --
Collaborative teaming : many heads are better than one --
5. Changing eleven negative behavior cycles --
4 : The disorganized student --
5 : The overly sensitive student --
7 : The property destroyer --
9 : The student who feels stupid --
10 : The nervous student --
11 : The student who makes sexual overtones --
6. Understanding diverse students and difficult circumstances --
Working with students and families who are disadvantaged --
Scenarios for responding to events : internal voices --
Understanding culture and linguistic differences --
ADHD : a mistaken disorder --
Enhancing the potential of all students --
7. Managing your stress : help for educators --
Maintaining a positive mental attitude : 15 steps --