Discipline Answers

First posted on the Teachers.net Discipline Chatboard.  Permission granted from the author to re-post here:
6th and 7th graders are very impulsive creatures — they have been taught to be impulsive by adults. Don’t believe it? Just go to a teacher training session and observe how the teachers behave while the speakers are presenting!  As a [...]

QUESTION:
I teach two 8th grade “behavior modification classes,” mainly composed of students sent to us from alternative school or juvenile hall. I like the suggestion in your discipline book about holding class meetings but the ones I’ve tried so far have been a disaster. There is no way that I know of to keep [...]

QUESTION:
I’m a middle school art teacher. I’ve just read Dr. Marshall’s DWS book.  I want to use it in my teaching but I’m having trouble understanding expectations vs. rules. The two sound the same to me just that they have different labels. I’m not sure if I need to convert what I have used in the [...]

QUESTION:
I teach special classes—most of my students come from juvenile hall and alternative schools—ones for students with behavioral and emotional problems. I took on these classes because I thought I would be able to help the kids who need it most. But now, I’m the one that needs the help! I’m having [...]

QUESTION:
I have recently taken over a classroom, as a substitute for three weeks. The teacher of this classroom has been on leave for some time and the students have had many temporary teachers. I feel that I am using all the correct educational practices but the discipline problems in this class are extensive. [...]

QUESTION:
My team of teachers and I have started to use DISCIPLINE without STRESS with good success but need some clarification. Our students rotate through us every day. We ‘re wondering if a student gets the essay form in one class, do they start fresh in the next teacher’s classroom or do they receive the Self-Diagnostic [...]