Discipline Answers

QUESTION:
Occasionally I feel the need to give one of my Kindergarten students a reflection sheet but at this age they can’t write.  Then what?

DR. MARSHALL’S RESPONSE:

Establish a reflection table for misbehaving students with the comment, “It seems to me that you need some reflection time to bring your behavior to a higher level.  On one [...]

QUESTION:
I want to recognize my Level C and D students more but it seems that the B ones are getting all the attention; I keep having to asking them reflective questions!  For example, if they are all squirmy and loud in the hall I have been asking them, “Do you think your behavior is [...]

QUESTION:
I understand what a Level B student is but sometimes I hear teachers asking, “Do you want me to become a Level B teacher?” Can you explain what this is all about?
RESPONSE:
One important understanding students receive when the teacher introduces the DWS Hierarchy in the beginning of the year is that people can [...]

QUESTION:
I find that sometimes my high school students resent me asking them their level. At first I was giving them lots of essays and self-diagnostic referrals from the back of the book, but I understand that you don’t really recommend that either. Can you help me better understand how I should deal [...]

QUESTION:
We use DWS at our school–a high-poverty, high-needs school, with many angry, disruptive, disrespectful students. As the social worker, I really like the philosophy that DWS espouses, but I do notice one problem.
Students often see the “essay” as a punishment. It can become a power-struggle with some teachers. Do you have any [...]

QUESTION:
I once had a grade 8 student who said, “It doesn’t matter what level I say I’m on, you’re always going
to find a way to tell me that I’m on an unacceptable level.”
I’m wondering what a teacher might say in response to something like that?
A response from Tammy
Shared on the DWS Mailring:
I’d probably [...]

QUESTION:
Language is my biggest stumbling block. I know what I want to say but on the spur of the moment I often find it hard to put into words. As I develop new habits with this discipline approach, I sometimes feel a bit tongue-tied. Can you give me some examples of questions that don’t [...]

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 [...]