HELPING A SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT DEVELOP SELF-DISCIPLINE
My teaching partner, Darlene had a very effective “DISCIPLINE without STRESS discussion” this week with Casey, one of our Special Needs students. Although Casey is several years older than the other children in our Grade One class, socially he does best with this age group because he has the same play interests as six year [...]
Would a school pledge fit into the DWS approach?
QUESTION: At our school, we have a program intended to create peace in our community. I am being told that I must teach the pledge that goes with this program. Although I do like the idea of encouraging kids to be peaceful, I wonder how a pledge would fit into a Discipline without Stress approach. [...]
A couple of years ago one my students made a little gift for every child in the class. It was a tiny figure made from little plastic beads. She was keen to give them out and so as the class started to eat their morning snack, I agreed with her that this would be a [...]
