Question: I am on a committee in a Junior High School (Grade 7-9) for the purpose of developing a code of conduct for the students to follow. Some of the issues we wish to address: behavior between classes (in the corridors) behavior on the school bus (I have read your article about bus behavior on […]
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Question: How do you handle a 9 year old boy who defecates in his pants during the school day (each day) with no medical cause identified? Answer: To do justice to this question I would need much more information. Since I don’t know more, I can only make some guesses. Sometimes soiling pants is […]
Fooling Around During Class Meetings
Question: Yesterday afternoon I knew I needed an easy afternoon as I was feeling a bit ill. At 12:20 I told the students that we were going to have a class meeting. Then we would go outside for recess. That would probably be about 12:40. Then we would come in about 1:05 and go to […]
Teacher Punishes Whole Class
Question: I am a parent of a 5th grader. There are 30 students in this classroom and the teacher is having a lot of difficulty controlling them. He has resorted to punishing the whole class because several of the students are “misbehaving”. My son has not been the cause of this teacher’s frustration but has […]
Daycare Kids Refusing to Rest
Question: Ever since my two year old transitioned out of (started climbing out of) the crib about 2 months ago, the other daycare kids (ages 3 & 4) as well as my two year old will not stay down for quiet time. We have had a consistent routine every day after lunch of reading books […]
Punishment or Discipline in Schools
Question: I am a parent who is struggling with a situation at my daughters elementary school. She is in the eighth grade at a parochial school. My very spirited daughter likes to enjoy life and people. She always manages to find a way to make most things fun. For example: Making funny noises and turning […]
Orderly Entry and Exit
Question: Can you offer suggestions to achieve a quiet, safe, orderly entry and exit of primary grade children in and out of the school at recess times? Suzanne Primary Lead Teacher Answer: Hi Suzanne, You are probably aware of our book, “Positive Discipline in the Classroom”. One of the themes of that book is the […]
Angry Children of Divorce
Question: I am writing to ask a question that has presented to me a number of times. I am an elementary school counselor and have worked in outpatient mental health as well. I hear many parents asking questions about the struggles they face when their child returns from visitation with the other parent. Most recently, […]
Teachers Who Scream and Punish
Question: I am in a school where screaming at all students is the norm. I have a kindergarten assignment and students are humiliated and degraded in efforts to control their behavior. I was able to show some positive discipline techniques to the teacher the first week by modeling and the students had several teachers from […]
Tardy First Graders
Question: Dear Jane and positive discipline associates, I teach an extended day program for first graders who are in need of extra help with reading and math. The program began with a four week summer session. Tardies were rarely a problem because school began at 8:45. Now that we are on a regular school schedule, […]