Question: I discovered your books about a year ago. I have been trying to implement the positive discipline methods. I love your belief that mistakes are opportunities to learn. I have two boys, about 20 months apart. Scott was three in August and Mark will be 19 months at the end of December. My problem […]
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Positive Discipline in Middle and High Schools
Question: I need examples of ways to use Positive Discipline in the classroom with middle school students. I have 6 periods each day, with 43 minutes each (ridiculous). Class meetings and other strategies need to be applicable for me in that context. Elementary school teachers ways of implementing strategies often don’t work because of the […]
Overwhelmed Student Teacher
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 their […]
Old Class Question
I am a home day care provider and mother of a 16-month-old boy. The problem I am having is that he refuses to share any toys with the other children. As soon as a child picks up a toy, he screams and takes it away from them. As soon as they move on to another […]
Humiliation in the classroom
Q. My son (Talen) currently attends a Catholic school. He is in the Kindergarten. He has a very strong personality and wants his way ALL of the time in class and wants to do things in his own time. He gives his teacher a hard time and sometimes gets very angry (arms tightly crossed over […]
How to Approach a Teacher Who Uses Punishment
I am a parent of a 6 yr. old boy in the first grade who has had a few occasions of being reprimanded for talking during class. This happened this past week and his desk was moved away from the other students (along with 3 other class talkers). I felt that this consequence was acceptable […]
High Schools and Positive Discipline in the Classroom
Question: Was just wondering if your program has components for high schools as well as elementary and middle schools. Dave Answer: Hi Dave, Absolutely! Positive Discipline in the Classroom is for Elementary through High School. Although many high school teachers fear “losing” time to “non-academics,” and are reluctant to try class meetings, many high school […]
Class Meetings Learning Curve
Q. I attended your parenting lecture last night. I thought what you had to say was wonderful. About a 1 1/2 weeks ago, I attended a Saturday workshop which was at the same school by one of your associates. As a result of that workshop, I have started class meetings almost daily. We’ve done compliments […]
Class Meetings in Middle School
Question: Dr. Nelsen, I have been trying the class meetings for about 15 weeks now. Some classes have come along okay, but others still say that I need to take more control of the classroom because they are still not convinced that the meetings are working. How would I address this issue? I have already […]
Class 115
Dear Dr. Nelsen, First, I would like to say that I appreciate all of the effort and energy you put into writing both the first and second editions of Positive Discipline. I have read and enjoyed both editions. The skill that has been most helpful for me to learn as a parent is winning cooperation […]