Caring Teacher′s Guide to Discipline

Marilyn E. Gootman is founder of Gootman Education Associates, an educational consulting company that provides workshops and seminars for parents and educators, focusing on successful strategies for raising and teaching children. She has been in the teaching profession for over 25 years, and her teaching experiences range from elementary school to the university level. She holds degrees from Simmons College and Brandeis University and a doctorate from the University of Georgia. She is the author of The Loving Parents’ Guide to Discipline and When a Friend Dies: A Book for Teens about Grieving and Healing.

"What a fresh approach to classroom management! The problem-solving approach makes so much sense if you want a friendly, caring, and safe classroom. Examples in the book illustrate ways to navigate the difficult behaviors that create barriers to learning."

• Foreword to the First Edition by Carl D. GlickmanPreface to the Third EditionAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorIntroduction: Caring Teachers Can Make a DifferenceWhat Is Caring Teacher Discipline?Caring Teacher Discipline Saves Time and Reduces StressCaring Teacher Discipline: An Approach for All StudentsThe Basic AssumptionSummary of Main Points1. Creating a Caring CommunityCaring Classroom Relationships: A Win-Win SituationEstablishing Caring Relationships With Our StudentsEstablishing Caring Relationships Among Our StudentsEngaging Parents as Partners in DisciplineInsecure Attachment to Adults: A Relationship ChallengeSummary of Main Points2. Setting the Stage for Appropriate BehaviorSpace: There’s a Place for EverythingTimeClass MeetingsSummary of Main Points3. Expectations, Limits, and RulesUnreasonable Barricades: How Students RespondNo Fences: How Students RespondWaist-High Fences: How Students RespondHow to Build Waist-High FencesSummary of Main Points4. Encouragement, Praise, and RewardsEncouragingPraisingThe Artful CritiqueRewardingSummary of Main Points5. Social and Emotional LearningRecognizing and Labeling FeelingsCommunicating Feelings NonhurtfullyListening to OthersCaring Teacher Listening: A Preventive Discipline ToolSummary of Main Points6. Harnessing and Channeling Anger Into Constructive OutletsDefusing Student Anger on the SpotHelping Students Harness AngerPreventing Student AngerHarnessing Our Own AngerSummary of Main Points7. Tracking Down the Cause of MisbehaviorLooking in the MirrorUnderstanding Common Cause of MisbehaviorSummary of Main Points8. What to Do After Students MisbehaveLow-Key DisciplineDiscipline With a Capital D: Problem SolvingContract for PreventionThe Benefits of Problem Solving for StudentsTeaching Our Students Problem SolvingGroup Problem SolvingSummary of Main Points9. Consequences for MisbehaviorChoosing a ConsequenceDifferentiating Between Consequences and PunishmentsMore About Problem Solving for ConsequencesSummary of Main Points10. Strategies for Chronic, Annoying MisbehaviorsKinds of MisbehaviorsSummary of Main Points11. Bullying: Prevention and InterventionDefinition of BullyingPreventionInterventionCyber BullyingSummary of Main Points12. Enhancing Resilience: Strategies for Misbehavior Resulting From Childhood TraumaWhat Is Childhood Trauma?Our RoleBehavior Problems That Could Be Manifestations of TraumaSummary of Main PointsConclusionResource A – Suggested ReadingsResource B – Recommended ProgramsReferencesIndex