Richard L. Curwin - Böcker

Help each student make the transition from child to responsible teenager and adult!Oftentimes children between the ages of 9 and 15 (grades 4-9) seem to exist in a twilight zone between a waning childhood and an impending functioning adulthood.  These critical years are an ideal—and essential—time to teach those students to accept responsibility for the consequences of their own behavior, to recognize that mistakes can become opportunities for learning, and to help them learn how to formulate and live with classroom and community rules that promote responsibility, respect, and self-discipline.By the author of Discipline With Dignity, Making Good Choices offers teachers eight ready-to-use strategies with objectives, materials, language, and examples—all designed to encourage students to:

Accept responsibility for their own behavior Learn the difference between internal and external control Learn to predict the outcomes of their decisions Learn to plan and redesign plans Learn from mistakes Learn direct and effective communication Learn to identify classroom rules that promote responsibility and respect Learn how to make the classroom their community

Employ these strategies and utilize the included forms, checklists, classroom posters and glossary, and help your students learn to make good choices for good behavior in the classroom and then transfer those positive behaviors to the real world.

Help each student make the transition from child to responsible teenager and adult!Oftentimes children between the ages of 9 and 15 (grades 4-9) seem to exist in a twilight zone between a waning childhood and an impending functioning adulthood.  These critical years are an ideal—and essential—time to teach those students to accept responsibility for the consequences of their own behavior, to recognize that mistakes can become opportunities for learning, and to help them learn how to formulate and live with classroom and community rules that promote responsibility, respect, and self-discipline.By the author of Discipline With Dignity, Making Good Choices offers teachers eight ready-to-use strategies with objectives, materials, language, and examples—all designed to encourage students to:

Accept responsibility for their own behavior Learn the difference between internal and external control Learn to predict the outcomes of their decisions Learn to plan and redesign plans Learn from mistakes Learn direct and effective communication Learn to identify classroom rules that promote responsibility and respect Learn how to make the classroom their community

Employ these strategies and utilize the included forms, checklists, classroom posters and glossary, and help your students learn to make good choices for good behavior in the classroom and then transfer those positive behaviors to the real world.

"The content is crucial for classroom teachers who want to help children learn alternatives to aggression. The authors don't just 'talk the talk,' they 'walk the walk.'"—Deborah Alexander-DavisEducational Consultant

"The authors provide a clear rationale for teaching values and behaviors that can go a long way toward building learning communities."—Barbara K. Given, Codirector, Adolescent and Adult Learning Research CenterGeorge Mason University

Use these innovative strategies and provide positive role models for classroom and schoolwide behavior!

From the authors of the Discipline with Dignity series, this practical resource offers the best motivational practices that make difficult students want to behave. This book emphasizes specific things to say and do to stop most problems before they start and how to handle disruptive student incidents without losing your dignity or attacking theirs. Teachers, administrators and counselors will find guidance for:

Teaching conflict resolution and anger managementEnding complaints of "That's not fair" Stopping power struggles Helping students prevent and respond to bullyingDeveloping effective school rules and consequences

This invaluable resource is ideal for educators dedicated to creating and sustaining safe, stable school environments where learning can flourish.