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Benefits
This
is a powerful
and exciting discipline program that promotes motivation
for learning and raises individual and social
responsibility.
People who use the discipline approach find it
life-changing because it reduces stress,
increases effectiveness,
and improves relationships.
PROGRAM BENEFITS
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Reduces
discipline referrals, class removals, and
suspensions
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Handles
classroom disruptions simply and easily
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Uses authority
without resorting to punishment
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Raises
individual and social responsibility
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Reduces the
influence of peer pressure
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Promotes
motivation for learning
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Integrates
character education
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Improves
school climate
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Enhances
school safety
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Reduces
detentions
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Reduces stress
PROGRAM APPROACH
The usual approach to discipline is to teach
toward obedience using rewarding, telling, and
punishing. These are all various forms of
manipulation, pressure, or coercion—and often
induce stress and resistance. By
contrast, if a discipline approach is used where students
are motivated to be responsible, then obedience
becomes a natural by-product.
Young people—kindergarten through 12th
grade—want to be responsible,
but we are using wrong approaches to help them.
PROGRAM ATTRIBUTES
It is the
effect of the
Hierarchy of Social Development—how
people grow—that makes teaching it so
valuable.
Using the
hierarchy separates the act from the actor,
the deed from the doer—irresponsible
behavior from a good person.
Separation is critical so people don't feel
the natural impulse to defend themselves,
their behavior, or their choices.
Using the
hierarchy brings attention to the fact that
people are constantly making choices and
reduces any "victimhood mindset."
Using the
hierarchy fosters intrinsic motivation so
young people WANT to behave responsibly and
WANT put forth effort to learn.
Using the
hierarchy fosters character development
for a democratic society without mentioning values, ethics, or
morals.
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