| NUMBER |
DATE |
SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTS |
| 105. |
Apr'10 |
#2
Additional hierarchy examples
#3
Intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation
#7
Autonomous Behavior |
| 104. |
Mar'10 |
#5
Test first, study later
#6
Carrots and sticks
#7
The hierarchy and motivation |
| 103. |
Feb'10 |
#2
Assumption and behaviorism
#7
An interview with me
#8
Students want to use DWS at home |
| 102. |
Jan'10 |
#2
Positivity and health
#5
Home assignments and choice
#7
Procedures and impulse control |
| 101. |
Dec'09
|
#1
Punishments and rewards
#2
Rights and responsibility
#4
Moodiness |
| 100. |
Nov'09 |
#4
5 Tips for getting along
#7
Acknowledging responsible behavior
#8
External motivation doesn't transfer |
| 99. |
Oct'09 |
#2
Using the book drawings
#6
Asking reflective questions
#7
Dealing with a chatty class
|
| 98. |
Sep'09 |
#3
Semantics: rules vs. procedures
#6
Imposing vs. eliciting values
#7
Comparing an old approach with DWS
|
| 97. |
Aug'09 |
#4
The "Golden Rule" of relationships
#6
Youngsters using foul language
#7
Repairing a broken heart |
| 96. |
July'09 |
#4
The "Talking Stick"
#5
A story about collaboration
#6
An experience with 3rd graders |
| 95. |
June'09 |
#2
How to promote responsibility
#3
Focus on behaviors vs. goals
#5
The “Dot” |
| 94. |
May'09 |
#3
Keeping the brain healthy
#4
Question that changed the world
#5
The serious need for play |
|
93. |
Apr'09 |
#3
Working with challenging students
#4
Clarity vs. influencing
#5
Outstanding book for teachers |
| 92. |
Mar'09 |
#1
Stress and Control
#2
Obedience vs. desire / Level C vs. Level D
#6
The effectiveness of eliciting |
| 91. |
Feb'09 |
#2
"Someday when you are a man"
#3
Internal vs. external motivation
#6
Awareness of the 4 levels and 3 practices |
| 90. |
Jan'09 |
#4
Help people feel important
#5
Keys to success by Malcolm Gladwell
#6
Suggestions for traveling teachers |
|
89. |
Dec'08 |
#2
Positive Behavior Support
#6
Help for substitute teachers
#7
DWS helps at home |
|
88. |
Nov'08 |
#2
Reflection
#3 "Working
with challenging students
#5
Jigsaw classrooms |
|
87. |
Oct'08 |
#3
Switchtasking
#6
Implementing the teaching model
#8
Oppositional defiant behavior |
|
86. |
Sep'08 |
#2
Consistency in consequences
#4
Handling being interrupted
#6
Differences between Levels C & D
|
|
85. |
Aug'08 |
#2
Service above self
#5
PBS-Another ineffective approach
#7
Reflective questions |
|
84. |
July'08 |
#2
Focusing on the future
#4
Pain from people or things
#6
Feelings from Level D |
|
83. |
June'08 |
#1
10 Counterproductive practices
#3
Smile exercise
#5
Normative testing |
|
82. |
May'08 |
#2
Substitute teachers
#3
Tag Questions
#6
Negative effects of BPIS |
|
81. |
Apr'08 |
#2
How NOT to promote responsibility
#3
The Japanese approach to teaching
#6
When to implement the program |
|
80. |
Mar'08 |
#1
What Great Teachers Do
#2
Imposing vs. Eliciting
#3
Risk-Taking Questions |
|
79. |
Feb'08 |
#1
Classroom management
#5
Understanding Boys
#6
Review with examples of DW |
|
78. |
Jan'08 |
#1
Likeability
#3
The art of influence
#5
Special education resources |
|
77. |
Dec'07 |
#2
Working with a very difficult student
#3
How our thinking controls how we feel
#5
How educational visions are counter-productive |
|
76. |
Nov'07 |
#3
Thumbs up vs. thumbs down behaviors
#5
Two questions all students ask
#6
How a policeman uses the levels |
|
75. |
Oct'07 |
#1
Teacher Preparation
#3
Acknowledging Level D
#6
Understanding Level D |
|
74. |
Sep'07 |
#2
It's YOUR job to make me behave
#3
Assumptions and its problems
#5
Rewards, salary, and incentives |
|
73. |
Aug'07 |
#3
Substituting numbers for vocabulary
#5
Boredom, teaching, and learning
#6
ABCD posters of trash |
|
72. |
July'07 |
#2
Teen-age
brain development
#5
The value of positive images
#6
Rewards/compensation/competition |
|
71. |
June'07 |
#2
A school that doesn't use rewards
#3 Compartmentalize negative experiences
#5
Moving from "Why?" to "Will this be on the test?" |
|
70. |
May'07 |
#1
Handouts
for presentations
#3
Learned
helplessness
#6
Promoting
internal motivation |
|
69. |
Apr'07 |
#3
How
the face communicates self-talk
#5
Key elements of successful teaching
#7
Transferring motivation |
|
68. |
Mar'07 |
#1 Emotion
takes precedence over cognition
#3
A simple but significant question
#4
A Story: What will he other person
remember? |
|
67. |
Feb'07 |
#2
Getting past gravitation to form new habits
#3
Listen to the entire story
#6
Dealing with Positive Behavior Support |
|
66. |
Jan'07 |
#2
Empty the head of old information to accept new knowledge
#4 You
cannot not communicate
#5
Boys dislike showing weakness |
|
65. |
Dec'06 |
#2
How a 15-year-old imposed his own consequences
#3
Put
people ahead of ideas
#6
Mind-body connection and Norman Cousins |
|
64. |
Nov'06 |
#2
Use of Guided Choices of RRS
#3
A reflective question to actuate change in an older person
#5
Differentiating Instruction |
| 63. |
Oct'06 |
#3 Happiness and satisfaction
#5 Multitasking splits the brain’s focus
#6
In persuasion, emotion takes precedence over cognition |
| 62. |
Sep'06 |
#1 Myth of the teen-age brain
#2 Emotion/Cognition/Bullying
#3 State what you want, not what you don't |
| 61. |
Aug'06 |
#4 Listening is a powerful statement
#5 Teaching reading to older students
#6 Parent essays and student forms |
| 60. |
July'06 |
#1 Character Education Comments
#4 Caring and listening
#6
Dealing with difficult students |
| 59. |
June'06 |
#1 Two Characteristics of "Discipline without Stress"
#3 Mindset and walking a plank
#5 Advice to teaches of alternative high school students |
| 58. |
May'06 |
#3 Connecting and using "time out"
#4 Apologizing and perfectionism
#5 "Why" as a "stopper" vs. as a "motivator" |
| 57. |
Apr'06 |
#1 "What would Marvin Marshall do?"
#2 Using procedures to replace punishments
#6 Feeling uncomfortable when trying something different |
| 56. |
Mar'06 |
#1 Sharpen the saw
#3 What price will I be paying?
#5 Repeatedly asking, "Why?" |
| 55. |
Feb'06 |
#1 Reasons for name change
#3 Removing barriers
#5 Essence of Jean Piaget |
| 54. |
Jan'06 |
#2 Self-Esteem
#5 Emotions and learning
#6 Explaining Anarchy - Level A |
| 53. |
Dec'05 |
#1 Attributes of the Raise Responsibility System
#2 Disciplining by questions
#3 Criticism |
| 52. |
Nov'05 |
#3 Your facial expression communicates your emotion
#4 The most fundamental classification
#5 Using collaboration and sharing vs. awarding |
| 51. |
Oct'05 |
#3 How to influence others
#5 An example of influencing a youngster
#6 A hierarchy for setting an alarm clock |
| 50. |
Sep'05 |
#2 If you knew what to do . . . .
#5 20th vs. 21st century parental advice
#6 Choices & Reflective Questions |
| 49. |
Aug'05 |
#2 An American Tale
#4 Forgiveness
#5 Procedures |
| 48. |
July'05 |
#1 W. Edwards Deming's "Red Bead Experiment"
#2 Using detention
#6 Technical question about the RRSystem |
| 47. |
June'05 |
#2 Using acknowledgments as motivators
#3 Practicing incantations to help develop a new habit
#6 Summary of approaches regarding discipline and learning |
| 46. |
May'05 |
#2 Analogies of physical development to social development
#4 Using a Pyrex glass shield against negativity
#6 The reasons that A, B, C, and D are used in the RRSystem |
| 45. |
Apr'05 |
#3 More about the kaizen way (taking small steps)
#5 Motivating students
#6 Important questions - Implementing the RRSystem |
| 44. |
Mar'05 |
#2 Take small steps instead of large leaps
#3 Reject rejection
#5 Applying the gate test |
| 43. |
Feb'05 |
#1 Understanding third culture kids
#5 Using various hierarchies to promote learning
#6 Reducing bullying |
| 42. |
Jan'05 |
#1 Reducing your stress with teenagers
#4 Naming a mistake to reduce emotional hard feelings
#6 Four steps in effective teaching |
| 41. |
Dec'04 |
#3 Reducing negative thoughts
#5 Doing homework (home assignments)
#6 Reducing noise levels |
| 40. |
Nov'04 |
#2 A question to increase effectiveness
#3 Interview to improve relationships
#5 Even youngsters can use the RRSystem |
| 39. |
Oct'04 |
#2 A phrase to promote expectations
#3 Giving three options
#5 Think "elicit "--rather than "impose" |
| 38. |
Sep'04 |
#2 Making decisions for others
#4 Engaging the heart as well as the head
#5 Advanced concepts of the RRSystem |
| 37. |
Aug'04 |
#2 Changing behavior immediately
#5 The Japanese model of teaching and learning
#6 Use of the RRSystem for counselors and principals |
| 36. |
July'04 |
#4 How to say No!" without saying "No!"
#5 How our mental images effect our behaviors
#6 Truths of the RRSystem |
|
35. |
June'04 | #1
Teaching for the 21st century
#2
Using noncoercion with a volatile teenager
#5
Effort becomes a reward, not just a way to a reward |
|
34. |
May'04 | #3
If I were a student, would I want me as a teacher?
#5
Three foundations for brain-compatible learning
#6
Working with "hard kids" |
|
33. |
Apr'04 | #2
The Guy in the Glass
#5
Interview your students
#6
Management vs. discipline; punishment vs. discipline |
|
32. |
Mar'04 | #2
Using the 3 principles for personal development
#4
Dismissing people who disappoint you
#5 RRS:
Differences between levels C & D |
|
31. |
Feb'04 | #2
The mutuality of responsibility
#5
Traditionalist or progressive?
#6
Simple does not mean easy |
|
30. |
Jan'04 | #2
Influencing a four-year-old
#5
Work vs. effort in learning
#6
Planting seeds |
|
29. |
Dec'03 | #3
Persistence
#5
Discipline vs. punishment
#6
Difficulty with a parent |
|
28. |
Nov'03 | #3
Positive people and expectations
#4
Giving your opinion
#6
Teaching voice volume to
students |
|
27. |
Oct'03 |
#1
PARENTING without STRESS
#3
The Two-Minute Rule
#6
Using the word "Anarchy" with the young |
|
26. |
Sep'03 |
#2
Golden Rules for Living
#3
Right/wrong vs. more or less effective
#4
Suggestions for giving |
|
25. |
Aug'03 |
#1
How Seabiscuit was handled
#3
Three ways to promote your ideas
#4
The cause of adolescent misbehavior |
|
24. |
July'03 |
#2
Thinking opportunity rather than security
#3
Being right or being happy
#5
Explanation for Level C--positive and negative |
|
23. |
June'03 |
#2
Living is an art
#5 Problem with son
#6
Students who lie |
|
22. |
May'03 |
#2
We have a moral obligation to be happy
#4
Temper and pride
#5
Why change is difficult |
|
21. |
Apr'03 |
#3
The greatest two-word tip of all time
#4
Five suggestions for improving relationships
#6
Classroom management issues |
|
20. |
Mar'03 |
#1
Emotions and Cognition
#2
Allowances and Chores
#5
Internal motivation and 2-3 year olds |
|
19. |
Feb'03 |
#1
New Mailring
#4
Admitting Mistakes
#5
Using "not" instead of "no" |
|
18. |
Jan'03 |
#2
Question-framing mobilizes your perceptions.
#4
Seven deadly habits
#6
ODD, ADD, and ADHD |
|
17. |
Dec '02 |
#3
Success isn't always
about winning
#4
Leave your baggage behind
#6
Dealing with a difficult parent and child |
|
16. |
Nov'02 | #2
How to treat a beggar
#3
Look for the gold
#5
Reducing perfectionism |
|
15. |
Oct '02 |
#2
The 15-Minute Rule
#3
Epictetus' 2000 year old lesson
#5
Using the RRSystem |
|
14. |
Sep '02 |
#2
What you look
for is what you get
#3
The Orangutan Theory
#4
The Hawthorne Effect |
| 13. |
Aug '02 |
#3
Being busy is not being successful
#4
Asking for clarification
#6
Controlling the conversation |
| 12. |
July '02 |
#2
Hobson's Choice
#3
A story: coercion vs. noncoercion
#5
A parent's problem: student failing classes |
|
11. | June '02 |
#2
Teaching to be victors rather than victims
#3
Bringing sunshine or darkness
#4
The key to improving relationships |
| 10. |
May '02 |
#2
Your happiness
#3
Paint positive images
#4
Attentive listening |
| 9. |
Apr '02 |
#1
The faulty assumption of behaviorism
#2
John Glenn - giving, rather than receiving
#3
A Lou Holtz story |
| 8. |
Mar '02 |
#1
What I learned in kindergarten
#3
Being unafraid of failure
#4
Using your partner's differences to advantage |
| 7. |
Feb '02 |
#2
Very specific procedures
#3
Caring
#4
Taming a wild mustang in 30 minutes |
| 6. |
Jan '02 |
#1
How the RRSystem was developed
#3
Thinking of what to say vs. thinking of what to ask
#4
The biggest enemy |
| 5. |
Dec '01 |
#1
Enriching the brain
#3
Accentuating the positive
#5
Anarchy looses its attractiveness when made personal |
| 4. |
Nov '01 |
#2
Children and Adults with "Attention Deficit Disorder"
#3
The boy who grounded himself
#4
Preventing emotional hijacking |
| 3. |
Oct '01 |
#2
Using precise language
#3
Continual improvement
#4
Training in a deficit model |
| 2. |
Sep '01 |
#2
Language and behavior
#3
Comfort and behavior
#4
The likability factor |
| 1. |
Aug '01 |
#1
Kids and power
#3
The effectiveness of telling
#5
Learning from differences |
