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• Overview 
• Basic Principles 
• Discipline with Dignity Goals 
• Practical Discipline Guidelines 
• Comparing Discipline Systems 

 

Discipline with Dignityâ Discipline with Dignityâ(DWD) is exclusively offered by Discipline Associates and those trained or licensed by Discipline Associates. No one may use the name or offer training in DWD without express written permission. For more information, contact Discipline Associates.  is exclusively offered by Discipline Associates and those trained or licensed by Discipline Associates. No one may use the name or offer training in DWD without express written permission. For more information, contact Discipline Associates.  An Overview  Discipline with Dignityâ is a flexible program for effective school and classroom management that teaches responsible thinking, cooperation, mutual respect, and shared decision-making. Drs. Richard Curwin and Allen Mendler, the internationally acclaimed authors of Discipline with Dignity (ASCD, 1988, reprinted 1999) developed this approach.  Discipline with Dignityâ equips teachers and administrators with classroom skills and techniques that enable them equips teachers and administrators with classroom skills and techniques that enable them to spend less time dealing with behavioral problems and more time on positive interactions with students and on instruction.  Discipline with Dignityâ presents teachers with the framework, tools, and skills for carrying out their own effective classroom management, and furnishes administrators with information and a basis for setting school-wide policy.  Designed to allow teachers more time for instruction in a classroom environment conducive to learning, this approach also helps children develop a sense of self-esteem and gives them the encouragement and tools necessary for making responsible decisions in their lives, both inside and outside of the classroom.  presents teachers with the framework, tools, and skills for carrying out their own effective classroom management, and furnishes administrators with information and a basis for setting school-wide policy.  Designed to allow teachers more time for instruction in a classroom environment conducive to learning, this approach also helps children develop a sense of self-esteem and gives them the encouragement and tools necessary for making responsible decisions in their lives, both inside and outside of the classroom.  Discipline with Dignityâ has been applied in classrooms throughout the world. Its popularity stems from the outstanding results obtained by K-12 teachers, principals, counselors, parents and others who work with children. Discipline with Dignityâ is a challenging, motivating, insightful, and practical approach that can be adapted to fit the needs of any school, organization, or community.  is a challenging, motivating, insightful, and practical approach that can be adapted to fit the needs of any school, organization, or community.         www.disciplineassociates.com 2002 Curwin and Mendler, Discipline with Dignity

Dr. Curwin training participants at the Black Hills Seminars

Basic Principles

• Long-term behavioral change, not quick fixes
• Dealing with student behavior is part of the job
• Rules must make sense
• Be a model of what you expect
• Always treat students with dignity
• Responsibility is more important than obedience
• Stop doing ineffective things
• You can be fair without always having to treat every one the same

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Discipline with Dignity^â Goals

Skills in Recognizing And Resolving Conflict 

• Effective communication
• Defusing potentially explosive situations
• Reducing violence


Supporting Instruction

• To prepare children for their future
• To value and protect opportunities for learning


Learning To Behave Responsibly

• Warmth
• Love
• Respect
• Concern
• Acceptance
• Opportunities to be heard


Clearly Defined Limits 

• Less Permissive
• Structured
• Rule enforcement
• Enhance learning
• Marked degree of decision-making and problem-solving
• Replacing simple rewards and punishments with values
• Practicing democracy
• Teaching students to learn from their mistakes

   

  Practical Discipline Guidelines

  1. The most practical discipline technique is to welcome every student.

  2. It takes less time at the end when you spend more time in the beginning.

  3. When students withdraw, make an even bigger invitation.

  4. Discipline responses require a two-stage approach: stabilize and teach.

  5. Model effective expressions of anger with your students.

  6. When you take something away, give something back.

  7. Never use something you want a child to love as a consequence.

  8. Eventually you must face a student who misbehaves; no one can do it for you.

  9. When disciplining students, always provide choices and limits.

  10. No one can change his or her behavior without a commitment.
  

  Comparing Discipline Systems

  Obedience	Responsibility
  Based on rewards and punishments Focuses on deterrents Works best with students who don't need it Appropriate for safety Works fast, doesn't last	Based on values; learning right from wrong Focuses on instruction Helps all students Appropriate for all situations Takes longer, lasts longer