Moving from Blame to Family Problem Solving “Whose fault is this?” or “Who’s to blame?” are the go-to sentiments for when situations or relationships hit rough patches, especially within families. Jeff Everage explains why figuring out where the blame goes is a waste of time. If you believe, as I do, that you must “connect before you correct” then blame doesn’t do anything productive in parenting (and really in all of life). State Resources for Parents of Children and Youth with Disabilities PDF Version (328 KB) - get Acrobat Reader Parents of youth with disabilities have unique opportunities to promote their successful transition to postsecondary education, employment, and full adult participation in society. Parents can provide the foundation for young people to become self-determined, learn decision-making skills, and gain access to resources. Families can assist in the transition process by providing direction in exploration of interests, guidance in career and college planning, and encouragement as they pursue their dreams.
untitled Assertive Discipline: More Than Names on the Board and Marbles in a Jar Mr. Canter explains the background of the program and addresses some of the issues that are frequently raised about Assertive Discipline. (Lee Canter is president of Lee Canter & Associates, Santa Monica, Calif. He is the author of many books on behavior management and is the developer of the Assertive Disc0fine program) Home - Character Education, Life Skills, Drug Prevention, Heath Skills - K-6 Elementary School Lesson Plans, Teacher Resources and School Assemblies Home Life Skills Lessons FREE Sample Lessons BUY Lessons Online BUY on Amazon.com Life Skills Knowledge Base Behavior Home Page, Kentucky Welcome The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) and the Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling at UK (SERC) collaborated on this Web page on student behavior for many years. The purpose is to provide a format that allows school personnel, parents, and other professionals to gain access to information, to share effective practices, and to receive ongoing consultation and technical assistance concerning the full range of behavior problems and challenges displayed by children and youth in school and community settings, as well as other behavioral issues that may affect their success in school.
Classroom Management Definition Classroom management refers to the wide variety of skills and techniques that teachers use to keep students organized, orderly, focused, attentive, on task, and academically productive during a class. When classroom-management strategies are executed effectively, teachers minimize the behaviors that impede learning for both individual students and groups of students, while maximizing the behaviors that facilitate or enhance learning. Generally speaking, effective teachers tend to display strong classroom-management skills, while the hallmark of the inexperienced or less effective teacher is a disorderly classroom filled with students who are not working or paying attention.
[FOUR] Roles In Dysfunctional Families by Robert Burney M.A. "We have come to understand that both the passive and the aggressive behavioral defense systems are reactions to the same kinds of childhood trauma, to the same kinds of emotional wounds. The Family Systems Dynamics research shows that within the family system, children adopt certain roles according to their family dynamics. Some of these roles are more passive, some are more aggressive, because in the competition for attention and validation within a family system the children must adopt different types of behaviors in order to feel like an individual." The emotional dynamics of dysfunctional families are basic - and like emotional dynamics for all human beings are pretty predictable. The outside details may look quite different due to a variety of factors, but the dynamics of the human emotional process are the same for all human beings everywhere.
Discipline with Dignity Stresses Positive Motivation Threats and rewards may seem to change a student's behavior, but do they last once the punishment and rewards are gone? Discipline with Dignity teaches educators to create positive motivators for kids so they take responsibility for their own behavior. Included: Examples of Discipline with Dignity in action.
Great site for State Educational Agencies and Local Educational Agencies accessing materials to start PBIS! by ccsanyi Oct 4