Noise Levels

QUESTION: I have been working on teaching procedures for appropriate noise levels. I think the kids don’t really know how to control their voices very well yet and need specific instruction on how and why to do it—as well as a way to remember to do it. Any suggestions? RESPONSE... 

Development & Impulse Control Cards

Learning a procedure to respond appropriately to impulses is described on the link at http://www.marvinmarshall.com/impulsemanagement.html. Level C for COOPERATION is in green, as is Level D. Although the goal for young  people is to strive for level D motivation, either of these... 

Teaching Level A

QUESTION: Some of my youngsters and their parents were struggling with the word, “anarchy.” Could I use a short phrase beginning with “absence of….” order? responsible behavior? Perhaps you could suggest a word/words that would fit and my young students... 

Character Education and DWS

“If every teacher, at the beginning of the school year, would share this book with students for just 10 minutes a day, by October teaching and learning problems would be reduced to a minuscule portion of the day.” Linda McKay, Director, CHARACTERplus Cooperating School... 

Kindergarten Student and Tantrums

QUESTION: I am a kindergarten teacher who highly recommends your book whenever the subject of discipline arises. Today I told one of my students who hit another child, “I want you to stay in our classroom, but if you act on Level B again, you are telling me that you want... 

Punishments vs. Discipline

QUESTION: The school I work in is very entrenched in the idea that discipline equals  punishment. The students buy into this idea in that they seem to depend on punitive reactions from their teachers/parents. How does one help the child to move from being punishment-minded to... 

The Raise Responsibility System

QUESTIONS: Here are a few situations most likely to occur in the classroom. They are all social situations. How do you respond using the Raise Responsibility  System? 1. A student tells the teacher another student pulled her hair and won’t stop. She asked the person to... 

Self-Reflection

I had the pleasure of presenting to teachers of a religious school at the denomination’s campgrounds. Between my Sunday evening keynote and my Monday afternoon seminar to the teachers, I invested some time in self-reflection. Self-reflection focuses on looking inward—controlling... 

Seabiscuit and Coercion

Laura Hillenbrand’s award-winning book, “Seabiscuit: An American Legend,” was first made into a PBS documentary and then into a motion picture. The book has been referred to as the best sports book ever written. Seabiscuit—a descendant of the mighty Man o’ War—was... 

Understanding Level C

QUESTION: The only part about the Hierarchy of Social Development that confuses me is that if Level C is a level of caution, then how can we label it as acceptable?–even though I can see that in the hierarchy it is implicit that it is positive. I have a hard time trying to... 

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