Thursday, June 2, 2016
If you are new to the Disciple Without Stress approach, here is some advice:
One common early mistake teachers make is to think that knowledge of the levels, ABCD, is the “magic key” to Discipline Without Stress—that once students know the levels and can identify their level at any point in time, that all the teacher has to do is ask, “At what level is this behavior?” and the child will magically move to level C or D. If only it were that easy!
Realize that the levels are just a UNIQUE vocabulary aspect of Discipline Without Stress that enables teachers and students to more easily communicate about types of behavior choices. They also enable students to reflect silently in their heads on their past/current/future behavior with descriptive vocabulary beyond “good/bad.”
Each part of Discipline Without Stress is helpful in and of itself—procedures, positivity, choice/eliciting consequences, impulse control, reflection, levels, etc.—but the real payoff is when you learn to keep all the parts going at the same time. It’s a multi-year learning process for most, and well worth it for anyone planning to teach for very long.
Click here to view the DISCIPLINE WITHOUT STRESS TEACHING MODEL.