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Discipline Without Stress Newsletter – November 2015

On November 14, 2015   /   Discipline News, Newsletters  

PROMOTING RESPONSIBILITY & LEARNING
Volume 15 Number 11 November 2015 
Newsletter #172 Archived

IN THIS ISSUE:

  1. Welcome
  2. Promoting Responsibility
  3. Increasing Effectiveness
  4. Improving Relationships
  5. Promoting Learning
  6. Parenting
  7. Discipline without Stress (DWS)
  8. Reviews and Testimonials 

1. WELCOME

 MONTHLY QUOTE: 

Just because you are good at something doesn’t mean it makes you happy. 

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Defiant Student at Spring Valley High School

On November 4, 2015   /   Discipline  

In the U.S. news: Coercion used on defiant student at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, South Carolina results in police officer being fired.

The video showing the defiant student being flipped over while sitting at her desk has gone viral. One side says that force was too extreme. The other side says that the defiant student should have followed the police officer’s request and that the force used was justified.

I was asked what I would have done in this situation.  I would have used a third option. I would have used authority without coercion. First, the power struggle should have been avoided. When adults argue with a young person, it is like arguing with a pig. Both … >>>

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