TOPIC: Disciplinary Practices

The following represents a sample of information to get you started and is not meant to be exhaustive.
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Center Developed Documents, Resources and Tools

Articles and Documents

• Newsletter-Behavior Problems: What's a School to Do? (Spring 1997)

Continuing Education

• Follow-Up Reading Continued: Managing and Preventing School Misbehavior and School Avoidance

Introductory Packet

• Introductory Packet on Conduct and Behavior Problems in School Aged Youth

Practice Notes

• Practice Notes: Common Behavior Problems

Quick Finds

• Classroom Management
• Discipline Codes and Policies
• Behavior Problems and Conduct Disorders

Quick Training Aids

• Quick Training Aid: Behavior Problems at School

Classroom/School Management
• Ain't Misbehavin': Discipline Tactics That Work!(from FamilyEducation)
• Attitudes towards corporal punishment and reporting of abuse.(from PubMed)
• Adolescents' perceptions of discipline within intact families and stepfamilies.(from PubMed)
• Corporal Punishment in Schools (from American Academy of Pediatrics )
• Corporal Punishment Position(from Save the Children)
• Discipline and Behavior (from Ambulatory Pediatric Association )
• Discipline for Children With Disabilities: Questions & Answers from OSEP (from Wrightslaw)
• Discipline Help: You Can Handle Them All(from MasterTeacher Inc.)
• Discipline at Home
• Discipline Methods(from American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Discipline Profiles (from McREL)
• Discipline: Suspensions, Expulsions & IEPs (from Wrightslaw)
• Building on the Best, Learning from What Works:A Few Promising Discipline and Violence Prevention Programs(from The American Federation of Teachers)
• Constant Yelling Can Be Just As Harmful to Children as Physical Abuse
• "Discipline of special Education Students" (2002) (from Education Commission of the States)
• School Discipline(from ERIC Digest)
• School Discipline: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act(from United States General Accounting Office)
• School discipline: What works and what doesn't(from Partnership for Learning)
• School Safety, Discipline, & Attendance(from California State Board of Education)
• School Violence: Disciplinary Exclusion, Prevention and Alternatives
• Schoolwide and Classroom Discipline(from Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory)
• School-Wide Behavioral Management Systems

Home
• Discipline With Love (from Parenting Resource Center on the Web)
• Discipline: Understanding Disobedience (from American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Discipline: What works, what doesn't. (from National Association of School Psychologists)
• Effective Discipline Tips(keepkidshealthy.com)
• Effective Discipline for Young Children(keepkidshealthy.com)
• Effective Use of Time-outs(from Commonwealth of Kentucky)
• Family Stress, Parenting Beliefs and Cognitive and Emotional Reactions Can Lead to Harsh Discipline
• Guidance for Effective Discipline(from American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Is corporal punishment an effective means of discipline?
• Learning to Discipline (from Phi Delta Kappan)
• Keys to Effective Discipline(from American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Managing Today's Classroom: Finding Alternatives to Control and Compliance (from the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development )
• Reauthorized Statute DISCIPLINE (from IDEA)
• Relationships among parental beliefs in corporal punishment, reported stress, and physical child abuse potential(from PubMed)
• Student Discipline Policies(from ERIC digest)
• Teaching Interrupted: Do discipline policies in today's public schools foster the common good?(from Public Agenda)
• To Spank or Not to Spank(from PEDIATRICS:Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Use of harsh physical discipline and developmental outcomes in adolescence.(from PubMed)
• What method of discipline really works?(from iVillage.com)
• You and Your Child's Behavior (from American Academy of Pediatrics)

Video Clips

• Discipline (from Building the Legacy: IDEA 2004)

Related Agencies

• Center for the Prevention of School Violence
• Center for the Study and Prevention of School Violence
• The National Alliance for Safe Schools
• National School Safety Center
• National Resource Center for Safe Schools
• Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
• Safe and Responsive Schools Project

• Administrator's Complete School Discipline Guide : Techniques & Materials for Creating an Environment Where Kids Can Learn. By R.D. Ramsey (1994). Prentice Hall Direct.
• Building Classroom Discipline. By C.M. Charles (1996). New York: Longman Press.
• Behavior and Discipline in Schools : Practical, Positive and Creative Strategies for the Classroom. By P.B. Galvin (1999). David Fulton Pub.
• Classroom Discipline Problem Solver: Ready-to-Use Techniques & Materials for Managing All Kinds of Behavior Problems . By G. Watson (1998). Jossey-Bass
• Discipline with Dignity for Challenging Youth. by Allen N. Mendler & Richard L. Curwin. (1999). Bloomington, Ind. : National Educational Service.
• Discipline Without Shouting Or Spanking: Practical Solutions To The Most Common Preschool Behavior Problems. by Wycoff. J. (1991).Simon and Schuster.
• Discipline for Life: Getting it Right with Children.by Swift, M. (1999). Childright.
• No More Misbehavin': 38 Difficult Behaviors And How To Stop Them.Borba, M. (2003). Jossey-Bass.
• Positive Discipline for Preschoolers: For Their Early Years - Raising Children Who Are Responsible, Respectful, and Resourceful. by Nelson, J., Erwin, C., & Duffy R.A. (1998). Three Rivers Press.
• Positive Discipline A-Z,:From Toddlers to Teens, 1001 Solutions to Everyday Parenting Problems. by Nelson, J., Lott L., & Glenn S. (1999). Three Rivers Press.
• Positive Time-Out: And Over 50 Ways to Avoid Power Struggles in the Home and the Classroom (Positive Discipline). by Nelson, J. (1999). Three Rivers Press.
• Setting Limits with Your Strong-Willed Child : Eliminating Conflict by Establishing Clear, Firm, and Respectful Boundaries. by MacKenzie, R.J. (2001). Three Rivers Press.
• The Discipline Book: How to Have a Better-Behaved Child From Birth to Age Ten.by Sears, W. & Sears. M. (1995). Little, Brown and Company.
• The Caring Teacher's Guide to Discipline : Helping Young Students Learn Self-control, Responsibility, and Respect. by Marilyn E. Gootman. (2001). Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Corwin Press.
• 1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12.by Phelan, T.W. (2003). Parentmagic, Inc.