TOPIC: Disciplinary Practices

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Center Developed Documents, Resources and Tools

Articles and Documents

• Newsletter-Behavior Problems: What's a School to Do? (Spring, '97)

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
• Attitudes Towards Corporal Punishment and Reporting of Abuse
• Adolescents' Perceptions of Discipline within Intact Families and Stepfamilies
• Building on the Best, Learning from What Works:A Few Promising Discipline and Violence Prevention Programs
• Constant Yelling Can Be Just As Harmful to Children as Physical Abuse
• Corporal Punishment in Schools
• Corporal Punishment Position
• Discipline at Home
• Discipline for Children with Disabilities: Questions & Answers from OSEP
• Discipline Help: You Can Handle Them All
• Discipline of Special Education Students
• Discipline Profiles
• The Discipline Survey: A New Measure of Parental Discipline
• Discipline: Suspensions, Expulsions & IEPs
• Disciplining Your Child
• School Discipline: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
• School Safety, Discipline and Attendance
• School Violence: Disciplinary Exclusion, Prevention and Alternatives
• School-Wide Behavioral Management Systems

Home
• Discipline With Love
• Fair and Effective Discpline for All Students: Best Practie Strategies for Educators
• Effective Discipline Tips
• Effective Discipline for Young Children
• Effective Use of Time-Out
• Family Stress, Parenting Beliefs and Cognitive and Emotional Reactions Can Lead to Harsh Discipline
• Guidance for Effective Discipline
• Is Corporal Punishment an Effective Means of Discipline?
• Managing Today's Classroom: Finding Alternatives to Control and Compliance
• Reauthorized Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
• Relationships Among Parental Beliefs in Corporal Punishment, Reported Stress, and Physical Child Abuse Potential
• Teaching Interrupted: Do Discipline Policies in Today's Public Schools Foster the Common Good?
• Use of Harsh Physical Discipline and Developmental Outcomes in Adolescence
• What Method of Discipline Really Works?

Video Clips
• Discipline

Related Agencies and Websites

• Center for the Prevention of School Violence
• Center for the Study and Prevention of School Violence
• The National Alliance for Safe Schools
• 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.
• Behavior and Discipline in Schools: Practical, Positive and Creative Strategies for the Classroom. By P.B. Galvin (1999). David Fulton Pub.
• Building Classroom Discipline. By C.M. Charles (1996). New York: Longman Press.
• The Caring Teacher's Guide to Discipline: Helping Young Students Learn Self-control, Responsibility, and Respect. By Marilyn E. Gootman. (2001). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
• Classroom Discipline Problem Solver: Ready-to-Use Techniques & Materials for Managing All Kinds of Behavior Problems. By G. Watson (1998). Jossey-Bass.
• 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.
• Discipline for Life: Getting it Right with Children. By Swift, M. (1999). Childright.
• Discipline with Dignity for Challenging Youth. By Allen N. Mendler & Richard L. Curwin (1999). Bloomington, IN: National Educational Service.
• Discipline without Shouting or Spanking: Practical Solutions to the Most Common Preschool Behavior Problems. By Wycoff. J. (1991). Simon and Schuster.
• No More Misbehavin': 38 Difficult Behaviors and How to Stop Them. By Borba, M. (2003). Jossey-Bass.
• 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 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 Time-Out: And Over 50 Ways to Avoid Power Struggles in the Home and the Classroom (Positive Discipline). By Nelson, J. (2011). 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.
• 1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12. By Phelan, T.W. (2003). Parentmagic, Inc.

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