{"product_id":"discipline-with-dignity-4th-edition-how-to-build-responsibility-relationships-and-respect-in-your-classroom-9781416625810","title":"Discipline with Dignity, 4th Edition: How to Build Responsibility, Relationships, and Respect in Your Classroom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this revised and updated 4th edition, \u003cem\u003eDiscipline with Dignity\u003c\/em\u003e provides in-depth guidance for implementing a proven approach to classroom management that can help students make better choices and teachers be more effective.\u003c\/strong\u003e Emphasizing the importance of mutual respect and self-control, the authors offer specific strategies and techniques for building strong relationships with disruptive students and countering the toxic social circumstances that affect many of them, including dysfunctional families, gangs, and poverty. Educators at all levels can learn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* The difference between formal and informal discipline systems and when to use each.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* The role of values, rules, and consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* How to address the underlying causes of discipline problems that occur both in and out of school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* What teachers can do to defuse or prevent classroom disruptions and disrespectful behavior without removing students from the classroom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* Why traditional approaches such as threats, punishments, and rewards are ineffective--and what to do instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* How to use relevance, teacher enthusiasm, choice, and other elements of curriculum and instruction to motivate students.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* How to reduce both teacher and student stress that can trigger power struggles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith dozens of specific examples of student-teacher interactions, \u003cem\u003eDiscipline with Dignity\u003c\/em\u003e illustrates what you can do--and not do--to make the classroom a place where students learn and teachers maintain control in a nonconfrontational way. The goal is success for all, in schools that thrive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCurwin, Richard L.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Richard L. Curwin\u003c\/b\u003e is an author, speaker, and experienced practitioner who explores issues of student discipline, behavioral management, and motivation. During his 45 years in the classroom, he served as a 7th grade educator, teacher of emotionally disturbed children, college professor, and director of the graduate program for disabled youth at David Yellin College in Jerusalem. With his colleague Dr. Allen N. Mendler, Dr. Curwin founded Discipline Associates, created the Discipline with Dignity program, and coauthored \u003cem\u003eDiscipline with Dignity for Challenging Youth\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAs Tough as Necessary: Countering Violence, Aggression, and Hostility in Our Schools.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMendler, Allen N.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Allen N. Mendler\u003c\/b\u003e is an educator and school psychologist with extensive experience working with children of all ages in regular education and special education settings. As a motivational speaker and trainer on topics pertaining to challenging students, he has given workshops and seminars around the world. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books and publications, including \u003cem\u003eThe Resilient Teacher, When Teaching Gets Tough, Connecting with Students, Motivating Students Who Don't Care, \u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eWhat Do I Do When\u003c\/em\u003e series. He blogs frequently for \u003cem\u003eEdutopia\u003c\/em\u003e and other online organizations and has presented numerous webinars on such topics as power struggles, bullying, motivating and managing difficult students, and teaching self-control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMendler, Brian D.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian D. Mendler\u003c\/b\u003e has extensive experience working with challenging students in general education, self-contained, and inclusion settings. He provides staff development training for K-12 educators throughout the world, drawing upon his own experiences as a student who struggled with a learning disability and severe ADHD, and focusing on how to be successful with even the most difficult students. Mr. Mendler is the author of \u003cem\u003eThat One Kid\u003c\/em\u003e, providing educators with strategies for preventing and responding to difficult, disruptive, defiant, and unmotivated behavior; and \u003cem\u003eThe Taming of the Crew\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ASCD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50629047222546,"sku":"9781416625810","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_630e6bf1-c845-442c-8ae0-3e84988ca654.jpg?v=1732718466","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/discipline-with-dignity-4th-edition-how-to-build-responsibility-relationships-and-respect-in-your-classroom-9781416625810","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}