1. Discipline Concepts To Consider Discipline is like other disciplines; i.e. language arts, science, math, social studies. It needs to be taught, practiced, evaluated, retaught and reinforced. Henry, Spencer. Practical Strategies For Working With Difficult And At-Risk Students: Managing Today’s Classroom. Ephrata, PA, 2002

2. Discipline Concepts To Consider Assume nothing. Teach everything. Henry, Spencer. Practical Strategies For Working With Difficult And At-Risk Students: Managing Today’s Classroom. Ephrata, PA, 2002

3. Discipline Concepts To Consider Rewards – Punishment. Use rewards and punishment only in special or extreme situations when you want to change behavior fast – but it will not be a lasting change that develops responsibility. Henry, Spencer. Practical Strategies For Working With Difficult And At-Risk Students: Managing Today’s Classroom. Ephrata, PA, 2002

4. Discipline Concepts To Consider Enforceable rules and transitional procedures are clearly defined, taught and retaught. Henry, Spencer. Practical Strategies For Working With Difficult And At-Risk Students: Managing Today’s Classroom. Ephrata, PA, 2002

5. Discipline Concepts To Consider Public rules – Private consequences. Henry, Spencer. Practical Strategies For Working With Difficult And At-Risk Students: Managing Today’s Classroom. Ephrata, PA, 2002

6. Discipline Concepts To Consider Logical consequences (reasonable, related, done respectfully, mild, enforceable, consistently enforced and teach responsibility) are used instead of punishment. Henry, Spencer. Practical Strategies For Working With Difficult And At-Risk Students: Managing Today’s Classroom. Ephrata, PA, 2002

7. Discipline Concepts To Consider Consistency is doing something, not doing the same thing. Henry, Spencer. Practical Strategies For Working With Difficult And At-Risk Students: Managing Today’s Classroom. Ephrata, PA, 2002

8. Discipline Concepts To Consider There is no punishment severe enough that we can do that some difficult students have not already experienced at home. They have been physically, emotionally and mentally abused. Throwing them out of class just reinforces their belief that the world sucks and no one cares Henry, Spencer. Practical Strategies For Working With Difficult And At-Risk Students: Managing Today’s Classroom. Ephrata, PA, 2002

9. Discipline Concepts To Consider Persevere longer than they resist. Any time you try something new or anything adults do, kids usually think is stupid. To make a change, you must persevere longer than they resist. Henry, Spencer. Practical Strategies For Working With Difficult And At-Risk Students: Managing Today’s Classroom. Ephrata, PA, 2002

10. Discipline Concepts To Consider Good teachers know tough lessons take a long time to learn. Don't expect changes in behavior over night or after the first or second intervention. Their bad habits were not developed overnight. It will take time to change. Don't give up. Henry, Spencer. Practical Strategies For Working With Difficult And At-Risk Students: Managing Today’s Classroom. Ephrata, PA, 2002

11. Discipline Concepts To Consider Firm on intent – Flexible on solutions. When working with a parent or student on changing behavior, stay firm on intent (student will learn and behave) and flexible on solutions (how this will occur). Henry, Spencer. Practical Strategies For Working With Difficult And At-Risk Students: Managing Today’s Classroom. Ephrata, PA, 2002

12. Discipline Concepts To Consider Encouragement, meeting the basic needs of our students and positive reinforcement are used to change behavior. Henry, Spencer. Practical Strategies For Working With Difficult And At-Risk Students: Managing Today’s Classroom. Ephrata, PA, 2002