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Contents
   
A Word of Caution
Chapter 2
Chapter 6
 Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 33

DISCIPLINE FOR HOME AND SCHOOL, FUNDAMENTALS

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ... ix

Introduction by John Champlin ... xi

Foreword by William T. Powers ... xiii

A Word of Caution about Starting the Process ... xvi

Part 1. The Basics of RTP

  1. What This Book Is All About ... 1

  2. A Simple Understanding of Perceptual Control Theory ... 6

  3. What Is Discipline? ... 12

  4. When Should Discipline Be Used? ... 14

  5. Establishing Discipline ... 16

  6. When Are Children Willing to Learn Discipline? ... 19

  7. Setting Rules and Standards ... 26

  8. What Should Happen When Children Break Rules? ... 29

  9. Where Lasting Change Takes Place in Individuals ... 44

10. How This Process Works ... 55

11. Operational Procedures by Al Kullman ... 72

12. When Children Want to Solve Their Problems ... 76

13. Dealing with Children Who Continually Break Rules ... 86

14. Knowing Your Limitations ... 98

15. Keeping the Process Alive ... 102

16. Dealing with Objections ... 106

17. RTP—Beyond Discipline by George Venetis ... 113

 

Part 2. Practical Advice

18. Building RTP in Four Schools by Jack Foster ... 120

19. The Vital Role of the School Administrator

by Dave Anderson, Jim Anderson, Bobbie Hodgins, Frank Hoefling, Howard B. Hyde, Sheila Pilmore, Steve Smith, and Kathy Welsh ... 135

20. Recommendations for Administrators on Implementing RTP in Secondary Schools by Scott Bogner ... 159

21. Thoughts and Suggestions from an RTC Teacher by Darleen Martin ... 165

22. RTC Data Collecting and Its Importance by Robin Harbaugh ... 184

23. Dealing with Students Who’ve Been Fighting by George Venetis ... 187

24. The Responsible Thinking Process, the Special Needs Child, and Special Education Mandates by LeEdna Custer-Knight ... 203

25. RTP and the Pre-School and Primary Special Education Classrooms by Carmen Duron and Erin Powell ... 209

26. The Use of RTP for Children with Mild Disabilities by Erin Powell ... 230

27. Juvenile Corrections and RTP: How It Works at Catalina Mountain School by Bill Lackman ... 237

28. Creating Community via Classroom Discussions by LeEdna Custer-Knight ... 246

29. Working with Parents by Joseph Sierzenga ... 254

30. RTP and the School Bus Driver by Rex C. Squires ... 263

31. The Coach’s Corner by Bill McCarrick ... 271

32. A Janitor Sees All by Bryan John Williams ... 278

33. Perceptual Control Theory in the Classroom by W. Thomas Bourbon ... 279

A Personal Afterword ... 294

Appendix 1. Responsible Thinking Process Card ... 296

Appendix 2. Driving Safety Hazards Based on RTP ... 298

Appendix 3. RTP Faculty Initial Assessment Form ... 299

Appendix 4. Letter to Parents Announcing Process ... 300