The document discusses the decision-making model of child guidance. It is a process used by teachers to logically arrive at developmentally appropriate solutions to discipline issues and challenging behaviors. The model involves observing the situation, making decisions, taking action, and reflecting on the results. It can be used for everyday discipline as well as more difficult behaviors and contextual issues. The goal is for children to develop skills like self-esteem, self-control, empathy, and responsibility. Teachers may use the model to determine when to refer a child to outside services for issues beyond their expertise.

1. Guidance of Young Children
Tenth Edition
Chapter 13
Apply Your Knowledge:
Use the Decision-Making
Model of Child Guidance
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Learning Objectives
• Explain the major features of the decision-making model
of child guidance.
• Use the decision-making model in everyday discipline
encounters and with challenging behavior.
• Use the decision-making model to make contextual
changes and to change an adult’s practices.
• Use the decision-making model to change the context
and change the teacher’s own practices.

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Decision Making Model of Child Guidance
• Process used to construct decisions abut how to handle a
variety of guidance issues with children
• Focuses on arriving at a developmentally appropriate
solutions in logical, clearheaded ways

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Decision-Making Model: Requirements
• Knowledge about guiding children
• Skills to use that knowledge
• Respect for all families

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Aim to Use Different Approaches
• Selecting what appears to be best from several different
methods and theories
• Different children, different families call for an eclectic
approach (using different strategies suited to the child or
family)

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Steps in the Decision-Making Model
• Observing
• Decision making
• Acting
• Reflecting

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Use the Decision-Making Model
• In everyday discipline encounters
• With more difficult behavior
• For contextual issues, matter related to the setting
– In situations in which teachers must change their own
practices

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Deciding About Referring a Child and
Family for Outside Help

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Teachers Reflect
• Teachers occasionally discover that they do not have the
knowledge or skills needed to help a specific child
• A teacher would then decide that he needs to refer a child
or family to outside services for help

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Typical Situations Indicating That Outside
Services Might Be Needed
• Child abuse and neglect
– Problem behaviors beyond the expertise of the
teacher
• Medical issue
• Family system challenge
• Extremely challenging behavior continues

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Coming Full Circle: What the Decision-
Making Model Means for Children

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What the Decision-Making Model Means
for Children
• Enables children to:
– Feel safe and secure
– Develop healthy self-esteem and a strong moral compass
– Honor and respect themselves and others
– Develop healthy self-control
– Learn how to deal with a variety of stressors
– Understand and deal effectively with a variety of feelings
– Walk a mile in another person’s shoes
– Be cooperative, helpful, and generous
– Learn when to be assertive
– Become self-responsible
– Become compassionate and caring individuals

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