Positive Discipline is a program designed to teach children responsibility, respect, and problem-solving skills. It is based on the work of Alfred Adler and Rudolf Dreikurs from the 1920s-1930s. Positive Discipline uses mutual respect between children and adults and identifies the beliefs behind misbehavior to change behavior respectfully. There are Positive Discipline programs for both parents and teachers that build strong relationships through kindness, firmness, effective communication, and focusing on solutions rather than punishment.

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3. A brief about Positive Discipline?
Positive Discipline is a program designed to teach young people to
become responsible, respectful and resourceful members of their
communities. Based on the best selling Positive Discipline books by
Dr. Jane Nelsen, Lynn Lott, Cheryl Erwin, Kate Ortolano, Mary
Hughes, Mike Brock, Lisa Larson and others, it teaches important
social and life skills in a manner that is deeply respectful and
encouraging for both children and adults (including parents,
teachers, childcare providers, youth workers, and others).
Recent research tells us that children are “hardwired” from birth
to connect with others, and that children who feel a sense of
connection to their community, family, and school are less likely
to misbehave. To be successful, contributing members of their
community, children must learn necessary social and life skills.
Positive Discipline is based on the understanding that discipline
must be taught and that discipline teaches.

4. A History of Positive Discipline
the Positive Discipline Parenting and Classroom Management
Model is based on the work of Alfred Adler and Rudolf
Dreikurs.1 Dr. Adler first introduced the idea of parenting
education to United States audiences in the 1920s. He
advocated treating children respectfully, but also argued that
spoiling and pampering children was not encouraging to them and
resulted in social and behavioral problems. The classroom
techniques, which were initially introduced in Vienna in the early
1920s, were brought to the United States by Dr. Dreikurs in
the late 1930s.Dreikurs and Adler refer to the kind and firm
approach to teaching and parenting as “democratic.”

5. What is Positive Discipline based on ?
Dr. Adler first introduced the idea of parenting education to
United States audiences in the 1920s. He advocated treating
children respectfully, but also argued that spoiling and pampering
children was not encouraging to them and resulted in social and
behavioral problems. The classroom techniques, which were
initially introduced in Vienna in the early 1920s, were brought to
the United States by Dr. Dreikurs in the late 1930s. Dreikurs
and Adler refer to the kind and firm approach to teaching and
parenting as "democratic."

6. The tools and concepts of Positive Discipline
include:
The Positive Discipline Parenting and Classroom Management
models are aimed at developing mutually respectful relationships.
Positive Discipline teaches adults to employ kindness and firmness
at the same time, and is neither punitive nor permissive.
• Mutual respect. Adults model firmness by respecting
themselves and the needs of the situation, and kindness by
respecting the needs of the child.
• Identifying the belief behind the behavior. Effective discipline
recognizes the reasons kids do what they do and works to change
those beliefs, rather than merely attempting to change behavior.
• Effective communication and problem solving skills.
• Discipline that teaches (and is neither permissive nor punitive).
• Focusing on solutions instead of punishment.
• Encouragement (instead of praise). Encouragement notices
effort and improvement, not just success, and builds long-term
self-esteem and empowerment.

7. Who is Positive Discipline for?
There is a Positive Discipline program for parents and
another for teachers. Both are based on the same
principles, but are tailored for the particular issues that
parents and teachers face.

8. Why is Positive Discipline Important?
Positive discipline:
• Teaches children responsibility, self-discipline,
problem-solving skills and cooperation.
• Is respectful to both children and adults.
• Builds trust and strengthens relationships, helping form
new connections in a child’s brain.
• Builds and maintains self-esteem.
• Teaches children how to manage their emotions.
• Teaches children to deal with stress in healthy ways.
• Invites children to contribute in meaningful ways and develops
their sense of significance.
• Develops strong understanding that one has power or influence
over what happens to them in life.

9. How does the Positive Discipline program for
parents differ from other parenting
approaches?
Positive Discipline for parents:
• was designed as a universal program, for typical families
facing typical challenges, rather than “high-risk” families.
• is based in attachment, relationships and communication,
rather than rewards and punishments.
• builds on parents’ strengths.
• covers all of childhood, from birth to adolescence.
• helps parents learn how to problem-solve across a wide
range of situations, rather than prescribing “what to do
when”.
• comes from a child rights perspective, so it focuses on
enhancing mutual respect between parents and children.
• originated as a culturally inclusive approach, so it builds on
“parenting universals”.

10. How is Positive Discipline applied in the classroom?
Positive Discipline for teachers:
• is based on established pedagogical principles, as well as child
rights principles.
• considers the long-term impact of the teaching relationship on
children’s lives and attitudes toward learning.
• helps teachers learn how to provide effective mentorship within a
safe learning environment.
• provides relevant information about children’s neurological,
intellectual and social development from birth to adolescence.
• recognizes the importance of individual differences in children’s
experiences, temperaments and information processing.
• focuses on problem-solving rather than rewards and punishment.

11. Five Criteria for Effective Discipline :
Jane Nelsen gives the following criteria for “effective
discipline that teaches”:
1. Helps children feel a sense of connection (belonging and
significance).
2. Is mutually respectful and encouraging (kind and firm at the
same time).
3. Is effective long-term (considers what the child is thinking
and feeling, learning, and deciding about himself and his world,
and what to do in the future to survive or to thrive).
4. Teaches important social skills and life skills (respect,
concern for others, problem solving, and cooperation as well as
the skills to contribute to the home, school, or larger
community).
5. Invites children to discover how capable they are (encourages
constructive use of personal power and autonomy).