Posted by Chip on May 11, 2010
Standing up with self-control is the final of the five key CARES skills underlying Responsive Classroom practice that help build positive proactive attributes in children both socially and academically. The other four are cooperation, assertion, responsibility and empathy. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this entry [...]
Categories: Building Relationships & Community, Managing Behavior, The Responsive Classroom® approach |
Tags: Building Relationships & Community, bullying, cooperation, Managing Behavior, peer pressure, Responsive Classroom approach, self-control, social skills, social-emotional learning | 
1 Comment »
Posted by Chip on May 5, 2010
As reported by the Boston Globe, on May 4, Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick signed into law one of the most comprehensive antibullying measures ever passed. The family of 11-year-old Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, who killed himself in April 2009 after extensive bullying, attended the signing, as did a group of teenagers who advocated for a statewide [...]
Categories: Building Relationships & Community, Managing Behavior, The Responsive Classroom® approach |
Tags: Building Relationships & Community, bullying, cooperation, empathy, Managing Behavior, peer pressure, Responsive Classroom approach, social skills, social-emotional learning | 1 Comment »
Posted by Chip on April 28, 2010
Responsibility is one of the five key CARES skills underlying Responsive Classroom practice that help build positive proactive attributes in children both socially and academically. The other four are cooperation, assertion, empathy, and self-control. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this entry on the blog site, [...]
Categories: Building Relationships & Community, Managing Behavior, The Responsive Classroom® approach |
Tags: Building Relationships & Community, bullying, Children's Positive Attributes, cooperation, Managing Behavior, peer pressure, responsibillity, Responsive Classroom approach, social skills, social-emotional learning | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on April 14, 2010
In reflecting on some of the responses to my last blog about bullying (and what we can do to be more proactive in our classrooms and schools to address this serious issue at all grade levels), I spent some time thinking more deeply about the social skills at the core of the Responsive Classroom® approach [...]
Categories: Building Relationships & Community, Managing Behavior, The Responsive Classroom® approach |
Tags: Building Relationships & Community, bullying, cooperation, Managing Behavior, peer pressure, Responsive Classroom approach, social skills, social-emotional learning | Post a Comment »
Recent Comments