ABSTRACT

This book assists parents, teachers, and counselors in training children so that home and school will be happy and efficient, organized but pleasant -- with adults satisfied with their children and children growing up to be respectful, responsible, and resourceful. It provides solutions and emphasizes practicality.

part I|267 pages

Effective Discipline in the Home

part A|42 pages

Fundamentals of Practical Parenting

chapter 1|5 pages

The Ideal Family—the Ideal Child

chapter 2|5 pages

Fundamentals of Child Development

chapter 3|6 pages

Democracy—Not Authoritarianism

chapter 4|6 pages

Rewards and Punishments: A Mistake

chapter 5|7 pages

Natural and Logical Consequences

chapter 6|6 pages

Encouraging the Child

chapter 7|5 pages

General Rules for Child Training

part B|46 pages

Problems of Routine Living

chapter 8|10 pages

Getting Up

chapter 9|6 pages

Dressing

chapter 10|7 pages

Eating

chapter 11|6 pages

Keeping Clean

chapter 12|8 pages

School Difficulties at Home

chapter 13|7 pages

Bedtime

part C|57 pages

Problems of Order and Cooperation

chapter 14|11 pages

Cooperation

chapter 15|11 pages

Chores

chapter 16|10 pages

Clutter—Messiness

chapter 17|9 pages

Own Room

chapter 18|14 pages

Money and Property

part D|36 pages

Interaction Problems

chapter 19|6 pages

Fighting in the Home

chapter 20|5 pages

Fighting in the Car

chapter 21|8 pages

Behavior in Public

chapter 22|5 pages

Aggression

chapter 23|5 pages

Undesirable Companions

chapter 24|5 pages

Demanding Attention

part E|47 pages

Special Problems

chapter 25|4 pages

Dawdling

chapter 26|4 pages

Temper Tantrums

chapter 27|7 pages

Nightmares—Excessive Fears

chapter 28|9 pages

Bad Habits

(Nose-picking, genital play, stuttering, thumb-sucking, etc.)

chapter 29|8 pages

Bed-Wetting

chapter 30|5 pages

Control of Bowels and Bladder

chapter 31|8 pages

Morality

(Lying, stealing, etc.)

part F|21 pages

Building a Cooperative Family

chapter 32|3 pages

Communicating

chapter 33|10 pages

The Family Council

chapter 34|6 pages

Fun in the Family

part G|13 pages

Helping Other Families

part II|180 pages

Effective Discipline in the School

part H|6 pages

The Teacher's Dilemma

chapter 37|2 pages

Example

chapter 38|2 pages

Moving Toward Democratic Discipline

part I|9 pages

Autocratic & Democratic Classroom Atmospheres

chapter 39|2 pages

Autocratic Methods

chapter 40|3 pages

Democratic Methods

part J|28 pages

Building a Democratic Group

chapter 43|2 pages

Guidelines For Classroom Discussions

chapter 44|1 pages

Ground Rules For Classroom Discussions

chapter 45|2 pages

Topics For Classroom Discussions

chapter 47|13 pages

Stories For Classroom Use

chapter 48|2 pages

Class Council

chapter 49|2 pages

Sources For Classroom Discussion Stories

part K|35 pages

Encouragement

chapter 50|3 pages

Becoming an Encouraging Teacher

chapter 51|3 pages

How we Inadvertently Discourage Students

chapter 52|5 pages

How to Encourage

chapter 53|3 pages

Encouragement Versus Praise

chapter 54|5 pages

Encouragement Council

chapter 55|3 pages

Principal-Child Encouragement Process

chapter 56|11 pages

Encouragement Examples Written by Teachers

part L|19 pages

Goals of Children's Behaviors

chapter 57|6 pages

Goals of Misbehavior—Theory

chapter 58|2 pages

Identifying Goals

chapter 59|2 pages

Revealing the Goal to the Child

chapter 60|5 pages

How to Correct Mistaken Goals

part M|42 pages

Learning Through Natural and Logical Consequences

chapter 61|7 pages

Natural and Logical Consequences

chapter 62|33 pages

Teachers' Examples of Consequences

part N|21 pages

Centering

chapter 63|4 pages

New Classroom Dimensions

chapter 64|4 pages

Centering Process

chapter 65|7 pages

Exercises in Centering

chapter 66|4 pages

Life Purpose Fantasy

part O|14 pages

Corsini 4R Schools

chapter 67|12 pages

The C4R System