Braking Our Impulses: Shifting Gears to Positive Discipline

What's In This Kit?
This training kit helps teachers find positive ways to deal with children's negative behaviors in the classroom. It introduces the idea that shifting gears to positive discipline is a bumpy yet worthwhile journey and encourages teachers to individualize their responses to children. It contains:

• Expected training outcomes
• Preparation instructions
• Training strategies and tips
• Implementation steps
• Follow-up activities for teachers
• Follow-up activities for administrators/directors
• A learning assessment
• A training evaluation/further needs assessment
• A resource list
• The article "Braking Our Impulses: Shifting Gears to Positive Discipline" by Karen Stephens
• A training certificate to award to teachers for attendance and participation
• A certificate for the trainer and other presenters

Who's the Target Audience?
The target audience for this kit is beginning and intermediate teachers working with children from birth to age 8. Teachers will learn to examine the situation carefully to aid in problem solving about classroom behavior issues.

Teacher Skill Level

beginning intermediate advanced

Children's Age Level

infants toddlers preschoolers school-agers birth to 8

Kit Timeline:
Preparation time for this kit is from 30 minutes-1 hour. Implementation time is approximately 1 hour.

Training Outcomes:

1. Teachers will refine teaching skills and techniques in examining what children can learn from situations in which behavior problems are present.
2. Teachers will identify alternative guidance and discipline strategies to use with various behavior problems.

These training outcomes address the following:

• A-6a; A-6b of the Accreditation Criteria and Procedures of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC, 1998).
• 1 and 4b of NAEYC Standards for Early Childhood Professional Preparation, Initial Licensure Level (NAEYC, 2003).
• Standard 1304.52(h)(1)(iv) of Head Start Performance Standards (Federal Register: Nov. 5, 1996, Volume 61, Number 215).

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