To begin a Positive Behavior Interventions and Support program, schools start with five goals: maximizing the classroom’s physical space, teacher engagement with students, and explanations and use of ...

Managing student behavior is probably one of the biggest challenges for teachers - and one of the main reasons why so many end up quitting the classroom. All too often, the temptation is to focus on ...

Dollarway High School recently recognized five students for their positive behavior toward the Behavioral Matrix SOAR. SOAR stands for self-discipline, on-task, attentive and respectful, according to ...

It’s the kind of moment that causes a parent to cringe – or even panic. Word arrives from school that the parent’s child is in trouble. Maybe it was a minor offense and the student simply faced a trip ...

Scottish philosopher James Beattie said a mouthful when he observed that "in every age and every man, there is something to praise as well as to blame." In other words, people face a choice when ...

Since its appearance at the end of the last century, positive psychology has greatly influenced a significant number of all the conceptual and theoretical models developed in the field of psychology.