Brenda GoroskiKira JonesSarah Turold

WILLIAM GLASSER’S CHOICE THEORY

Psychiatrist50 years of practi ce in

psychology and counseling

Founded the Insti tute for Reality Therapy

Authored and co-authored many books on mental health, counseling and improvement in schools

WILLIAM GLASSER, MD

Behavior is essenti al to a person’s existence and happiness

Behavior is chosenThe only person whose

behavior we can control is our own

We are driven by our genes to sati sfy fi ve basic needs: survival love and belonging power freedom fun

THE BASICS

4 components: Acti ng, Thinking, Feeling & Physiology

We have control over acti ng and thinking

We do not have as much control over feeling and physiology

The choices we make in our thinking and acti ng affect our feeling and physiology.

TOTAL BEHAVIOR

Front wheels represent our thinking & acti ng

Back wheels represent things that come as a result of front wheels

Focus on the “front wheels” & the thoughts and acti ons that may be causing reacti ons

GLASSER’S AUTOMOBILE ANALOGY

Seven Caring Habits: SupportingEncouraging ListeningAcceptingRespecting Negotiating Differences

Seven Deadly Habits:CriticizingBlamingComplainingNaggingThreateningPunishing Bribing or rewarding to

control

GLASSER’S CONTROL THEORY (1986)CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

To avoid past actions… Encourage students to

respond to what they are doing.

What need they are fi lling by doing it.

And what they are going to do to correct the behavior.

• Students take responsibility for their own actions.

• Glasser believes in natural consequences in positive & negative situations Teacher interference of

nature is letti ng students “off the hook” from natural consequence

Punishment does not allow students to take responsibility.

REALITY THERAPYMISBEHAVING STUDENTS

Two Main Focuses:1. To provide a classroom environment and

curriculum which motives students and reduces inappropriate behaviors by meeting students basic needs for:

-belonging-power-fun-freedom

2. Helping students make appropriate behavioral choices that lead ultimately to personal success.

THE GLASSER MODEL OF DISCIPLINE

1.Stress Student Responsibil ity: students must l ive with the choices they make and the responsibi l i ty for their own behavior must be kept in the forefront

2.Establish rules that lead to success: rules should be:

a) Establ ished by teachers and students together

b) Adopted to age, abi l i ty, and other real i t ies of the student

c) Must be reinforce the basic idea that students are in school to study and learn

3.Accept NO Excuses:4.Call for Value Judgment: i f a

student exhibits inappropriate behavior, teachers should have them judge the value of behavior.

WHAT TEACHERS SHOULD DO

5.Suggest Suitable Alternative to behavior: i f a misbehaving student has trouble thinking of a more appropriate behavior to engage in, the teacher should suggest alternate behaviors for them to choose.

6. Invoke reasonable consequences: use a desirable consequence i f student chooses a good behavior and use an undesirable consequence i f student chooses a poor behavior

7.Be Persistent: to implant the commitment to choose good behaviors in the minds of students, teachers must be consistent.

8.Carry out Continual Reviews: c lassroom meeting is key to the implementat ion of a good system of discipl ine.

WHAT TEACHERS SHOULD DO (CONT.)

Confronting students about their behaviors Students and teacher sit in a

circle Teacher leads the class (3 ways)

Open ended Educati onal Diagnosti c and Problem Solving

Students confront each other about problems in a calm and mature manner

End of meeti ng a plan is in place that is agreed upon by all involved (contract)

THE CLASS MEETING

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