Violence prevention school-based discipline program. Its success prompted school officials to implement the program in Birney Elementary School, Marietta, Georgia. Schools and parent teacher associations. Positive discipline, as opposed to punitive, is designed to be instructive and constructive. A basic tenet of the program is not to humiliate a student in the course of trying to correct his or her behavior.
Emphasis is placed on modeling and mutual respect.
Coordinate daily class meetings where students set the agenda and help other students work out their problems by showing them how the offending behavior affects them. When necessary, ask for volunteers to act out fights and then discuss their feelings while fighting. Class participation in the ensuing discussion helps students see alternatives to violence and themselves as important parts of a cohesive group.