Interventive Discipline's main intent is to show children how to make responsible choices. Problems, conflicts, and disagreements provide teachable moments to model, encourage, and practice healthy decision making. Freedom and privileges accompany wise choices, while apologizing, and accepting undesirable consequences follow poor choices. An effective manager helps students to see the connections between behavior and results. Creative problem solving and conflict resolution teach the cognitive and psychosocial aspects of teamwork and compromise and provide strategies to effectively settle disputes in win-win ways.
Teachers intervene in an effort to support student's growth and development of self control.
They act as mirrors, reflecting behavior effects back to the student and society with the intention of showing the truth and encouraging positive change. Proactive Reinforcement of appropriate and appreciated activity encourages proper behavior, responsible living, and individual autonomy. A good teacher attempts to create an environment where in proper behavior is a given not an exception, and where all community members support and encourage positive problem solving and conflict resolution. Giving kids control is sometimes challenging, however it is a necessary and significant gift which will help them grow into mature and responsible adults. Instead of always forcing discipline teachers must be willing to give children the opportunity to make choices and be held accountable for their decisions.