Programs Overview | Flynn Elementary | Leadership Project | Gloria R. Davis Middle School
About the school | Maintaing self-control | Interactive Journaling
About the school | Maintaing self-control | Interactive Journaling
Students who are defiant, disruptive and disrespectful exist in every secondary (and even primary) school. In most schools, the usual responses to students with such behaviors are parent meetings, after-school or lunchtime detentions, suspensions, and, for those with severe behavioral problems, expulsion. Some schools provide one-to-one counseling, often by interns. While a few schools might offer group counseling, they are rarely sustained due to staffing and scheduling barriers. Also, these groups tend to follow a discussion format but rarely rely on any formalized "curriculum" or prescribed set of discussion points. Rarely, if ever, are they evaluated for effectiveness.