Positive Discipline Wheel Of Choice
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Positive discipline wheel of choice. Use a different tone. Create a wheel of choice with your students. Put it on the family meeting agenda. On a pie shaped chart write one solution in each section.
The wheel of choice has actually been around for years. Ask mom or dad for help. It was developed by jane nelsen and lynn lott of the positive discipline association as a way for kids to focus on solutions to everyday conflicts. A primary theme of positive discipline is to focus on solutions.
You might want to combine the anger wheel of choice with the positive time out tool card the understanding the brain tool card and the focus on solutions tool card. The wheel of choice provides an excellent way to do this. It empowers kids to solve their own problems instead of relying on a parent or teacher. Have students draw an illustration.
Model using the wheel of choice yourself dont suggest what you think will work best. The wheel of choice feels like a win win. Count to ten to cool off. Then brainstorm and list as many solutions as they can think of to try.
Let your children know that once they have expressed their feelings and calmed down they might be able to think of more respectful ways to express their anger to another person such as simply saying im angry at you right now. Success story walk away or go to a different room. With 3 and 4 year olds you can point out several. Let children develop skills.