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| Preface | |
| Foreword | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| The Guidance Tradition | p. 3 |
| Pioneers of the Guidance Tradition | p. 4 |
| Mid-Century Influences: The Developmental and Self Psychologists | p. 9 |
| The Eighties: Guidance or Punishment? | p. 12 |
| The Transition from Discipline to Guidance | p. 15 |
| Parents and the Guidance Tradition | p. 19 |
| Mi... MORE | p. 30 |
| The Concept of Mistaken Behavior | p. 31 |
| Relational Patterns: A Paradigm for Social Development | p. 33 |
| Three Levels of Mistaken Behavior | p. 37 |
| Mistaken Behavior and Intentionality | p. 46 |
| Communicating with Parents about Mistaken Behavior | p. 49 |
| Guidance Discipline: The Bottom Line | p. 58 |
| A Guidance Approach Depends on Positive Teacher-Child Relations | p. 59 |
| Guidance Discipline Reduces the Need for Mistaken Behavior | p. 67 |
| Guidance Discipline Takes a Solution-Orientation | p. 72 |
| Guidance Discipline Means Teamwork with Other Adults on Behalf of the Child | p. 77 |
| Guidance Discipline Means Partnerships with Parents | p. 83 |
| Creating the Climate for a Guidance Approach | p. 92 |
| A Professional, Not a Technician | p. 94 |
| The Learning Dynamic | p. 94 |
| Developmentally Appropriate Practice and Teacher-Child Relationships | p. 104 |
| Liberation Teaching | p. 110 |
| A Climate for Partnership with Parents | p. 111 |
| Managing the Classroom | p. 123 |
| Using Learning Centers to Organize the Classroom | p. 124 |
| Centers in the Preprimary Classroom | p. 124 |
| Centers at the Primary Level | p. 129 |
| The Place of Routines in Effective Classroom Management: A Teacher's Perspective | p. 135 |
| Encouraging Parents to Volunteer in the Classroom | p. 139 |
| Managing the Daily Program | p. 150 |
| The Daily Program | p. 150 |
| Mixing Active and Quiet Times | p. 155 |
| The Place of Large Groups | p. 159 |
| Managing Transitions | p. 167 |
| Parents and Other Classroom Volunteers | p. 172 |
| Communicating to Prevent Problems | p. 183 |
| A Supportive Atmosphere | p. 184 |
| Guidelines, not Rules | p. 186 |
| Communication Skills | p. 192 |
| The Class Meeting | p. 205 |
| Communicating with Parents to Prevent Problems | p. 208 |
| Finding Solutions for Mistaken Behavior | p. 223 |
| Mistaken Behavior: Applying the Concept | p. 223 |
| The Decision to Intervene | p. 227 |
| Quick Intervention Strategies | p. 234 |
| Behaviors Reported by Other Children | p. 240 |
| Intervention when Follow-up is Needed | p. 242 |
| Why Take the Time? | p. 248 |
| Assistance From Parents | p. 249 |
| Guidance in the Tough Times | p. 260 |
| Conditions that Make Intervention Necessary | p. 261 |
| Crisis Management Techniques | p. 264 |
| When Teachers feel Anger | p. 270 |
| Strategies for Working with Strong Needs Mistaken Behavior | p. 275 |
| When Teachers and Parents Disagree | p. 285 |
| Liberation Teaching | p. 295 |
| Liberation Teaching: What It Is | p. 296 |
| Liberation Teaching and Anti-Bias Curriculum | p. 301 |
| The Importance of Liberation Teaching for Guidance Discipline | p. 303 |
| Liberation Teaching and Parent Participation | p. 305 |
| App. A Sample Greeting Letters and Surveys to Children and Their Families | p. 314 |
| App. B Sample Brochure: The Education Program in Our Class | p. 322 |
| App. B Sample Flyer: Suggestions for Parent Involvement | p. 322 |
| App. C Developmentally Appropriate Guidance of Young Children (Position Statement of the Minnesota Association for the Education of Young Children. Printed with permission of the Minnesota Association for the Education of Young Children) | p. 329 |
| App. D Individual Guidance Plan Worksheet | p. 338 |
| Index | p. 341 |
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