Marvin Marshall
Ed.D.
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Discipline and Parenting Without Stress Expert
Marvin Marshall Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Parenting, Discipline, Raising Responsible Children
- Best Sellers
- Discipline Without Stress® Punishments or Rewards; Parenting Without Stress®
- Career Focus
- Improving Education and Parenting
- Affiliation
- National Speakers Association
Testimonials from people around the world have categoried me as an expert in promoting responsible behavior, using authority without coercion, improving relationships, and becoming more effective in both one’s professional and personal life.
Discipline and Parenting without Stress are unique in that (1) it is a system, rather than a number of techniques, (2) the system is totally noncoercive—but not permissive, and (3) when necessary, uses authority without coercion—as in of bribes to control, threats, or imposed punishments.
My major books are:“Discipline Without Stress® Punishments and Rewards: How Teachers and Parents Promote Responsibility & Learning ” and “Parenting without Stress®: How to Raise Responsible kids While Keeping a Life of Your Own.”
I am a parent and former, elementary, middle, and high school classroom teacher on all levels, in many subjects, and in a variety of socio-economic areas—urban (Los Angeles and Harlem in New York), suburban, and rural.
My experiences also include service as a middle and high school counselor with certification by the William Glasser Institute in Choice Theory, Reality Therapy, and Lead Management.
I have also served as an elementary, middle, and high school principal and as a district director of education.
My return to the classroom after 24 years from my various counseling, administrative, and staff-development positions led to the creation of my approach that is now used in most of the United States and in 25 countries on five continents.
Learn more at http://marvinmardshall.com and at http://disciplineonline.com
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How to Motivate Students in the Classroom
An old saying goes, “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” While that’s true, I believe we can speed up the process. Following are 12 suggestions both teachers and parents can implement to get kids motivated this coming school year. 1. Create curiosityr
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Create a Learning Climate to Foster Student Success
If learning is what we value, then we ought to value the process of learning as much as the result of learning. By nature, people are attracted to activities where they feel free of psychological or emotional pain. Learning is promoted in a climate where people feel safe and cared for. The adage, “People don’t care what you know until they know you care,” is applicable.
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A simple way to curb behavior problems in children
Problems with students so often arise from imposing, rather than eliciting. When teachers impose “logical” and/or “natural” consequences on students, they are using their authority to impose a form of punishment. It matters not if the adult’s intention is to teach a lesson. Imposed punishments increase the likelihood that the student will feel punished by the adult. Anything that is done to another person prompts negative feelings of reluctance, resistance, resentment, and sometimes even rebellion and retaliation.
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Tips for Teachers to Reduce Stress Levels in the Classroom
Some experts suggest that a little stress is good, but high levels of stress are harmful to most people. However, it is possible to perform well when relaxed (think masters of kung fu). In my opinion, that should be the goal: a classroom (and life) that is productive and virtually stress-free.
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The Brain, Sleep, and Learning
The effects of sleep on learning and memory are impressive. Recent discoveries show that sleep facilitates the active analysis of new memories, allows the brain to solve problems, and infer new information. The "sleeping brain" may also be selectively reinforcing the more difficult aspects of a newly learned task.
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Elicit Consequences Rather tha Impose Punishments
When teachers impose “logical” and/or “natural” consequences on students, they are using their authority to impose a form of punishment. It matters not if the adult’s intention is to teach a lesson. Imposed punishments increase the likelihood that the student will feel punished by the adult. Anything that is done to another person prompts negative feelings of reluctance, resistance, resentment, and sometimes even rebellion and retaliation. In addition, when authority is used to impose, it deprives the student of an opportunity to become more responsible.
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Stop Lecturing Your Kids and Start Listening
If I were limited to one recommendation that would improve relationships between parent and child, especially with teenagers, it would be listen to learn. Listening and valuing young people’s feelings and ideas is what promotes the ability of parents to effectively communicate with them.
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Help Your Children Avoid the Trap of Perfectionism
A major dilemma young people face is a desire to be perfect. This obsession hinders them and can have disastrous results. For example, consider this letter I received from a parent:
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Understanding Boys
Hopefully, society is well past the "politically correct" theory (an oxymoron in a democratic society) that the ONLY difference between a male and a female is in socialization-—that aside from reproductive organs, there is no difference between the sexes neurologically, psychologically, or emotionally.
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Consistency and Child Discipline: Why the Two Don't Always Go Together
A significant trait that teachers, students, and parents are conce ed about is being consistent when it comes to discipline. “How can I be fair, firm, and CONSISTENT?” was a questio I continually asked myself, not only as a teacher, but especially as an assistant principal of supervision and control in a high school of 3,200 students. The question was also on my mind when I disciplined students as a middle school assistant principal and as an elementary school principal.
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Restorative Justice in Schools
Restorative Justice is a discipline program that is gaining support in urban schools across the nation. The reason it is gaining acceptance is that a disproportionate number of minority students are being punished for inappropriate and irresponsible school behaviors, and federal guidelines are attempting to reduce the problem.
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Visualization Activities Make Brain Compatible Learning Easy, Fun, and Engaging
Brain compatible learning infers that learning will take place in a manner that is "natural." Unfortunately, however, many teachers expect students to learn in an "unnatural" way. Let me explain by asking you to visualize the last time you dreamed. Not that you remember your dream, but did you dream in letters, in words, in sentences, in paragraphs? Or did you dream in pictures? We often forget that the act of reading is a relatively recent development in human development. Until recent years, very few people read. Reading is not a "natural" brain activity as is visualization.
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Don't do things for young people that they can do for themselves.
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People who use Discipline Without Stress as taught in http://disciplineonline.com discover the program life-changing because they use many of the techniques in both their personal and professional lives. This 4-hour program—divided into 54 short modules—teaches how to influence others to do what you would like them to do because they want to do it. The coercive punishment culture prevalent in many schools and homes is significantly reduced because adults serve as developers of good character rather than as police officers enforcing rules