Behavior of youth in afterschool programs is often a concern for staff. Promoting self-discipline in the children and youth in our programs can be a balancing act, when needing to ensure youth and staff safety and in empowering youth to make good decisions and foster self-discipline skills. This training module titled “Positive Behavior Management… Promoting Self Discipline,” will focus on the promotion of self-discipline in the use of positive behavior management in youth. We will discuss the 6 essential elements to take into consideration when establishing or evaluating your behavior management approach; look at the impact of transitions in programming; developing effective programs rules and assessing the effectiveness of those rules and discussing the 3 types of consequences associated with rules broken by youth.
