Tucson Unified School District Website: http://www.tusd.k12.az.us/

 

Counselor's Corner

                       

Lynn/Urquides Elementary

Counselor’s Corner :  Luz Harvey          

  MCj01982160000[1]The Power of Kindness

                        “Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless.”   Mother Teresa

Welcome to a new and challenging school year. I will be sharing a monthly newsletter.  My goal is to provide ideas, upcoming events and relevant news items. I look forward to working with you and supporting you in anyway possible.  Please send request for student support via email whenever possible.  Attendance habits develop early.  Let’s make attendance interventions early please send me an email for parent contact or homevisit as soon as you see a problem.  Thank you.

Restorative Discipline is a philosophy that encourages empathy to foster compassion and motivate right choices (Amstutz & Mullet, 2005.)  Discipline means to teach or train. Socialization is a lifelong process our children need help in learning to control their impulses and develop social skills to become responsible.

Key goals of Restorative Discipline

• To unbderstand the harm and develop empathy for both the harmed and the harmer.

• To listen and respond to the needs of the person harmed and the person  who harmed.

• To encourage acountability and personal responsibility through personal reflection with

 a collaborative planning process.

• To reintegrate the harmer into the community as a valuable & contributing member.

• To create caring climates to support health communities.

• To change the system when it contributes to the harm (ie. humiliation.)

Restorative Circles are based on the premise that:

• each os us wants to be connected to others in a good way.

•each os us a a valued member of the community andhas a right to his or her beliefs.

• we all share some values that indicate what a good way means.

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