How to use them
- Pick one skill to work on, not all of them.
- Do it together first. Say each step out loud.
- Then the student uses it alone, on screen or on paper.
- Look at the steps they skip. That is where to help.
Each step a student ticks draws one more part of a picture. The weekly self-check shows up as a chart on your Dashboard.
Rules that make sense
Students push back hardest on rules that seem to have no reason. That pushback is a need for fairness and a say, not a flaw. Rules with a reason, made together, are the rules that get kept.
The reason test
Before you make or keep a rule, check it.
Words that invite a yes
For students
Rules in junior high
Why pushback peaks here
What works
Words for this age
For students
Strength and character
Five checklists and a weekly look. Strength here means strength under control, used to protect and to serve, and honest about feelings and mistakes. The steps work for anyone.
Daily routine checklists
Three more step lists for every day. Open one to print it from there.
Built on the research on executive function (Dawson and Guare; Barkley; Diamond) and on why people resist rules (Brehm; Deci and Ryan; Reeve; Greene; Eccles and Midgley; Yeager). This page saves nothing.