Positive Discipline:

• Combines kindness and firmness

• Provides hands-on parenting and teaching tools

• Recognizes stages of child development

• Provides a common language and framework for discipline

• Offers consistency between home and school

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This discipline philosophy is based largely on the principles developed by Alfred Adler and Rudolf Dreikers, which have been explained thoroughly in a series of books authored and co-authored by Jane Nelsen, Ed.D. and Lynn Lott M.F.C.C. (founders of the Positive Discipline Association). Positive Discipline is part of the fabric of daily life at Abintra and is carried out by all staff members through very practical means.