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Classroom Discipline: Guiding Adolescents to Responsible Independence

New from Origins
A practical guidebook for effectively preventing misbehaviors in the classroom and handling them when they occur, while building social competence and a strong connection to school. Learn more

The Advisory BookThe Advisory Book

This book provides two flexible structures for advisory, supported by hundreds of sample greetings, activities, sharing ideas, and daily messages—everything you need to create a community-building advisory in the middle school classroom. Learn more 

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Responsive Classroom (RC) 1, 2, & 3
Developmental Designs for Middle School 1 & 2
Literacy in a Responsive Classroom

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RC One-day Overviews
Responding to Misbehavior (RC one-day follow-up)
Developmental Designs One-day Overviews

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