NCEA Brief: A Primer on Compassionate Discipline: How to Transform Mean Behavior into a Desire to Change, Using Core Catholic Values as the Catalyst

by Jodee Blanco

Rehabilitation and redemption, the ability to look inside oneself and want to change requires not just desire but opportunity. As Catholics, we need to lead the charge on creating that opportunity for our students. Traditional punishment is counter-intuitive. It only makes an angry child angrier and an insensitive child more insensitive. It is up to us in the Catholic School System to cultivate a new paradigm in behavior modification that helps kids access their empathy and develop it like a muscle. A Primer on Compassionate Discipline redefines the potential for schools tow work with the students and their parents in co-creating an environment that s kinder, more forgiving and tolerant.

61 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 20, 2019

About the author

Founder and CEO of The Blanco Group.

Survivor, expert and activist Jodee Blanco is one of the country’s pre-eminent voices on the subject of school bullying.

The author of The New York Times bestseller, "Please Stop Laughing At Me . . . One Woman’s Inspirational Story."