Connections....

The hallmarks of the transforming therapeutic

interaction are safety, predictability, and nurturance.

The most “therapeutic” interactions often

come from people who have no training (or interest)

in psychological or psychiatric labels, theories,

treatments, and the adult expectations of the

child that go with these. In interacting with the

child, respect, humor, and flexibility can allow

the child to be valued as what they are.”

 (Perry, 2002, p. 11)

Be.... a sign post...

Many youth are just waiting for someone “real”

to show up

—someone they can emulate.

--Mark Krueger, PhD

Schools are an ecosystem, not an assembly line.

We Teach in Living systems!!!

It is People...Not Programs......Teachers can change Lives..

“Only people change people;

 and the qualities required for this

are the same as they have always been –

we influence children if they like

 and respect us enough to want to be like us”

(cyc-net.org, 56-1, June 2002).

What is the purpose of School?

Ron Miller draws distinctions between three general approaches.
A transmission approach assumes that the primary purpose of education
 is to induct young people into the established values, beliefs, and accepted knowledge of the existing society.
The transaction approach is more sensitive to the social context of learning. There is more room for individual differences, more respect for diverse understandings, and a concern that only a democratic community encourages dialogue and experimentation.
The transformational approach is more radical and proposes that to educate the human being is not merely to make him a knowledgeable, productive member of society (transmission), or an active, engaged citizen (transaction), but also to encourage each person to discover a deeper meaning for his or her life.