RCD Resources
The Responsibility-Centered Discipline™ (RCD) program includes a rich library of resources designed to help educators build lasting systems that develop responsibility, strengthen relationships, and improve school climate.
Created by education leader and author Larry Thompson, RCD provides practical tools that educators can implement immediately to address discipline in schools while helping students take ownership of their behavior and learning.
RCD Infographics and Articles
Infographic
Responsibility-Centered Discipline Books and Mats
Roadmap to Responsibility
The Power of Give ‘Em Five to Transform Schools
Facing disciplinary conflicts and challenging moments with students is hard enough, but not knowing what to do is particularly stressful. Roadmap to Responsibility: The Power of Give ‘Em Five to Transform Schools represents an unprecedented paradigm shift in the area of school discipline. It provides a step-by-step plan for making a long-term, positive difference in schools that will make educators less stressed and more empowered while influencing students positively for the rest of their lives.
Roadmap to Responsibility
The Power of Give ‘Em Five to Transform Families
Parenting children well is a challenge. Roadmap to Responsibility: The Power of Give ‘Em Five to Transform Families will help adults identify their areas of strength as well as areas where they may struggle or desire to grow. Responsibility-Centered Parenting provides a clear roadmap and proven strategies for helping parents grow in confidence, stay motivated, and keep children on the Road to Responsibility as they grow to become mature, responsible adults. Discover the three different styles that parents tend to use: Permissive, Authoritarian, and Authoritative.
Responsibility-Centered Discipline
Keeping Students on the Path of Accountability
Foster responsibility, empathy and self-regulation in every learner.
Hundreds of schools across North America are embracing Larry Thompson’s Responsibility-Centered Discipline (RCD) – a groundbreaking approach that supports students in developing intrinsic motivation and growing as conscientious and active members of their school communities. Emphasizing responsibility, empathy, and self-regulation, RCD offers a transformative whole-school method to create a thriving school climate and responsible students.
Give 'Em Five: A Five Step Approach for Handling Challenging Moments
- Level 1—Compliance
- Level 2—Moderate Noncompliance, and
- Level 3—Severe Noncompliance
Response-Ability Mats and Ricky Ritat Goes to School
Response-Ability Mats can be a useful tool for Pre-K through Grade 2. The child sits on the first mat to regain composure, then moves to the second mat when he or she is ready to begin processing what happened and what he or she could have done differently. The child moves to the third mat when he or she is ready to work with the teacher.
Created as part of the Response-Ability Process within the Responsibility-Centered Discipline program, these sturdy, 12-inch, cushioned, anti-microbial mats are designed to develop self-regulation skills in students and to help students take ownership of their own behaviors. The Response-Ability Process is sometimes confused with traditional time-based processes; including timeout and detention. Response-Ability Mats are not intended to be used as a punishment or consequence. The objective is to teach students to recognize when they are too emotionally charged to make the best decisions and to get them to a point where they can handle situations in a positive manner.
The illustrated Ricky Ritat Goes to School book is designed to help educators teach the Response-Ability Process to young students.
School Discipline Insights
Every Student Behavior Tells a Story: Reframing Classroom Management
Teachers are leaving the profession at alarming rates. The primary reason educators step away is a profound lack of support...
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Effective Strategies for Discipline in Schools
Discipline in schools helps everyone learn. It sets clear rules, keeps students safe and reduces distractions. When students know what...
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Build Student Self-Control by Frontloading Responsibility
Classroom management often feels like a never-ending game of whack-a-mole. You address one disruption, and two more pop up in...
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