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Across schools nationwide, the Responsibility-Centered Discipline™ (RCD) approach is transforming how educators respond to behavior—shifting from compliance-driven discipline to a culture where students take ownership of their actions and success. From elementary classrooms to high schools, educators implementing the RCD framework are seeing measurable, meaningful outcomes.

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“Larry Thompson is a stellar presenter whose engaging style coupled with a deep understanding of human behavior and child development is a winning combination. The RCD method provides a school-wide, systematic approach to classroom management. By utilizing the RCD approach students can best maximize their learning potential, while providing teachers a framework of consistency and positivity.”
Incoming Head of SchoolNew York, NY
“RCD places the student at the heart of every presentation. Those in attendance walk away with practical applications to use immediately in their classrooms. You will walk away refreshed and feel great about the role you can play in the lives of students!”
PrincipalGreensboro, NC
“Responsibility-Centered Discipline has been a game changer for our school. Under the tutelage of Larry Thompson, our staff has learned how to coach children in taking ownership for their actions and to make better choices. The students are encouraged to reflect on their behavior and to explore alternative options. Overall, RCD has provided our faculty and students an opportunity to grow and learn in a positive environment.”
Head of CampusesPlainview, NY
“RCD drastically declined our referrals by the second year of implementation.”
PrincipalTracy, CA
“I hardly see kids about behavior issues anymore. It’s been great to see the transformation and to see teachers building relationships with students they had trouble with in the past.”
PrincipalLe Roy, MN
“The steps in this process can be taught to anyone with any skill level. It can be put into practice immediately, and my teachers and staff began using it the very next day.”
Curriculum DirectorCrookston, MN
“The RCD discipline system has changed our school climate. Our office referrals are down by 50 percent, and I am having the best conversations with students and parents since I became a principal.”
PrincipalFelicity, OH
“RCD completely changed my school. In the first year, it reduced the total number of written office referrals from teachers to three, and we eliminated detention. Don’t ever question what you do. RCD is the best practical, real-world solution that works – on the toughest issues that schools face.”
PrincipalCrookston, MN
“I had numerous staff, both veteran and new, say it’s the best professional development they’ve ever received around student behaviors, building relationships, and giving them tools they feel can help keep kids in their classroom more and not have to send them out for help.”
PrincipalForest Lake, MN
“Responsibility-Centered Discipline makes sense and it works. The Give ‘em Five guided conversation provides practitioners with a system to assert student strengths and visibility, revisit expectations without judgment, and provide students a way toward correction with dignity. Calmer campus and cooler heads are the result for all.”
Assistant PrincipalSeattle Public Schools
“The skills I learned have changed my career. I am not negatively interacting with students any longer and I am much happier at the end of the day.”
PrincipalOklahoma
“Since we began using RCD this year, we’ve noticed stronger connections with students and a decrease in office referrals for misbehavior. We use a tool from RCD called ‘Give ‘em Five’ that helps support and guide students as they find better ways to deal with a conflict. It has totally eliminated the practice of using ‘time off’ as a punishment and has actually helped our students build effective and long-lasting conflict management skills. What a difference we’re seeing already!”
Dean of StudentsAkron, OH
“Responsibility-Centered Discipline has had a profound effect on not only the students at our school, but the staff as well. The philosophy that RCD helps you develop and implement creates a culture where staff actually invest in the children like never before. Being a coach to students connects you far deeper than just instructing them about expectations. Discipline referrals and suspension have dropped to almost zero as we now look to actually coach students through difficult situations. I wish this had been in place when I was a student in school.”
PrincipalKennewick, WA
“I was introduced to RCD two years ago, and it has been absolutely transformational. This approach has shifted the “burden” off my shoulders, and it has allowed me to effectively support students in any interaction.”
TeacherSouth Florida
“I have had the best school year in 13 years…because of RCD. I was finally able to achieve what I always knew was possible – with students taking responsibility and thriving in our classroom and in life as a result.”
TeacherKansas
“As a school psychologist I have worked with Responsibility-Centered Discipline at Youthville and Hesston High School. The RCD team has implemented one of the few district wide behavior management programs that I have observed in the past 29 years that actually works.”
School Psychologist of SchoolNewton, KS
“Larry Thompson trained a group of our teachers on RCD and the training was extremely relevant and engaging. The RCD strategies and process provide teachers with a practical solution to address classroom management.”
PrincipalPlano, Texas
“Responsibility-Centered Discipline has transformed my classroom management in a way I could have never imagined. I used to write so many referrals every year. Now, I only write them for safety reasons or complete non-compliance. Thank you, Larry Thompson!”
TeacherBossier City, Louisiana
“The principles of Responsibility-Centered Discipline have helped shape our culture by putting a strong emphasis on the benefits of relationship building within the Holy Name of Jesus School community. Components of RCD have provided support in our Catholic School environment, as we focus on our core beliefs of: Finding God in everyone and everything; Striving for personal excellence; Being boys and girls for others; and opening our eyes with faith, ears with truth, and hearts with love.”
Dean of StudentsNew Orleans, Louisiana
“Responsibility-Centered Discipline has provided our staff with the vocabulary to use when guiding our students through conversations about their actions. The “Give ‘em Five” structure keeps the conversation focused on the behavior, the motivation behind the behavior, and a “next time this happens” plan.

Teachers and staff now have a way to lead these discussions so that students can solve the problem themselves without a referral to the office. My time is now focused on assisting the small percentage of students who need extra time and support to work through the process, and not every behavior issue that arises throughout the day.”
Principalin Rancho Cucamonga, CA
“For many Jewish schools, a dichotomy of school culture exists since we seek both to build strong personal connections with our students while at the same time striving for the highest learning standards. Often, these two objectives lead to two drastically different approaches to working with student behavior. Should negative behaviors be ignored at the expense of maximizing the learning time or should punishments threaten to ruin bonds that could positively influence students to grow? Larry Thompson’s RCD model presents a third way, in which teachers are taught how to approach students through care and compassion in order to find the roots of challenges in the classroom and make every moment a teachable one. Both teachers looking to build relationships and those who are looking to set high standards will find tools that they can use to build consistency and support within a school.”
Head of SchoolToronto, ON
“Responsibility-Centered Discipline has significantly improved our high school culture. While we have always cared about our students and their growth, prior to our exposure to RCD, difficult conversations and challenging problems were addressed in a far more transactional and punishment-oriented way. RCD training has guided us to have robust teacher-student conversations and more effective follow-up. We have designed and implemented better student policies. Our administrators and teachers are now more consistently lifting our students up to be good citizens of our school community.”
Head of SchoolMemphis, TN
“Responsibility-Centered Discipline has significantly improved our high school culture. While we have always cared about our students and their growth, prior to our exposure to RCD, difficult conversations and challenging problems were addressed in a far more transactional and punishment-oriented way. RCD training has guided us to have robust teacher-student conversations and more effective follow-up. We have designed and implemented better student policies. Our administrators and teachers are now more consistently lifting our students up to be good citizens of our school community.”
Head of SchoolMemphis, TN
“While our school is still a work in progress, the RCD process has made a profound impact on many of our teachers and my practice as an Assistant Principal. The framework provides teachers and administrators with the confidence to handle those challenging moments with emotional control and consistency. We had teachers that went from writing multiple referrals each year to zero, and the credit for that goes to the implementation of RCD. I would highly recommend RCD to any school or school system.”
Assistant PrincipalBossier City, Louisiana

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