Introduction Chapter One The Big Picture: Human Motivation, Guidance, and the Democratic Life Skills The Five Democratic Life Skills The Growing Needs Skills Teaching for the Skills The Dual Motivations for Human Behavior Beyond Discipline to Guidance Chapter Two The Big Picture Continued/Progressive Education, DevelopmentallyAppropriate Practice and the DLS, and Loving One''s Schooling First: Dewey and Progressive Education Second: DAP and the DLS Third: Education as Socialization Chapter Three Prelude to the DLS: The Centrality of Secure Relationships Sources of Unmanageable Stress Secure Relationships and the DLS Chapter Four Teaching for the Five DLS: The Mechanics Chapter 1. Starter Notes 2. Summary Grid 3. Vignettes 4. Three Levels of Mistaken Behavior 5. Seven Communication Practices for Building Relationships 6. Two Reasons to Hold Whole Group Meetings 7. Four Guidance Intervention Practices 8.

Partnerships with Parents in Four Levels 9. Two Ideas from DAP, as Encouraging Learning Community for All 10. Education for Civil Living in a Democracy "11." A Partridge in a Pear Tree [Structure of Chapters Five Through Nine] 1. Starter Notes 2. Vignettes and Reflections 3. Three Levels of Mistaken Behavior 4. Seven Communication Practices for Building Relationships 5.

Two Reasons to Hold Whole Group Meetings 6. Four Guidance Intervention Practices 7. Partnerships with Parents, in Four Levels 8. Two Ideas from DAP, as Encouraging Learning Community for All 9. Education for Civil Living in a Democracy 10. Summary Grid Chapter Five DLS 1: Finding a Place as a Member of the Group and as a Worthy Individual: The Foundational Skill Chapter Six DLS 2: Expressing Strong Emotions in Non-Hurting Ways: The Pivotal Skill Chapter Seven DLS 3: Solving Problems Creatively--Independently and in Cooperation with Others: The Learning Skill Chapter Eight DLS 4: Accepting Differing Human Qualities in Others: The Inclusion Skill Chapter Nine DLS 5: Thinking Intelligently and Ethically: The Redeeming Skill Chapter Ten Teachers and the DLS More Financial Resources Inclusive Teaming Personnel Support Systems Mission: Educating for a Civil Society.