The HIDDEN Opportunity in Student Discipline
Written By Richard H. Long, MSW, MEd Why are education leaders around the country rethinking their student discipline policies? The answer can be found in two main developments – 1) the growing body of research surrounding the efficacy of Restorative Practices, and 2) the stark realization that traditional discipline practices lead to less-than-ideal outcomes for schools while at the same time alienating and disenfranchising students and families that are already struggling to find academic and social viability. Despite these realizations and the growing body of research, there are still many gaps in the actual practices and procedures at schools. The HIDDEN Model is designed to fill one of those gaps by providing educators with a roadmap for successfully responding to the actual discipline incident, regardless of whether the incident will be handled in the classroom by a teacher or in the