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William Glasser

William Glasser. Dr. Glasser is an internationally recognized psychiatrist who is best known as the author of Reality Therapy , a method of psychotherapy he created in 1965 and that is now taught all over the world. .

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William Glasser

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  1. William Glasser Dr. Glasser is an internationally recognized psychiatrist who is best known as the author of Reality Therapy, a method of psychotherapy he created in 1965 and that is now taught all over the world.  Reality Therapy teaches that we neednot be victims of our past or our present unless we choose to be. -Dr. William Glasser

  2. A little Background on Dr. Glasser • Born in 1925 and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. • Started out in his career as a Chemical Engineer but then realized his true interest was psychiatric . • Attended medical school at Case Western Reserve University. • Took his psychiatric training at the Veterans Administration Hospital in West Los Angeles and UCLA ( 1954-57) • Certified in 1961

  3. Two Theories Choice Theory which revolves around satisfying five basic psychological needs. Reality Theory is a method of educational counseling and human interaction that doesn’t infringe on the rights of other and allows individuals to implement personal choice.

  4. Revolves around satisfying five basic psychological needs • Belonging and love • Power and competence • Freedom • Fun • Physical and Survival

  5. Reality Theory • Glasser believes that when choices are understood, responsibility is developed. • This theory is a set of techniques for managing classroom behaviors. • Reality Theory is based off of four questions to lead the students to understanding their actions and taking responsibility for their behavior. • What do you want? • What are you doing? • Is it helping you?(explanation) • What is your plan now?

  6. Strengths and Weakness • Easy to implement • Very straight forward • Individual – guidance approaches tend to be the most effective. • In reality you gain power by giving it up. A good leader gains respect not power. • Not all teachers feel comfortable in this role. • Teachers feel this model allows the student “to get away with it” bad behavior. • It also takes time away from standardized class work.

  7. Works of Dr. Glasser • Glasser has written over twenty books about choice and reality theory. • In 1967, he founded The Institute for Reality Therapy. Since that time, over 75,000 people worldwide have taken Intensive Training to gain knowledge on how to apply his ideas in their professional life. They have discovered that by using choice theory, their personal relationships have improved as well.

  8. The real Reality of it… Will these theories actually work in the classroom? Absolutely I strongly believe that if we start the students at a young age to take responsibility of their behaviors that it will reduce the problems we have with in our classroom. It allows the teacher to step away from the role as the bad guy and put the role of the bad guy on the student and his/her actions. It will give the students a chance to reflect on themselves and see what they can do to solve their own problems so the teacher can stick to teaching and not problem solving.

  9. How to useReality Theory and Choice Theory in your classroom! This theory will work when used immediately after a misbehavior has occurred. The student might have difficulty answering all four of the questions right away. So then you would have the student think about the answers to the question and when ready they will respond. This theory will only be affective if you the teacher are comfortable enough to let go of the control and allow the students to independently resolve the problem themselves.

  10. References Muller, H. (2011). H mueller design. Retrieved from http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://wgicanada.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/WG-for-website.jpg&imgrefurl=http://wgicanada.org/wgi-canada/the-theory/dr-glasser/&usg=__rwlGLQ09ASOa43cXxIG4qPe6bQA=&h=420&w=300&sz=32&hl=en&start=5&zoom=1&tbnid=v5Cy0qIyRYXr9M:&tbnh=125&tbnw=89&ei=myLOT5i6KKP06AHk2JD-Cw&prev=/search?q=william+glasser&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&gbv=2&tbm=isch&um=1&itbs=1 Beach city design. (2010). Retrieved from http://www.wglasser.com/who-we-are Scarpaci, E. (2007). A case study approach to classroom management. Boston,MA: Pearson Education,INC.

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