孩子需要鼓励，就像植物需要水。
Children need encouragement, just like plants need water.
——心理学家德雷克斯 Psychologist Drex
作为教师，我们经常面对成群可爱、阳光的孩子，陪伴他们健康成长。同时，我们或许也曾遇到调皮捣蛋的孩子、缺乏信心的孩子、周而复始犯同样错误的孩子、注意力不集中的孩子、难以管理自身情绪的孩子……
Teachers often see groups of lovely, out-going children and seek to encourage them to grow up in a healthy manner. At the same time, we may also encounter children who are naughty, children who lack confidence, children who make the same mistakes time and time again, and children who find it hard to concentrate and have with difficulty managing their emotions.
我们的言行到底怎样影响着孩子的心智？
我们该如何与孩子沟通，才能赢得他们的合作？
我们该怎么引导孩子，才能培育出责任心、自律、意志力、善于合作、阳光自信等美好的品质？
How do our words and actions affect children’s mindsets?
How can we communicate with them to win their cooperation?
How can we guide our kids to develop healthy mindsets such as responsibility, self-discipline, will power, cooperation, positivity and confidence?
当教师们在苦苦寻觅答案的时候。学校于6月5日及6月12日请来了正面管教专家——李嘉树老师。为所有的中外教师带来了两场生动有趣、实用有效的正面管教教师专题讲座。
When teachers are struggling to find the answers to these big questions, the school invites a positive discipline expert, Mr. Li Jiashu. On June 5th and June 12th, Mr. Li delivered two lively, interesting, practical and effective positive discipline lectures for all Chinese and foreign teachers.
“正面管教”（Positive Discipline，简称PD）是以奥地利心理学家阿尔弗雷德·阿德勒和鲁道夫·德雷克斯的“个体心理学”理论为基础，是一种既不惩罚也不娇纵的方法。”
Positive Discipline” (PD for short), based on the theory of “individual psychology” by Austrian psychologists Alfred Adler and Rudolf Drex. PD advocates an approach that is neither punishment nor indulgence in behaviour management.
李老师带领教师们通过活动体验、角色扮演、案例分析、反馈交流等方式，踏上了和善而坚定的教育之旅：切身感受到不同语言（命令式语言与启发式提问）对学生心理、情绪、行为的影响，体会到“表扬性语言”与“鼓励式语言”间的差别和教育效果，真正了解学生挑战行为背后的原因，愿意重新思考建构今后与学生的沟通方式。
Mr. Li led the teachers to embark on a kind and forceful education journey through activity, role-playing, case study, feedbacks and communication. Teachers truly feel different languages (imperative language and heuristic questions) have different influences on students’ psychology, emotions and behaviors. We fully understand the nuance between “praise” and “encouragement” and their different educational effects, the reasons behind the students’ offensive behaviors, and are willing to rethink how to construct new communication methods with students in future.
通过这几场培训，相信正面管教的种子已经在青浦协和教师们的心中慢慢渗透扎根，未来必定绽放出最美的花朵。希望教师们能在教育的旅途中带着爱和智慧，在和善而坚定的路上带领孩子走得更远！
It is only through ongoing training that the seeds of positive discipline will gradually grow in the hearts of SUIS QP teachers where it is expected to bloom in the future. It is through love and wisdom that teachers will lead children towards the education path of kindness and determination.