Oasis International School has chosen Positive Discipline as its educational approach from 2015/2016. Positive Discipline, which is neither punitive nor permissive, teaches important social and life skills in a deeply respectful and encouraging way for children and adults, based on simultaneous firmness and benevolence.
Since 2018, it has been authorised to apply Positive Discipline under the international quality label "Positive Discipline Lab School", awarded by the American Positive Discipline Association.
Training with Dr Jane Nelsen
In October 2017, we had the pleasure of welcoming the founder of the Positive Discipline Association to our school for a Positive Discipline certified workshop and a conference for our community.
- Positive Empowered Youth Forum (PDEYF)
This year, for the first time in the world, the students of Oasis International School organised the first Positive Discipline Empowered Youth Forum. During the forum, students work together to find solutions to the problems they face. The forum is aimed at students from P4 (Primary 4) up to the Diploma level (High School).
- Evaluation by Helwan University (Cairo, Egypt)
Since we began applying Positive Discipline, we have called on a team of research professors from Helwan University to evaluate our practices and provide us with guidance.
As part of this evaluation, research on the impact of Class Exchange Time was recently published in The Journal of Individual Psychology.
- Positive Discipline Association Conference and Think Tank
Every year since July 2016, a delegation from the Oasis International School has attended the Positive Discipline Association's Annual Conference and Think Tank in the United States. During these large gatherings, the progress of the application of Positive Discipline at the Oasis International School is presented during information sessions. The delegation also presents new classroom activities to members of the Positive Discipline Association, including Positive Discipline Educators, Trainers and Lead Trainers.
