A cartoon by Andrew Layton, showing an imagined interaction between William Powers and Sigmund Freud.

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Throughout the year and across the United States, New View offers seminars and workshops designed to teach the principles and applications of perceptual control theory (PCT).

Intensive Seminars in Applied Control Theory, sponsored in conjunction with the International Association for Applied Control Theory, are designed to teach the principles of PCT and how to apply them personally and professionally. These four-day, hands-on sessions include connecting activities, small group work, discussion, and practice using role-play and self-evaluation exercises.

"Connected School" workshops offer a conceptual framework for understanding how people behave. By understanding the how of behavior, we can better understand why we do what we do and why others do what they do. We can then become better people, better parents, better teachers, and better administrators. Visit the "Connected School" website to learn more about these workshops.

"Take Charge" workshops introduce a dynamic curriculum for building self-discipline and promoting positive behavior in teens. Grounded in PCT, the curriculum focuses on helping kids help themselves. When young people take charge of their lives, they make better decisions about what they think and do. Visit the "Connected School" website to learn more about this curriculum.  Details / Reserve Your Place

View Perry Good's presentation from the 2009 National Conference Office of Safe and Drug-free Schools in Washington, DC:

Whether you like it or not, your happiness and success depend on whether you can make the relationships in your life work. Furthermore, making your relationships work better in your life does not mean you have to give up being the person you want to be: a better teacher, better parent, better manager, or better friend to yourself.  If you are a parent, what you want more than anything else is to raise happy, independent and self-disciplined kids. If you are a teacher, you want students who do the right thing when no one is looking. If you are a manager, you want your employees to care, to get along, to go the extra mile.

How to achieve these ideals is what New View is all about.

We received a wonderful letter from Reid Ross Classical School principal Tom Hatch that we want to share with you -- feedback like his is invaluable, real-world results that show how quickly positive change CAN HAPPEN! Tom reports significant improvement after implementing Take Charge! in his year-round North Carolina middle school:

Hello Perry,

I want to tell you how much Take Charge! has helped us change the landscape of our middle school. We have seen a decrease in the number of disciplinary issues during the first 65 days compared to last year without Take Charge!

• 52% decrease in our parent disciplinary conferences
• 57% decrease in In-School Suspensions
• 60% decrease in the number of students suspended out of school

We have also seen a 5% to 10% increase in the number of students making A’s, B’s and C’s and a decrease in the number of students making D’s and F’s. Our teachers have enjoyed getting to know their students better and have been able to guide students to revisit various questions for self evaluation to help them continue to realize that they can only control how they react to another student or teacher. Teachers have found this extremely helpful for them as well because they are improving on how they react to their student’s behavior. Thanks so much for helping our students and teachers Take Charge!!!

Tom Hatch Principal, Reid Ross Classical School Fayetteville, NC 28301

Get more information about our upcoming Take Charge! Intensive Workshops