MORC Macomb-Oakland Regional Center, Inc.   www.MORCINC.org
Since 1986, MORC has implemented the principles of Gentle Teaching, as pioneered by John McGee, Ph.D., from Omaha, Nebraska. Gentle Teaching is based on the key principles of teaching a person to feel safe, loved, being able to love others, and that it is good to be engaged with [...]

Globe Star http://www.globe-star.org/gt.htm gentleness is crucial for building companionship and community.   Gentleness means preventing any form of violence and instead evoking peace.  To do this, we value:

Interdependence over independence

Nurturing over controlling

Unconditional love over rewards and punishments

Collective decision-making over self-determination

Nonviolence and dialogue over violence and confrontation

This is the approach that our Caregivers take when interacting with [...]

Globe Star http://www.globe-star.org/gt.htm
Gentle Teaching is a non-violent approach for helping people with special needs that focuses on four primary goals:

Teaching the person to feel safe with us.

Teaching the person to feel engaged with us.

Teaching the person to feel unconditionally valued by us.

Teaching the person to return unconditional valuing to us.

These four goals contribute to building a sense of companionship and community for the person.
Gentle [...]

From the Saskatchewan Alternative Initiatives
http://saionline.ca/gentle-teaching/
A look at the basics
Gentle Teaching is a non-violent approach to interacting with people with challenging behaviours and/or special needs. Gentle Teaching focuses on four primary goals of care-giving:
Teaching the person to feel safe with us;
Teaching the person to feel unconditionally loved by us;
Teaching the person to feel loving towards us;
Teaching [...]