$699
Schools and families rely on Mental Health Providers such as School Counselors, Social Workers, Mental Health Consultants, Therapists and School Psychologists to be the calm in the storm during times of stress and upset, but these dedicated professionals aren’t immune to compassion fatigue, stress and upset themselves. When you are the one responsible for conflict resolution, it’s hard to give yourself the space to discern what your own triggers might be and how to self-regulate through them before you’re able to help anyone else.
Join Certified Instructors Anne Hoff, Tracy Skripka and Kelsey Donnini as they provide the safe space necessary for Mental Health Providers to prioritize their own care and wellbeing. Then, apply and practice actionable ways to integrate Conscious Discipline with mental health and education to breathe new life into your role as Mental Health Provider. Renew your sense of safety, connection and problem-solving by surrounding yourself with a Conscious Discipline Family who knows exactly what you’re facing in your day-day, and how to help.
Wherever you practice, this two-day event will help you increase your own reflective capacity, reenergize your outlook, and build your skillset so you can provide effective, responsive interventions and therapeutic opportunities for the adults and children in your care. Mental Health Professionals deserve the same time, attention, and care as they pour into everyone else; are you willing to receive it?
Buy Tickets
$699
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Location:
- Annapolis, MD
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Facilitators:
- Anne Hoff
- Kelsey Donnini
- Tracy Skripka
Individual Pricing Tiers
Extend
- Conscious Discipline for Mental Health Professionals: Helping the Helpers 2026
Enhance
- Building Resilient Schools and Homes, Individual Registration - 1 Year
- Conscious Discipline for Mental Health Professionals: Helping the Helpers 2026
Elevate
- Premium Resources Membership - 1 Year
- Building Resilient Schools and Homes, Individual Registration - 1 Year
- Conscious Discipline for Mental Health Professionals: Helping the Helpers 2026
Meet Your Facilitators
Anne Hoff
Hopkins, Minnesota
In 2012 Annie co-created a preschool mental health day treatment program using Conscious Discipline for young children with significant behavioral and mental health needs. To support the work in day treatment, she started an in home mental health treatment program for families with young children that have mental health needs. Through her work Annie has begun to create a system of schools, child-care centers and mental health programs that use Conscious Discipline. She is passionate about creating a system of care for young children and their families that is grounded in safety and connection.
Kelsey Donnini
Casper, Wyoming
Kelsey has many years of experience as a consultant and trainer for educators working with infants, toddlers, preschool and school aged children both typical and those with special needs. She has creative abilities to solve challenging behavioral difficulties using Conscious Discipline while supporting parents and educators with empathy and kindness. Kelsey has developed strategies to support school wide implementation of Conscious Discipline, including support for parents, educators, paraprofessionals and administrators. Bridging the gap between education and mental health practice is one of her passions.
Tracy Skripka
Pasadena, Texas
Tracy is a public school counselor and licensed professional counselor who uses Conscious Discipline as the foundation of both her school counseling program and her private counseling practice. She has over two decades of experience in education, with roles including second grade teacher, dyslexia and intervention teacher, and now middle school counselor. In 2005, Tracy was introduced to Conscious Discipline when Certified Instructor Jill Molli came to Pasadena ISD. At the time, Tracy was a dyslexia and intervention teacher at a fifth grade center and a graduate student studying Counseling. She loved everything about Conscious Discipline from the start, attending every professional development event on the topic. She played a central role in district-wide implementation. When Keller Middle School opened in 2008, Tracy knew that Conscious Discipline would be an essential part of the school culture, and she was instrumental in its implementation.More Information About This Event
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Event Schedule
Coming Soon!
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Location & Hotels
Location
Helping the Helpers: Conscious Discipline for Mental Health Professionals will be hosted at:
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Annapolis
210 Holiday Ct
Annapolis, MD 21401Special room rate coming soon!
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About the Area
Local Food Options- Ports of Call (Onsite)
- Made Market Café – Grab-n-go (Onsite)
- True Food Kitchen
- Iron Rooster
- Boatyard Bar & Grill
- Firebirds Wood Fired Grill
- The Choptank
- Julep Kitchen & Bar
- Bread and Butter Kitchen
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Scholarships
Scholarships
The Conscious Discipline Institute Scholarship covers tuition fees and course materials for one Institute. Travel, accommodations, meals and any special discount packages are not covered. If you have registered for the Institute and you are selected to receive a scholarship, your registration fees will be refunded. Scholarship recipients may be asked to write a brief article and/or record a video testimony about your experience to be used for informational and promotional purposes. Prior scholarship recipients are not eligible. Scholarships are not transferable.Helper Positions
Helpers are an essential part of our team. They contribute to the success of our workshops by sharing their wonderful gifts. To apply for a helper position, you must be a graduate of the Conscious Discipline Institute. Helpers are typically selected in the following order: Conscious Discipline Certified Instructors, Advanced Institute Graduates, Institute Graduates. Institutes often sell out before we select our helpers. If you would like to attend the institute at full tuition even if you are not selected as a helper, register separately before helpers are chosen by submitting the standard registration form and payment. If we select you as a helper, we will refund your tuition. -
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Conscious Discipline is proud to partner with Concordia University Wisconsin to provide Continuing Education Credits (CEUs). One Continuing Education Unit (CEU) is the equivalent of ten contact hours. Once you have completed your event or offering and received your Certificate of Completion, you may register for the corresponding offering. Attendees who wish to obtain CEUs must apply at https://ces.cuw.edu/browse/education/conscious-discipline.
In order to be eligible for CEU's, the Certificate of Completion must fall within the same calendar year. You will receive your Certificate of Completion in a post-event email, which you will be required to upload. If you have questions or concerns, you may go to Frequestly Asked Questions, or by phone 262-243-2100 or email continuing.education@cuw.edu. The course code is EDGP 5108.
Here's What You'll Learn:
Big Idea
Empower mental health providers to reflect on their own mental models, strengthen their self-regulatory skills and wellness, and provide better support for trauma-responsive care.
Who Should Attend
This workshop is designed for all those in the mental health field, including School Counselors, Social Workers, Mental Health Consultants, Therapists, School Psychologists, and Mental Health Providers.
Your Facilitators
Conscious Discipline Certified Instructor Anne Hoff.
Workshop Materials
All attendees will receive access to training materials to print in advance of the event or download digitally to follow along on a tablet or e-reader.
Help for those who help everyone else.
Join Anne Hoff, Tracy Skripka, and Kelsey Donnini for two intensive days designed to help you:
- Make important connections between mental health interventions and Conscious Discipline practices for direct application in your practice setting.
- Increase your reflective capacity so you can provide effective and responsive interventions for the children and adults in your care.
- Utilize Conscious Discipline’s structures and strategies as a guide when creating therapeutic opportunities to increase a felt sense of safety and belonging.
- Examine personal triggers in a supportive environment and identify strategies for self-regulation.
- Create rituals and connection opportunities to strengthen relationships to sustain current practices, integrate new ones and prevent overwhelm.
- Build a teacher support plan as a precursor to child behavior planning with guided instruction from mental health experts.
