Results For: Implementation

Leadership Annual Planner

We all know how quickly a school year goes by, and how easy it can be to overlook key elements of success if you don’t plan for them! Map your long-term goals and identify specific focuses unique to your school’s development needs with this straightforward Leadership Annual Planner. Download the easy-to-use fillable PDF with blanks […]

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The Powers of Leadership

Those who are implementing Conscious Discipline know the value of the Seven Powers for Conscious Adults in our own self-regulation practice. Explore how to apply the Powers in positions of leadership with this resource full of tips, prompts and thought-provoking reflection questions specifically geared to assist leadership with deeper implementation and fidelity.      AGE  All […]

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Crosswalk: Conscious Discipline Aligned with Highscope Infant-Toddler Curriculum

Crosswalk: Conscious Discipline Aligned with Highscope Infant-Toddler Curriculum

HighScope’s child-focused approach to education is designed to prepare children for success in school and later in life. The infant-toddler curriculum nurtures young children through supportive, trusting relationships and fosters learning through exploration and discovery. This download correlates Conscious Discipline with many of the educational standards established in the HighScope infant-toddler curriculum. Age Adults Helps […]

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Crosswalk: Conscious Discipline Aligned with Highscope Preschool Curriculum

HighScope’s child-focused approach to education is designed to prepare children for success in school and later in life. The preschool curriculum supports and encourages early learners, building academic, social-emotional, and decision-making skills. This download correlates Conscious Discipline with many of the educational standards established in the HighScope preschool curriculum. Age Adults Helps with Understanding how […]

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Conscious Discipline: Feeling Buddies Rubric. The Feeling Buddies Self-Regulation Toolkit is an essential piece in eaching children the 5-step self-regulation process that helps them recognize their triggers, label their feelings, accept and manage their emotions in helpful, healthy ways.

Feeling Buddies Rubric

Assess implementation of The Feeling Buddies Self-Regulation Toolkit on a four-point scale with this helpful rubric. The Toolkit is an essential piece in teaching children the five-step self-regulation process to manage their emotions in healthy ways. Age Adults Helps with Staff development Conscious Discipline implementation Emotional intelligence Social and emotional learning Self-regulation Problem solving Use […]

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Elevate Breakout: Picture This! Visuals That Boost Safety and Connection for Young Children

Breakout Session: Picture This! Visuals That Boost Safety and Connection for Young Children

By the end of this interactive session, you’ll have plans for a Friends and Family Board, Ways to Be Helpful board or book, visual rules with two positive choices, and the implementation of visual routines. Session Facilitators Certified Instructor Polly Beebe Age Adults Helps With Adding visual routines Building safety Use Resource for teachers and […]

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Elevate Breakout: Using Conscious Discipline to Integrate Social-Emotional Learning and Academics (Administrators)

Breakout Session: Using Conscious Discipline to Integrate Social-Emotional Learning and Academics (Administrators)

Gain insight and helpful tips on supporting teachers as they implement Conscious Discipline in their classrooms. Session Facilitator Certified Instructor Lindsey Merrick Age Adults Helps With Supporting professional development Helping staff implement Conscious Discipline Use Resource for teachers and administrators Format Video session Accompanying PDF Materials Video Printed copy of PDF Pen or pencil for […]

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Elevate Breakout: Creating a School Family Culture with Staff

Breakout Session: Creating a School Family Culture with Staff

Develop an outline to support professional development throughout the school year, gain helpful tips for creating a Conscious Discipline Action Team (CDAT), and learn a Brain Smart Start to share in your staff meetings. Session Facilitator Certified Instructor Diane Phelan Age Adults Helps With Supporting professional development Building a School Family culture with staff Use […]

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Elevate Breakout: Meaningful Jobs for Everyone

Breakout Session: Meaningful Jobs for Everyone

Foster belonging and teach responsibility with School Family Jobs using a basic Job Board design, a list of job ideas, and a plan for implementation. Session Facilitator Certified Instructor Amanda Bagwell Age Adults Helps With Teaching responsibility Providing a sense of belonging with School Family Jobs Use Resource for teachers and administrators Format Video session […]

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First Steps: Implementation Tips from the Field

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” While you may not be planning quite that long of a journey with Conscious Discipline, it’s still helpful to know how others would approach that first step with the wisdom of experience behind them. With so many implementation tools, eLearning experiences, and training opportunities […]

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Conscious Discipline Turns 30: Dr. Becky Bailey on Why Ahead of Its Time Is Right on Time

  Ahead of Elevate 2026: SAFE Starts with Us and Conscious Discipline’s 30th anniversary, creator Dr. Becky Bailey looks back on three decades of a program that was ahead of its time when she built it — and explains why the world is only now catching up.   “It hasn’t changed. Not one bit. But […]

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How One Head Start Program Cut Discipline Referrals by 45% — By Regulating the Adults First

At Foundation for Early Childhood Education, a Head Start and Early Head Start program serving more than 500 children across 19 sites, one change cut discipline referrals by 45%, lifted staff and student regulation skills by 30%, and doubled staff collegiality and school climate scores. The change wasn’t a new curriculum or another retention perk: […]

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Meet Danny Bauer, Founder of Better Leaders, Better Schools

Ahead of Elevate 2026 — the first year of Conscious Discipline’s dedicated Administrator Panel — Danny Bauer, host of the #1 downloaded school leadership podcast, talks about the “lead domino” theory of leadership, and why his coaching philosophy already speaks the language of Conscious Discipline’s SAFE Framework. Danny Bauer has spent more than a decade […]

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S.A.F.E. Starts with Us : An Interview with Dr. Deb Bergeron and Rhonda Conn Parent

Ahead of Elevate 2026, Dr. Deb Bergeron and Rhonda Conn Parent explain why every safe, connected classroom starts with a regulated adult. The traditional model of student behavior management is often built around charts, stickers, or timeouts. Conscious Discipline holds that these extrinsic tools don’t create lasting change. That’s because they skip a few key ingredients: self-regulation practiced […]

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Adult Self-Regulation at Scale: How One District Built a System-Wide Co-Regulation Culture

  Most school culture initiatives start with a focus on the students and what their needs are. Tippecanoe School Corporation (TSC), a district of more than 13,000 scholars across 19 schools, had a more pressing focus in mind:   What do our adults need to regulate themselves first?   That single reframe has been the […]

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Culture Isn’t a Program: It’s Co-Regulation. Introducing the S.A.F.E. Framework

Ask ten educators to define “school culture,” and you’ll get ten different answers. For years, that’s been treated as a communication problem; if only a stronger, clear mission statement existed to capture the true definition. But the root of the issue isn’t so much shared language as it is structural; rooted in neuroscience. When adults aren’t regulated, authentic connection is missing, and punishment replaces problem-solving. There isn’t a program in existence that can deliver the transformation schools are actually in need of.   The Problem with How Education Talks About Culture  Walk into any school improvement […]

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Conscious Discipline’s 2026 Ultimate Resource Guide for Educators

Back to school is in full swing for district, agency, center, and school leaders, administrators, teachers, paraprofessionals and mental health professionals in K-12, early childhood education and Head Start.   Whether you are new to Conscious Discipline or a seasoned practitioner, we’ve cultivated a list of beloved and new resources and implementation tools to help educators […]

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Conscious Discipline Success: It Starts in the Heart of Texas

For over 25+ years, Conscious Discipline has fostered a fundamental shift in thinking that empowers adults and children to be the change they want to see in the world, all over the world. It’s this transformative approach to social development, emotional literacy and behavior management that has a long history of revolutionizing educational systems in […]

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Podcast

Conscious Discipline Implementation at a Migrant Head Start Program

Real Talk for Real Teachers with Dr. Becky Bailey and special guest Gilda Gonzalez Episode Summary Migrant farmworkers in the United States face many unique challenges. They earn an average total income of $15,000-$17,500 while working 10-12 hours a day for six days a week. Due to these long hours, parents have little quality time […]

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District-Led Implementation and Shared Power

Real Talk for Real Teachers with Dr. Becky Bailey and special guests Toni Stevenson and Lynlie Schoene Episode Summary In this episode, you’ll hear from district leaders Toni Stevenson and Lynlie Schoene. Toni and Lynlie are the Chief Academic Officer and Chief Innovation Officer of Franklin Township Community School Corporation in Indianapolis, Indiana. They work […]

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District-Wide Implementation and Managing Rage

Real Talk for Real Teachers with Dr. Becky Bailey and special guests Megan Duplain and Sarah Catherine Rhodes Episode Summary Every February, Conscious Discipline hosts the Advanced Institute, also known as CD2. CD2 is limited to 48 participants, and each participant presents a ten-minute session on how they’re implementing Conscious Discipline and the results they’ve […]

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Going Slow to Go Fast with Conscious Discipline Implementation

Real Talk for Real Teachers with Dr. Becky Bailey and special guest Sandy Mummey Episode Summary Every Conscious Discipline implementation story is different. Conscious Discipline can be customized to fit your school, your goals, and your needs. For Sandy Mummey, the best approach was to go slowly. Sandy gave her staff time to examine their […]

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Coaching Skeptical and Willing Teachers in Conscious Discipline Implementation

Real Talk for Real Teachers with Dr. Becky Bailey and special guest Jill Molli Episode Summary Conscious Discipline is not a program; it’s a practice that asks adults to make a significant mindset shift. Implementation of Conscious Discipline is a process that begins with experiencing this shift, then building skills, and finally adding structures that […]

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Real Talk for Real Teachers

How Pivoting from Punishment to Consequences Cultivates an Inclusive School Family

Real Talk for Real Teachers with Latoria Marcellus, Amy Speidel and special guest Kristin Chesterman Episode Summary: Kristin Chesterman is a deep believer that all behavior is a form of communication. Addressing the lack of skills in a student (or scholar as she refers to them) is the key to regulation success. As a Title […]

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Real Talk for Real Teachers

Rebuilding Healthy Attachments with Baby Doll Circle Time

Real Talk for Real Teachers with Latoria Marcellus, Amy Speidel and special guest Laura Angulo Episode Summary Accepting the task of helping to heal the pain and trauma of abused and abandoned children comes with some enormous challenges, but they’re challenges those at Conscious Discipline and Laura Angulo believe to be well worthwhile. A former […]

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Real Talk for Real Teachers

It Takes a Village: Transforming Communities with Conscious Discipline

Real Talk for Real Teachers with Latoria Marcellus and Amy Speidel   Episode Summary Award-winning principal and Conscious Discipline Certified Instructor Tanyelle Hannah has seen the transformational power of Conscious Discipline firsthand at Benjamin E. Mays Academy in Chicago. Since implementing Conscious Discipline, her school has experienced improved relationships, behavior, attendance, academic achievement, parent involvement, […]

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Real Talk for Real Teachers

Oh, Shift: Shifting Your Mindset with Conscious Discipline

Real Talk for Real Teachers with Latoria Marcellus and Amy Speidel Episode Summary Conscious Discipline takes an adult-first approach to social and emotional learning. “Adult-first” means that we must shift our mindsets and upgrade our skill sets before we can effectively coach and model SEL for children. We create healthy mental models for the next […]

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Webinar: Conscious Conversations - The Implementation of Conscious Discipline Across China

Conscious Conversations – The Implementation of Conscious Discipline Across China

Conscious Conversations – The Implementation of Conscious Discipline Across China Conscious Discipline is on its way to China, where the program will be implemented in 10,000 schools and classrooms across the country. This exciting news is the result of a partnership with Maxlink Education Group and Yale University faculty members Dr. William S. Gilliam and […]

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Conscious Communication with Families with Kim Jackson

Conscious Communication with Families

Webinar: Conscious Communication with Families For educators and administrators, communicating with families about challenging behaviors is often a tricky task. Ineffective communication breaks trust and creates conflict. Conscious communication, on the other hand, builds trust and unites school and home in a common goal: helping the child learn a missing skill. It all starts with […]

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Conscious Leadership

Conscious Leadership

Webinar: Conscious Leadership As a school leader, do you find yourself solving problems for your team that you feel they should be able to solve themselves? If the answer is Yes, try focusing on the emotional safety of your staff. This means providing clear expectations, ensuring that your staff has adequate support to meet those […]

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Reclaim Your Power with Assertiveness

Reclaim Your Power with Assertiveness

Webinar: Reclaim Your Power with Assertiveness We all want children to advocate for themselves, set healthy boundaries, and be assertive. To teach these important skills to children, we must first learn them ourselves. Using your assertive voice is a great place to start. The assertive voice is not rude or loud. It is the voice […]

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Proven Success Strategies for Children with Special Needs

Proven Success Strategies for Children with Special Needs

Webinar: Proven Success Strategies for Children with Special Needs Conscious Discipline’s foundation of connection and safety is essential for all children, but it can be especially beneficial for our children with special needs. To support children with special needs, it’s important that we notice, observe, and find creative, individualized strategies. As an added benefit, these […]

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Three Vital Steps to Successful Routines

Three Vital Steps to Successful Routines

Webinar: Three Vital Steps to Successful Routines Routines are essential because predictability helps children (and adults) feel safe. When we feel safe, we’re willing and able to form relationships with others. Once we feel safe and have formed relationships, we’re able to solve problems and move smoothly through the day. For children, it takes over […]

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Webinar: How Conscious Discipline Aligns with National Head Start Standards on Parent Education with Jill Molli and Sue Dierks

How Conscious Discipline Aligns with National Head Start Standards on Parent Education

Webinar: How Conscious Discipline Aligns with National Head Start Standards on Parent Education with Jill Molli and Sue Dierks New mandates in the Head Start Performance Standards require programs to include a parenting curriculum. The curriculum must meet the criteria of being a research-based curriculum that builds on parents’ knowledge and offers parents the opportunity […]

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Conversations with a Conscious Discipline Skeptic Part 1: Resistance

Conversations with a Conscious Discipline Skeptic Part 1: Resistance

This is Part 1 of a three-part series. Conscious Discipline takes an innovative approach to social-emotional learning. It asks adults to make a mindset shift and skill set upgrade before teaching children to do the same. By first guiding adults to become conscious, present, attuned and responsive to their needs and the needs of children, […]

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Evidence-Based District Success

Struggling with discipline issues, turnover and learning gaps? Conscious Discipline is an evidence-based, adult-first approach that improves every facet of teaching and learning in preschool through 8th grade. Conscious Discipline provides quality professional development and classroom tools you can count on to reduce challenging behaviors, increase teacher satisfaction and increase achievement district-wide. Solutions for Persistent […]

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Back to School

Back to School Prep for the school year with curated back-to-school favorites. Classroom tools, new Product ToolKits, and implementation essentials to help you start strong and feel supported every step of the way. X

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Toolkits

Toolkits Conscious Discipline Toolkits turn core concepts into daily practice with ready-to-use routines, structures, and tools. Designed for educators, families, and leaders, they simplify implementation, save time, and build connected environments where social-emotional skills are consistently modeled, taught, and sustained for lasting impact. X

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Academies

Where Training Becomes Implementation and Culture Begins to Shift Move Beyond Training. Build What Sustains. A Conscious Discipline Academy is a week-long, guided experience that helps your team build skills, get on the same page, and begin using the work together across your school, district, or Head Start program. It’s designed to make implementation feel […]

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Continuing NHSA Winter Leadership Conference Learning for Impact Strengthen adult capacity, reduce challenging behavior, and support regulation and relationships—using a brain-based approach aligned to Head Start expectations. Continue the Momentum for Lasting Success Connect with Heidi. Plus we’ll unlock the Classroom Assessment Scoring System Thank you for joining Conscious Discipline at the NHSA Winter Leadership […]

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CD Connect

Regulate. Connect. Lead. Conscious Discipline is a brain-based approach that empowers adults to manage their own emotions, build meaningful connections, and turn everyday challenges into powerful teaching moments. In these informal, live, virtual webinars, you’ll gain practical strategies and insights you can use immediately to improve behavior and build resilient communities. Register Today One Hour […]

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Teachers

Developed by a Teacher, For Teachers Teachers face daily challenges—from student behavior to staff turnover and emotional strain. Conscious Discipline equips them with tools to respond with empathy and connection, creating safe, supportive classrooms where everyone thrives. Learn More About CD’s Evidence-Based Approach Ultimate Resource Guide for Teachers Used in +30k Classrooms Free Resources That […]

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Parents

It Starts in the Heart, It Starts in the Home with Conscious Discipline Explore the power self-regulation has in creating resilient and connected family systems. Cultivate mindset shifts that transform behavior challenges and improve composure, compassion and care in and out of the home. Conscious Discipline Transforms Families, One Shift at a Time Traditional discipline […]

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