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Conscious Discipline’s Ultimate Resource Guide for Teachers for 2025

  We love teachers! Whether you are new to Conscious Discipline or a seasoned practitioner, we’ve cultivated a list of useful resources and implementation tools to help educators of...

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From Shame on You to I Love You: How Eliminating Punishments and Rewards Increases Student Engagement

Byline: Jenny Shannon If you Google “How to motivate students” it generates a staggering 633,000,000 pieces of content. Though student motivation is at the forefront of every educator’s mind,...

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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...

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Helpful or Hurtful? Gamification through a Conscious Discipline Lens

Byline: Jenny Shannon The term, “gamification” has been met with both enthusiasm and debate by educators and scholars across the country. The basic definition of gamification is “the application...

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Four Ways to Eliminate the Need for Cellphone Bans

Students returned to school without their cellphones in one Flint, MI school where a new policy banning cellphones on campus went into effect after winter break. They aren’t the...

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Seven Powers: Power of Acceptance

Power of Acceptance Big Idea: The moment is as it is. Goal: To learn to respond to what life offers instead of trying to make the world go our...

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Seven Powers: Power of Attention

Power of Attention Big Idea: Whatever we focus on, we get more of. Goal: To create images of  expected behavior in an adult’s/child’s brain.  Skill: Assertiveness  Structures: Visual Routines, Daily...

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Seven Powers: Power of Perception

Power of Perception Big Idea: No one can make you angry without your permission. Goal: To teach adults and children to take responsibility for their own upset. Skill: Composure...

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